Update on Isilon IPO!

Update on my previous article on our portfolio company Isilon:
The Seattle-based company debuted on NASDAQ on Friday, December 15, 2006 under the symbol “ISLN” and opened at $25, up 92% from its IPO price of $13. It’ll be the third biggest opening day gainer of the year and will have market cap far above $1.4Bn! [...]

Isilon IPO on Nasdaq!

Isilon, one of our portfolio companies, a worldwide leader in clustered storage systems and software for digital content, today went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Isilon is enabling enterprises to transform data into information and information into breakthroughs. Customers include media power houses such as NBC, mySpace, LexisNexis or ABC.
My dear fellow Fred Destin [...]

Another Cleantech IPO in Germany!

Almost unnoted by many here in Germany was the recent IPO by Petrotec, a producer of bio-diesel based on renewable resources (various forms of natural or chemical substances, oil etc.). In 2005, the company delivered revenues of €40.5M and an EBITDA of €8M, and now has a market cap of €180M.

The global market for bio-diesel [...]

OpenBC to go public on Frankfurt Stock-Exchange

OpenBC, one of the top Web 2.0 companies in Germany, has revealed plans to go Public in 2007. Below are a few facts:
- From 1.7.2005 to 30.6.2006, almost €6M revenues have been achieved.
- Per September 2006, 1.45 Mio members have registered at OpenBC
- About 13% of these members are paying members.
- The company plans to [...]