Netscape IPO

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The Netscape IPO was the landmark 1995 initial public offering of Netscape Communications that ignited the dot-com boom and symbolized the dawn of the commercial internet era.

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Netscape IPO canonical 1
Netscape initial public offering 1

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instanceOf financial event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
initial public offering ⓘ
companyAgeAtIPO about 16 months ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
exchange NASDAQ ⓘ
firstDayClosingPricePerShare 58.25 USD ⓘ
firstTradePricePerShare 71 USD ⓘ
grossProceeds approximately 140,000,000 USD ⓘ
historicalSignificance milestone in late-20th-century financial markets ⓘ
turning point in technology sector financing ⓘ
impact encouraged venture capital investment in internet startups ⓘ
helped legitimize the internet as a commercial platform ⓘ
influenced valuation of subsequent internet IPOs ⓘ
industry internet software ⓘ
web browser software ⓘ
initialPriceRangePerShare 12 USD to 14 USD ⓘ
isConsidered catalyst of the dot-com bubble ⓘ
landmark IPO ⓘ
issuer Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
keyPerson James Barksdale ⓘ
Jim Clark ⓘ
Marc Andreessen ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive financial press coverage ⓘ
notableFeature company was not yet profitable ⓘ
valuation based largely on future internet growth expectations ⓘ
offeredSecurityType common stock ⓘ
offeringPricePerShare 28 USD ⓘ
percentageGainFirstDay over 100 percent ⓘ
precededBy founding of Netscape Communications in 1994 ⓘ
relatedTo Silicon Valley technology boom ⓘ
linked to: Silicon Valley

commercialization of the World Wide Web ⓘ
dot-com bubble ⓘ
revisedPriceRangePerShare 21 USD to 24 USD ⓘ
sharesOffered 5,000,000 ⓘ
symbolized beginning of the dot-com boom ⓘ
dawn of the commercial internet era ⓘ
tickerSymbolAtIPO NSCP ⓘ
tookPlaceAt NASDAQ ⓘ
tookPlaceIn United States ⓘ
tookPlaceOn 1995-08-09 ⓘ
triggered increased investor interest in internet companies ⓘ
underwriter Hambrecht & Quist ⓘ
Morgan Stanley ⓘ
valuationAtIPO around 2,000,000,000 USD ⓘ

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