Social media company Life360 went public on Friday, the same day that fellow San Franciscan Uber debuted and amid a wave of Bay Area IPOs from names like Lyft, Pinterest and Zoom. But unlike its neighbors, which trade on the Nasdaq or New York Stock Exchange, Life360 rang an opening bell on the other side of the world — in Australia. Life360, an app that lets family members stay connected, joined the Australian Securities Exchange, whose largest members include Commonwealth B

SYDNEY (Reuters) - U.S. family tracking app operator Life360 has begun approaching potential investors for a listing in Sydney, fund managers said on Monday, valuing the company at up to $675 million in what could be Australia’s biggest technology IPO in three years. Opting for an Australian listing, where the startup already has a number of institutional investors, Life360 plans to raise about $100 million via an initial public offering (IPO) by mid-year, current investors s

NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- IPO activity will remain relatively subdued in 2019, and will be nowhere near the IPO mania preceding the dotcom bubble burst or even the busy IPO seasons of 2013 and 2014, according to a reportby EquityZen Inc., a New York-based FinTech firm that operates a secondary marketplace in pre-IPO stock. The report states that the key driver of the reduced number of IPOs continues to be the blitz of private capital allowing tech companies to s

NEW YORK, July 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- EquityZen Inc., a New York-based FinTech firm that operates a secondary marketplace for company-approved transactions in pre-IPO stock, today announced the closing of a new financing round led by Draper Associates, bringing the company's outside financing to $6.5 million. Their platform has closed over 2,000 company-approved investments in more than 70 large, private firms with low investment minimums. Tim Draper, the legendary venture