Zynga

Zynga just filed an S-1 form with the SEC for a $1B IPO.

Online gaming company Zynga has just filed its IPO, selling $1 billion worth of stock in the filing. Here is the S-1 from the company. Morgan Stanley is the lead underwriter, with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, J.P. Morgan, Allen 7 Co., and Goldman Sachs also joining the offering. In...

By Jared Rosenbaum “Don't mess with the bull young man, you'll get the horns.” – Principal Vernon So in terms of being wrong, I would say this week (through Thursday) is up there with my all-time worst calls ever (have you figured out yet that betting against me is a sure way to make money?!)....

Online social media company Zynga, popular for its interactive games like Words with Friends and FarmVille, is looking to raise between $1.5 billion and $2 billion in an initial public offering, a source familiar with the matter said. An IPO filing could be submitted to the SEC as soon as...

Just a few minutes ago, CNBC's Kate Kelly reported that Zynga is set to go public any day now, perhaps as soon as tomorrow. The company is going to raise an astounding $1.5 to $2 billion in the initial public offering, and has selected Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter of the IPO. What is...

One of the trickiest areas of investment is one of growing prominence in 2011: initial public offerings. IPOs are often tremendous opportunities for companies entering public trade and the investors that buy into them. Investors must be warned, however, of the common mistakes that can entrap the...

Facebook just lost six million American users, marking the end of an era for the world's largest online community. Well, not really. But it does beg the question: what does the future hold for social networking? And how can six million people just vanish from Facebook? Statistical Anomalies...

Using the same strategy LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) used during its IPO, Zynga Inc. wants to sell just a small number of shares in its IPO, according to this Bloomberg article. Bloomberg spoke with a person who had direct knowledge of the situation, and that person said that perhaps less than 10% of...

Thanks to a $5 million investment from Earlybird Venture Capital, Peak Games is on point to emerge as one of the leading social media companies in emerging markets. Aimed at fostering continued growth in some of the fastest-growing markets in the world – including Turkey and MENA (Middle East...

The creator of Famville and other popular Facebook games, Zynga Inc., is planning its initial public offering, according to a person familiar with the matter. Zynga has met with representatives of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and is close to choosing bankers to...

Recent research from the National Association of Colleges and Employers(NACE) reports that the graduating class of 2011 is experiencing the best job market for new graduates since the economy took a hit in 2008. According to Bloomberg, “The turnaround is being driven by gains in finance, energy,...

If you had the opportunity to loan $25 to help someone build a farm in another country, would you do it? Or would you rather spend that money buying goodies in FarmVille? This is the challenge that Kiva – a nonprofit group dedicated to facilitating $25, interest-free loans to entrepreneurs in...

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) discarded its plans to offer U.S. investors private stock shares of Facebook, as reported this morning by Bloomberg. Goldman Sach's abandonment of this sale is a heavy blow for U.S. investors in the increasingly hot market of privately-owned social media engines. The...

Dealbook is reporting that Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) has invested $450 million in the social network site Facebook at a valuation of $50 billion. The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the transaction, and says that Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, which has already plowed...