US-based Ruckus Wireless, a provider of WiFi solutions backed by telecoms equipment company Motorola Mobility,could be worth $1bn at its New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) flotation.
Ruckus is selling 8.4 million shares in the flotation priced at between $13 per share and $15 each, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing. This could see the company raise as much as $144.9m and give it a market capitalisation of $1bn.
Investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are lead underwriters of Ruckus’ initial public offering.
Ruckus reported a $24m net income on around $93m in revenue for the first six months of 2012, compared to a $1m net loss on $47m in revenue for the same period last year.
Shareholders in Ruckus include venture capital firm Sequoia Capital (26.8% pre-IPO stake) and Motorola Mobility (6%).
Other investors include VC firm Focus Ventures (4%), phone operator Deutsche Telekom’s T-Online Venture Fund (3.5%), Telus (2.6%), Mitsui & Co Venture Partners (2.3%), Anjan Ghosal (1.8%), Gold Hill Venture Lending and Six Rivers Group. Venture capital firms Sutter Hill, Investor, Firelake Capital, and WK Technology Fund have all previously backed the company.