‘Smart grid’ biz Silver Spring Networks pops 29% in IPO debut

Smart grid business Silver Spring Networks took a huge step today with its debut on the New York Stock Exchange -- and its stock jumped 29 percent over its IPO price.

Nasdaq-SharesPost deal provides liquidity at the price of transparency

The new Nasdaq-SharesPost private market will make it far easier for pre-IPO companies and their investors to turn shares into cash. But at what price?

Readying for IPO, app monitoring all-star New Relic nets $80M from Insight, T. Rowe Price, & others

Application monitoring business New Relic has scored $80 million in new funds, which will help it secure a place alongside other sexy enterprise startups like Box and Palantir.

IP-uh-O: Going public kills the startup magic, decreasing innovation by 40%

Public companies are safer, more boring, less innovative, and take fewer risks than startups, right? Stanford professor Shai Bernstein tracked almost 2000 technology companies to find out.

The 10 largest tech IPOs of 2012

Facebook may have been the IPO that people everywhere anticipated and then lamented, but 2012 was largely defined by a series of stellar public debuts by enterprise software markers.

Ouch: Ruckus Wireless ends IPO day down 18% (updated)

On the heels of its $126 million IPO, Wi-Fi technology and solutions maker Ruckus Wireless' stock price dropped about 18 percent in its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Ruckus Wireless prices IPO at $15 a share, readies for spotlight tomorrow

Ruckus Wireless, maker of complex Wi-Fi technology for enterprises and service providers, has priced its IPO for the NYSE at $15 a share — the top of its previously estimated price range of $13 to $15.

Workday kicks IPO ass with 72% pop in first-day trading

In a commanding and impressive IPO performance, cloud software company Workday's stock soared 72 percent in early trading today.

Workday breaks the cycle of disappointing IPOs, boosts its price range (updated)

Workday, maker of human resources software, is proof that enterprise companies are immune to the recent strain of disappointing IPO's.

Palo Alto Networks jumps 31 percent out of the IPO gate

This was a good morning for Palo Alto Networks. The security company went public today, with shares jumping 31 percent from its Thursday-priced $42 a share.

The company debuted at $52.20 a share on the New York Stock Exchange under …

Let’s just agree the bubble has burst

Facebook’s post-IPO performance has been poor. But is it so poor that it will hurt the prospects for other startups?

The short answer: Almost certainly.

This is the subtext of the wave of anger and disappointment over Facebook’s stock slide …

Dylan’s Desk: Facebook’s IPO shows the playing field is permanently tilted

If there was any doubt that Wall Street is a sucker’s game designed to take money from stupid people and put it into the hands of bankers and powerful corporations, Facebook’s initial public offering should clear that up.

Let me …

Facebook’s first week is (almost) the worst of any IPO in 10 years

Update 5/28: See below for another recent IPO that did even worse, although at a much smaller market cap.

Facebook’s first five days as a public company saw its value drop 13.1 percent, the worst first-week performance of any initial …

Confirmed: Facebook sets $38 share price for largest tech IPO in U.S. history

Status update: Facebook has priced its shares at $38 apiece and will raise $16 billion (up to $18.4 billion with its over-allotment option) tomorrow in its long-awaited initial public offering on the NASDAQ, the company has confirmed.

At $38 per …