Company Overview Datadog, the leader in cloud-based infrastructure monitoring, filed for a $100M IPO. The $100M dollar figure is a placeholder and will almost surely rise significantly in the actual offering. Morgan Stanley is leading the IPO and the company plans to trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker “DDOG”…

Company Overview Cloudflare, the leading cloud platform for network infrastructure, filed for an IPO last week ($100M placeholder). Goldman Sachs is leading the IPO and the company plans to trade under the ticker “NET” on the NYSE. Cloudflare offers a wide range of network services to 2 million free and…

Since Salesforce went public in 2004, there have been almost 70 other pure-play SaaS/cloud companies that have followed them in the public markets, and more and more go out each year. In 2018 alone, which was a banner year for SaaS IPOs, there were 16 high-growth SaaS companies filing S-1s…

Company Overview Medallia, a leader in experience management software, filed for a $100M IPO (the amount is almost always a placeholder). The company is slated to trade on the NYSE under the ticker “MDLA” with BofA Merrill Lynch leading the IPO. Medallia believes they have created a new category of…

Company Overview CrowdStrike Holdings, or CrowdStrike, filed for a $100M IPO with Goldman Sachs leading the offering. The $100M dollar amount is a placeholder and it’s likely they will raise significantly more. The company plans to trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol “CRWD”. CrowdStrike is a leading cybersecurity company…

We’re delighted to welcome Tray.io to the Spark Capital family as the lead investor in their $37M series B. As enterprises rapidly adopt cloud-based applications, making these numerous tools work together seamlessly poses many challenges. The need for a powerful, yet flexible platform for business users to integrate and automate…

Company Overview Zoom Video Communications, more commonly known as just Zoom, filed for a $100M IPO. The amount will most certainly be a placeholder. Zoom is the leader in video-first communications and the company’s mission is to “make video communications frictionless”. Morgan Stanley is leading the IPO and Zoom plans…

Company Overview PagerDuty, the leading DevOps SaaS company focused on “digital operations management”, filed for a $100M IPO (the amount is usually a placeholder). Morgan Stanley is leading the offering and the company plans to trade under the symbol “PD” on the NYSE. PagerDuty’s mission is “to connect teams to…

Logos of High-growth SaaS IPOs in 2018: 2018 was a banner year for high-growth software companies going public. There were almost 20 in total and 16 high-growth software names, of which 14 made it to the public markets (Qualtrics and Adaptive Insights were acquired before trading). While I’ve done S-1…