Pinterest zooms into the public markets (and yet another technical company file for a stock exchange listing) – TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital focused podcast, where we extract the numbers behind the headlines.

This is a relaxed, Friday, Equity Shot. That means Kate and Alex was on deck to chew through the past from the IPO front. We continue to make extra episodes as long as we need to, even though we are a little sorry if we get a little bit.

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Saw three things this week. First, Fast filed an S-1 (Alex's notes here); Second, Zoom completed its high expected IPO (Kate's post here, Alex also has notes); And third, Pinterest was also public (more from TechCrunch here). Finally, Pinterest appreciated the stock offer of $ 12.6 billion (higher than the last private valuation), but we have some notes on the "undercorn" phenomenon anyway (here and there).

Quickly go public after increasing more than $ 200 million to a valuation of over $ 900 million. Founded in 2011, the content provider exceeded the $ 100 million revenue limit in 2017, and grew slightly below 40 percent in 2018. It is an unprofitable store, but it has a clear path to profitability. And given how Zoom's IPO went, it's likely to elaborate on the market momentum.

As mentioned, Zoom had a successful first trading day. The company ended up pricing the shares over the range of $ 36 just to debut on the $ 65 Nasdaq. Yes, it's a 81 percent pop, and yes, we were a little floor.

Finally, Pinterest's debut was solid, which led to a more than 25 percent gain over its overall IPO prize. What's not to like about it? It is difficult to find fault with the offer. Pinterest passed the negative press and questions about the valuation of the private market, became public, raised a truck with money and now only needs to perform. We want to see.

If you're looking for more Uber IPO content, don't worry, it's probably more of what's coming. See you next week.