Slack planning to go public through a direct listing--WSJ

Slack Technologies Inc. is planning to go public to go public in the coming months through a rare direct listing, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Citing people familiar with the matter, the workplace instan.....»»

Slack is planning to go public through a direct listing, potentially making it the second big technology company after Spotify to bypass a traditional IPO......»»

Asana The productivity software startup Asana is planning to go public next year and looking at a direct listing, the Financial Times' Miles Kruppa reported. As.....»»

Airbnb… Wall Street debut is officially earmarked for 2020, but the home-share startup is charting an unconventional path to the public markets. San Francisco-based Airbnb is laying the groundwork... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Airbnb is planning a direct listing for its 2020 public market debut, rather than conducting a traditional initial public offering, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. A direct listing would keep the home-share compa.....»»

U.S. IPO Weekly Recap: WORK"s Direct Listing Works As Slack And 6 Others Go Public.....»»

Citadel Securities' Joe Mecane talks about what he saw during the software company's trading debut Slack your coworkers--the workplace messaging company is now public. Huddled on the NYSE trading floor, members of .....»»

The strong performance helped validate the unusual direct listing model the company used to go public. The stock soared to more than $41 at midday on Thursday from the New York Stock Exchange's reference price of $26 apiece......»»

Slack opened at $38.50 on the NYSE, well above the reference price of $26 that was set for the shares. A parade of initial public off.....»»

The strategy is a possibly risky alternative to an initial public offering. Spotify is the only other major company to go the direct listing route recently......»»

Slack is pricing its shares in a direct listing today. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today.....»»

Slack Technologies shares have finally come public in their direct listing. This isn’t a typical IPO, like we’ve seen with Grocery Outlets earlier Thursday. Instead Slack has forgone the underwriters........»»

The strategy is a possibly risky alternative to an initial public offering. Spotify is the only other major company to go the direct listing route recently......»»

Direct offerings feature less trading volatility than IPOs. Ten years a.....»»

What has so far been a banner year for tech initial public offerings is expected to receive a substantial jolt Thursday when messaging platform Slack Technologies Inc. debuts in a direct listing......»»

Slack is going public with a direct listing, so there’s no order-taking and final IPO price......»»

Wall Street Breakfast: Slack Goes Public Via Direct Listing.....»»

Slack Goes Public Via Direct Listing (Wall Street Breakfast Podcast).....»»

Slack Technologies Inc. is set to make its trading debut Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange with a valuation of about $15.7 billion, the second major company to go public through a so-called direct listing......»»

Slack Technologies Inc, whose instant messaging app has taken workplaces by storm, is scheduled to go public via a direct listing on June 20, instead of the more popular initial public offering route......»»