 Zander Lurie |
SurveyMonkey registered a $100M initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 29.
Founded in 1999, the “people-powered data platform” used by 99 percent of Fortune 500 companies posted a $27M net loss on $121M in first-half revenues.
Zander Lurie, who become senior VP-strategic development at CBS following its acquisition of CNET Networks and previously was an in JP Morgan’s technology investment group, helms SM.
He took over following the death of Dave Goldberg, husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Goldberg died while on vacation in Mexico in 2015.
Sandberg, who is a SM board member, plans to donate to charity her 9.9 percent stake in the company—worth an estimated $200M—to fulfill her philanthropic committment to the Giving Pledge.
Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett created the Giving Pledge in 2010 to encourge the super-affluent to give a majority of their riches to charity.
SM will trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol of SVMK.
JP Morgan heads the IPO underwriter group, which includes Allen & Co. and Merrill Lynch.
Brunswick Group’s Darren McDermott is handling media for the IPO with SM’s head of communications Teresa Brewer.
Blueshirt Group financial communications boutique's Whitney Kukulka is working the investor front.
Teneo is handling the initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms with nearly $200B in assets under management.
Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
Kekst CNC represents Grant Thornton as it sells a majority stake in its US arm to New Mountain Capital, which relies on Goldin Solutions, in what is billed as the largest PE investment in the accounting and advisory sector.
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