ChinaEdu Corp.
- Beijing, ZF
- 86-10-8391-5888
- www.chinaedu.net
Exchange and Ticker: Nasdaq: CEDU
Filing Range: 5.46M shares @ $10.00 to $12.00
Offering Price: $10.00
Close on First Day: $9.07
Offering Size: $68.20M
Shares Outstanding: 58,434,407
Underwriter: Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.
Co-managers: Piper Jaffray Cos./ CIBC World Markets Inc.
Company Counsel: Hogan & Hartson
Manager Counsel: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Auditor: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Market Capitalization on 12/31/07: $496.69M
Close price at current month end: $8.50
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
The company is an online degree services provider. In addition to its online degree programs, ChinaEdu also runs private primary and secondary schools, offers online tutoring programs and markets and distributes education content.
VENTURE BACKERS
Bessemer Venture Partners, McGraw-Hill Ventures, SIG Asia Investments, Tiger Global, UOB Venture Management Pte Ltd.
Source: Thomson FinancialEntropic Communications Inc.
- San Diego, Calif.
- (858) 625-3200
- www.entropic.com
Exchange and Ticker: Nasdaq: ENTR
Filing Range: 8.00M shares @ $9.00 to $11.00
Offering Price: $6.00
Close on First Day: $7.40
Offering Size: $48M
Shares Outstanding: 67,614,775
Underwriters: Credit Suisse/ Lehman Brothers
Co-managers: Thomas Weisel Partners / JMP Securities / ThinkEquity Partners/ Montgomery & Co./ Morgan Keegan Inc./ Signal Hill Capital Group
Company Counsel: Cooley Godward LLP
Manager Counsel: Davis Polk & Wardwell
Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
Market Capitalization on 12/31/07: $492.24M
Close price at current month end: $7.28
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Provides semiconductor products and system solutions for enterprise and residential broadband communications. The company’s initial chip design is a mixed-signal SOC, which includes an amount of RAM. This results in a design based on the combination of imported cores for control and various interfaces and Entropic’s internally developed logic. Its competitors include Broadcom, Freescale Semiconductor and LSI Logic.
VENTURE BACKERS
Anthem Venture Partners, Cisco Systems, CMEA Ventures, Comcast Interactive Capital, Focus Ventures, Intel Capital, Liberty Associated Partners, Mission Ventures, Motorola Ventures, Panasonic Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Revolution Ventures, Time Warner Investments, YAS Broadband Ventures
Source: Thomson FinancialIntellon Corp.
- Ocala, Fla.
- (352) 237-7416
- www.intellon.com
Exchange and Ticker: Nasdaq: ITLN
Filing Range: 7.50M shares @ $9.00 to $11.00
Offering Price: $6.00
Close on First Day: $6.75
Offering Size: $45M
Shares Outstanding: 29,945,227
Underwriter: Deutsche Bank Securities Corp.
Co-managers: Jefferies & Co. Inc./ Piper Jaffray Cos./ Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
Company Counsel: Proskauer Rose LLP
Manager Counsel: Ropes & Gray
Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
Market Capitalization on 12/31/07: $225.79M
Close price at current month end: $7.54
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Designs and sells integrated circuits for powerline communications, providing HomePlug-compliant and other powerline ICs for home networking, networked entertainment, commercial and broadband over powerline (BPL) applications. Competitors include Broadcom, Intel, Afa Technologies, Inc., Maxim Integrated Products, Gigle Semiconductor, Entropic Communications, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., Pulse-Link and Texas Instruments.
VENTURE BACKERS
AMP Inc., BCE Capital, Boston Capital Ventures, Comcast Interactive Capital, Crescendo Venture Management, Duchossois Technology Partners, EnerTech Capital, Fidelity Investments, Fidelity Ventures, Goldman Sachs & Co., Hewlett Packard, Hydro-Quebec CapiTech Inc., Intel Capital, Kinetic Ventures, Liberty Associated Partners, Motorola Ventures, Philips Venture Capital, Samsung Venture Investment Corp., TL Ventures, UMC Capital
Source: Thomson FinancialK12 Inc.
- Herndon, Va.
- (866) 283-0300
- www.k12.com
Exchange and Ticker: NYSE: LRN
Filing Range: 4.45M shares @ $16.00 to $18.00
Offering Price: $18.00
Close on First Day: $25.50
Offering Size: $108.00M
Shares Outstanding: 27,208,225
Underwriters: Morgan Stanley/ Credit Suisse
Co-managers: Merrill Lynch/ Robert W Baird & Co. Inc./ BMO Capital Markets/ ThinkEquity Partners
Company Counsel: Latham & Watkins
Manager Counsel: Davis Polk & Wardwell
Auditor: BDO Seidman LLP
Market Capitalization on 12/31/07: $703.88M
Close price at current month end: $25.87
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Provides education curricula and learning programs. The company provides online and offline product and service offerings in the field of K-12 education. K-12 has created a learning program that includes lessons in traditional subjects, academic assessments and planning and progress tools delivered through the K12 Online School. Competitors include Connections Academy, White Hat Management, National Network of Digital Schools, McGraw-Hill Companies, Harcourt, Pearson, Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group, Apollo Group, Pearson and Kaplan.
