Most Likely IPOs Of 2012

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Fremont: 2011 saw technology startups like LinkedIn, Pandora Media, Groupon, and many more going public with their Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). The year was tough as many companies stocks fell from the initial first day closing prices. Here are few startups which are likely to go public in 2012.

Facebook

facebook, mark, mark zuckerberg, ipoFacebook is likely to go public and file early in 2012 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to take its stocks public. The company had raised $ 1.5 billion in funding from Goldman Sachs; and $500 million in direct investment from Goldman Sachs and Digital Sky Technologies in January 2011, at a valuation of about $50 billion. Being the most-awaited IPO, Facebook’s valuation might be around $ 80-100 billion, which would make many of its employees, millionaires. Founded in a dorm room in Harvard in 2004by mark Zuckerberg, Facebook has over 800 million members and had revenue of $1.6 billion in the first quarter of 2011.

 



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