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Time for this week's IPO report and it's probably the most important one of the year 2011 is closing out.
With a bang for initial public off.
For this week could prove to be the busiest for public stock debuts since all the way back in November of 2007.
Let's take a look.
At Renaissance capital's IPO calendar twelve companies expect the price and Begin trading this week alone on the twelve companies hope to raise a combined.
3.5.
Billion dollars now investors are keeping a keen eye on a couple of them Michael course.
Global luxury clothing brand aiming for a three point seven billion dollar valuation.
Offering up nearly 42 million shares price range expected seventeen to nineteen dollars but.
The anticipated Friday trading debut of Zynga is generating the biggest buzz on Wall Street -- is Facebook's top social gaming developer -- analysts say.
The success or the failure -- and his huge 100 million dollar share offering.
Will likely provide a critical financial barometer for Facebook's expected IPO next year.
And of course you know Alec Baldwin is playing the -- game when he was a lot of -- -- like forgot about you know we're so black helicopter in thinking about conspiracy theory you know maybe he had a pre investment.
Look at the legal right to get -- idea of their commitment -- Byron now.
So it's looking like a banner week for public stock debuts but will Wall -- -- -- IPO appetite continue all the way through 2012.
Let's bring in venture capitalists Marias from Reno co-founder and managing director of 406.
Ventures I'm -- for a six refers to.
Ted Williams batting average but that's a whole another story.
-- -- let's start with Zynga what do you think its chances are.
I think Zynga has a very good shot at having your very respectable offering this week as an awful lot of interest.
In the stock and the company is a high flyer with.
Significant growth and that's that's what I investors have an appetite for -- well peoples of the same thing you know Maria about Groupon.
And -- bonds now -- 22 dollars people expected much better things from that daily deal site.
Because it's a hot name like -- up but it didn't quite follow through what -- -- different this time.
Well -- I think Zynga has -- a very very tight connection with FaceBook and obviously FaceBook is a hotly anticipated IPO.
-- you know hasn't could have the likelihood of being one of the hottest IPOs we've ever seen.
And so I think the associations and it and has with FaceBook will help but Michael -- what do you think of that IPO.
Well we're technology investors so I can't -- -- too much about about the fashion industry but certainly this good buzz about it and you know there seems to be an appetite.
Particularly in later part of this year.
For quality IPOs good brands and and significant growth and I think -- certainly that that that stock has an opportunity to to get on the board debate -- this week as well a lot of people.
-- like they're they're played that they do with some of the outlet malls and that they really have the entire supply chain covered.
Let's get some other names here does what it's jumps out at you if it jive software -- some of these other names that aren't exactly household names.
That makes you say that once a win.
-- existing.
At for a six.
And there's a little company here in Massachusetts that went public about a month or so ago called in her book that stock has done extremely well up nearly 30%.
From from its initial IPO price.
And as investors we tend to like the infrastructure offerings almost akin to picks and shovels if this was the the gold rush era.
So these are companies that are providing critical infrastructure.
To the hot social networking -- gaming companies.
They don't necessarily have the brands but they certainly are doing the job for investors.
Maria one thing seems very different nowadays.
From the dotcom bubble of of over ten years ago which is that a lot of companies.
Feel kind of comfortable staying in the private arena.
There's one at one of those companies that you have point out your notes here Vera code which is a software security company.
Why is that do you think that a lot of companies.
Are perhaps afraid of going into the public arena.
Welfare could actually -- -- -- -- IPO candidate but I think Smart -- do seem to like seeing private don't day.
Well they do but -- also growing very rapidly when they approach that IPO range we had -- you know could be within you know twelve to twenty month 24 month period.
They'll likely avail themselves of that opportunity as they get into that range but I think the smartest companies know that you don't go public really a day before you should.
And and so I think companies are really focused on building growth building profits and making sure that when they do go public.
You know there's a lot of investors lined up wanted to buy the stock.
I know you said you're you're more in these sort of high tech space but there's a company called locks for.
Which is not known to a lot of people but this this company does aerospace alloys and things like that so a company -- looks for going public at a time like this when.
There are a lot of borders lately in the aerospace region but yet you're you don't often hear some of the names that are suppliers or attached to the opportunity are they.
Do they have the most potential -- posed as as the actual big names of the aerospace companies themselves.
Well.
Again if it goes back to this notion you know supplying critical infrastructure and being part of the pick and shovel it -- group rather than necessarily the gold the gold rush group.
And there are a lot of quality companies.
They don't necessarily.
Have the consumer facing brand -- provide critical aspects.
The infrastructure or of the technology that powers -- any of these other companies and and we think that they're terrific best.
-- -- growth rates and profits.
Thank you Maria good to see appreciate you being here.