VENTURE BACKERS
Constellation Ventures
Source: Thomson FinancialMEMSIC Inc.
- Andover, Mass.
- (978) 738-0900
- www.memsic.com
Exchange and Ticker: Nasdaq: MEMS
Filing Range: 6.00M shares @ $11.00 to $13.00
Offering Price: $10.00
Close on First Day: $10.00
Offering Size: $60M
Shares Outstanding: 22,615,714
Underwriters: Citi
Co-managers: Jefferies & Co. Inc./ Needham & Co. Inc./ Thomas Weisel Partners
Company Counsel: Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Manager Counsel: Global Law Office
Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
Market Capitalization on 12/31/07: $229.10M
Close price at current month end: $10.13
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Designs and manufactures micromachined mixed signal integrated circuits. The company’s circuits are built in non-dedicated CMOSS fabrication plants. It is designing advanced technologies that can monolithically integrate micro-electro-mechanical structures with standard CMOS mixed signal circuitry on a single silicon chip. It competes with Analog Devices.
VENTURE BACKERS
Asian Pacific Capital, Celtic House Venture Partners, GSIF Corp., IDG Technology Venture Investment, InveStar Capital, Ironside Capital Group, Still River Fund
Source: Thomson FinancialNetSuite Inc.
- San Mateo, Calif.
- (650) 627-1000
- www.netsuite.com
Exchange and Ticker: NYSE: N
Filing Range: 6.20M shares @ $13.00 to $16.00
Offering Price: $26.00
Close on First Day: $35.50
Offering Size: $161.20M
Shares Outstanding: 59,510,706
Underwriter: Credit Suisse
Co-managers: WR Hambrecht & Co./ E*Trade Securities Inc./ JMP Securities
Company Counsel: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Manager Counsel: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Auditor: KPMG LLP
Market Capitalization on 12/31/07: $2,331.63M
Close price at current month end: $39.18
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
The company provides on-demand enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management application software for small and medium-sized businesses. Its online products and professional services enable its customers to manage business operations in a single hosted system, including customer relationship management, order fulfillment, inventory, accounting and finance, product assembly, ecommerce, website management, and employee productivity. Competitors include Epicor Software, Intuit, Microsoft, SAP, The Sage Group plc and Salesforce.com.
VENTURE BACKERS
Cross Atlantic Capital Partners, StarVest Partners
Source: Thomson FinancialOrion Energy Systems Inc.
- Plymouth, Wis.
- (920) 892-9340
- www.oriones.com
Exchange and Ticker: Nasdaq: OESX
Filing Range: 5.70M shares @ $12.00 to $14.00
Offering Price: $13.00
Close on First Day: $17.49
Offering Size: $100.00M
Shares Outstanding: 25,399,265
Underwriter: Thomas Weisel Partners
Co-managers: Canaccord Adams/ Pacific Growth Equities Inc.
Company Counsel: Foley & Lardner
Manager Counsel: Latham & Watkins
Auditor: Grant Thornton LLP
Market Capitalization on 12/31/07: $478.01M
Close price at current month end: $18.82
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Provides energy lighting systems to commercial/industrial customers as a replacement for sodium arc/halogen lighting in high ceiling environments . The company designs, manufactures and implements energy management systems comprised of the HIF lighting system, InteLite intelligent lighting controls, Apollo Light Pipe (which collects and focuses daylight and consumes no electricity), and energy management services. Competitors include Cooper Industries Ltd., Ruud Lighting, Acuity Brands, Graybar Electric Co., Gexpro, W.W. Grainger, Johnson Controls,
Inc. and Honeywell International.
VENTURE BACKERS
Capvest Venture Fund, Expansion Capital Partners, GE Capital Equity Investments
Source: Thomson FinancialVanceInfo Technologies Inc.
- Haidian District, Beijing, ZF
- 86-10-8282-5266
- www.vanceinfo.com
Exchange and Ticker: NYSE: VIT
Filing Range: 6.30M shares @ $7.50 to $9.50
Offering Price: $8.50
Close on First Day: $9.50
Offering Size: $65.00M
Shares Outstanding: 36,051,407
Underwriters: Citi/ Merrill Lynch
Co-managers: Jefferies & Co. Inc./ Susquehanna Financial Group
Company Counsel: Latham & Watkins
Manager Counsel: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Auditor: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Market Capitalization on 12/31/07: $324.46M
Close price at current month end: $9.00
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Operates as an offshore software development service provider. The company provides IT outsourcing services to Asia Pacific, North American and European clients as well as multinationals in China. VanceInfo offers solutions in high tech, financial services, manufacturing, retail and distribution and telecommunications. It delivers services to global clients in enterprise solutions, application development and maintenance, BI/DW, software product development, QA and testing and localization services. Competitors include Achievo, Chinasoft International, DHC, Hisoft, Neusoft, SinoCom, Cognizant, HCL, Infosys, Satyam, Symphony, TCS and Wipro.
VENTURE BACKERS
DCM, Legend Capital, Sequoia Capital
Source: Thomson Financial