Big data software maker Splunk floated shares at $17 this morning, and they are presently trading at $32.01, an 88.3% rise. The San Francisco company priced them above its anticipated $11 to $13 range and raised $229.5 million.

Once you know a company has stalled, the worst thing you can do is to simply wait it out or try more of the same, strategically and operationally.

Battery Ventures, Bay Partners and U.S. Venture Partners hit a grand slam with today’s IPO of Guidewire Software Inc., which makes software for insurance companies. As a group, the three venture firms hold about 25 million shares valued at about $428 million at today’s closing price of $17.12. The firms invested a modest $19.5 million [...]

(Reuters) – It’s been a rough summer for U.S. initial public offerings after the stock market nosedived, but tech issues could see strong demand after bankers and fund managers return from vacation in September. The growth promised by tech companies is dramatic and such growth is hard to come by as fears about a European [...]