DJN
9 years ago
Thanks. I work in Software Development and this company is solid... I manage most of their products and they are all great. Jira, Stash, Crucible, Confluence, Clover, Bamboo, Fisheye, etc. They are all solid development tools.
DJN
9 years ago
Tech from down under goes up in debut
While many tech companies that come public are high growth, they are frequently unprofitable and require outside funding to keep the business running through the losses. Australian enterprise software-maker Atlassian (TEAM) does not fit the usual tech bill: it is high growth, has been profitable for the last ten years, and has scaled without institutional capital. Its products include JIRA (project management), Confluence (content sharing), HipChat (messaging), JIRA Service Desk (service requests) and at least six smaller products. The company provides services to over 51,000 customers, including 79 of the Fortune 100. It does not have a direct sales force, instead using a land-and-expand strategy driven by strong word-of-mouth marketing, free trials and low pricing ($5/user/month/service). This week, the company priced its IPO at $21, 20% above the midpoint, and popped 32% in its debut.
Read more: http://www.nasdaq.com/article/us-ipo-weekly-recap-australian-tech-company-shows-strength-in-us-debut-cm553855#ixzz3u51i68dW
ohgunto
9 years ago
Great post, very informitive! I've used Atlassian products such as Bamboo, Jira, & Confluence for years now. Although there are other open source solutions, I believe Atlassian suite of products are the most trusted and supported. Wondered for years why it wasn't public, I guess it's here now. I see this being traded similar to where SAP and CRM are being traded now, it's potential for growth is very promising. Looking forward to the coming here.
DJN
9 years ago
Shares of software development tools maker Atlassian Corp. surged in their trading debut, helping the battered U.S. initial-public-offering market end 2015 on a high note.
The stock climbed 32% to $27.78 after pricing above the projected range on Wednesday, at $21 a share, the first time an IPO has come above its range since September, according to Dealogic. Shares opened at $27.67 and traded in a narrow $2 range throughout the session.
Atlassian, the last company slated to IPO this year, raised its proposed price range earlier this week and added more shares to the offering, the first time a U.S. company has done so since July.
The company is set to raise $462 million, up from a maximum of $370 million when it first began shopping its IPO to investors last week. The IPO values the business at $4.4 billion. The shares trade under the symbol βTEAM.β
If it continues to be successful, Atlassianβs public debut would be a bright spot in an otherwise dim U.S. IPO market.
The U.K.-registered company, which was founded in Australia in 2002 and has a big presence in San Francisco, achieved an IPO price tag that is well above its private valuation. A handful of other tech startups, including mobile payments startup Square Inc., priced their IPOs below both their initial range and their private valuations.
Bankers, tech company founders and investors are hoping a strong Atlassian debut has broader implications for the health of the IPO market in 2016. The offering was led by bankers at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/atlassian-surges-in-trading-debut-as-last-ipo-of-2015-1449765687