Catterton Partners, which is out fundraising for its seventh pool, is taking portfolio company Noodles public. The consumer-focused PE firm acquired a stake in Noodles in December 2010.

Silicon Valley executives and investors gathered on Tuesday at the Reuters Technology Summit in San Francisco to discuss whether new sources of private financing have dimmed the allure of an initial public offering.

Digital coupon provider RetailMeNot has raised at least $265 million from venture investors in the past couple years to fund a spree of acquisitions and expand its market. Now, Austin Ventures and other backers are looking for a big return on investment from the company’s upcoming IPO.

RetailMeNot has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO that could raise as much as $230 million. Austin-based RetailMeNot, the former WhaleShark Media, operates a digital coupon marketplace. Investors include Austin Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Google Ventures.

Several PE firms, like TPG and Blackstone, have seen success for their companies in the IPO market this year. There have been 18 private equity-backed IPOs as of June 14, totaling $7.6 billion, Thomson Reuters says. And the biggest PE-backed IPO so far is…

Technology products retailer CDW Corp, which was taken private by Madison Dearborn Partners LLC and Providence Equity Partners for $7.3 billion in 2007, expects to raise up to $738 million in its initial public offering, Reuters reported.

Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc, which is backed by ,Clayton, Dubilier & Rice,, has filed with regulators to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering of common stock, Reuters reported.

When a company’s shares pop after an IPO, it’s common to hear griping that it left money on the table and should’ve priced shares higher. But one VC says nothing could be further from the truth.

Natural gas company Antero Resources Corp., which is controlled by Warburg Pincus LLC, on Thursday filed papers to raise $1 billion through an IPO. The SEC filing does not say how many shares the company plans to sell or the expected price of the shares.

(Reuters) – Industrial and construction supplies distributor HD Supply Holdings Inc., backed by PE firms Bain Capital, Carlyle Group and Clayton Dublier & Rice, plans to raise as much as $1.33 billion in an initial public offering.