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Monsanto seeds Ceres flotation

Monsanto had bought 3.3 million shares in Ceres's E round last year at $6.50 per share following a $137m collaboration signed in 2002 applying genomics technologies to identify genes that provide improvements in corn, soybean and certain other row crops, according to its regulatory filing.

May 26, 2011

Solazyme doubles flotation plans

In March, Solazyme aimed to raise $100m but now said it would issue 11.5 million shares, including 1.5 million if demand is strong enough as a so-called greenshoe allotment, at between $15 and $17 each. At the top end of its pricing range, Solazyme would have an initial market capitalisation of $965m.

May 26, 2011

Fusion-io's buoyant flotation plans

Fusion-io will issue 10.76 million shares with its owners selling 1.5 million at up to $15 each, before 1.85 million shares can be sold if demand is strong enough.

May 26, 2011

LinkedIn shares pop in IPO

LinkedIn's shares closed at $94.25 each after the initial public offering of $45 per share and more than doubling its market capitalization to $8.9bn.

May 23, 2011

Banks take wing for Bats flotation

Investment banks and shareholders Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Credit Suisse are underwriting Bats's initial public offering.

May 14, 2011

Softbank paper gains 6x on RenRen

Softbank diluted to 34.2% after RenRen's initial public offering, having originally invested $100m in April 2008, according to data provider Zero2IPO. By December last year, Softbank had invested $315m to give a six times return on the book value of its holding at $14 per share, Zero2IPO added.

May 9, 2011

Pfizer plans Shanghai Pharma pipe

Four investors have agreed to back Shanghai Pharmaceuticals with $550m to support its initial public offering. Pfizer and Bank of China will each invest $50m, Singapore state-backed Temasek will buy $300m of shares and Malaysia-based conglomerate Guoco Group the remaining $150m.

May 5, 2011

LinkedIn to ring NY bell

After more than three months of deliberations, LinkedIn, a social network for 100 million business people, has picked New York Stock Exchange for its flotation.

May 5, 2011
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