The LinkedIn data software spinoff was valued at $4.5bn in its last funding round and has set a $100m placeholder target for the offering.

US-based data streaming technology provider Confluent has disclosed a filing for a $100m initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Select Market that could give social network LinkedIn an exit.

Spun off by LinkedIn in 2014, Confluent is the developer of a software platform used by businesses to track changing data in real time. It increased revenue 58% to about $237m in 2020, though its net loss more than doubled from $95m to nearly $230m during that period.

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Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.