GrubHub Seamless Files Confidential Public Offering

[timjahn]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2014/02/20/your-ipo-to-go-grubhub-seamless-files-confidential-public-offering/

[lubos]

It's "GrubHub", not GitHub.

That reminds me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typoglycemia

[timjahn → lubos]

Yes, I'm aware. I posted this because GRUBHUB, not GITHUB is filing for an IPO.

[agumonkey → lubos]

Neither GRUBootloader hub.

[onedev]

For some reason I read "GitHub" and did a double take.

[zaidf → onedev]

Have now done this multiple times. I suppose a lot of us are waiting for GitHub's next big move.

[sdesol → zaidf]

I think I read Atlassian was going IPO this year which was why I couldn't dissociate GitHub from GrubHub for the longest time. Since they are both going after the coveted enterprise market, I automatically assumed it was GitHub and the IPO was to raise capital.

[grinich]

I'm wondering if these days "filing for IPO" is synonymous with "couldn't raise another large round." It seems so common for multi-billion dollar companies to do a huge private equity financing (+$100MM) to push off Sarbanes-Oxley a few more extra years.

Twitter, Dropbox, Facebook, Uber, GitHub, Airbnb, and Square have all done this. Maybe Goldman Sachs wasn't hungry for this one?

[rdl]

I wonder how much of an advantage they have in the IPO process because Seamless is so popular on Wall Street (maybe #2 after Bloomberg?)

[callmeed]

Can someone please explain the "GrubHub Seamless" name? It is, in my opinion, a horrible name (either separately is fine).

Is it just the corporate name? Is it from a merger of two egos and neither would give? Or is it some regional thing ala Carls Jr. & Hardees?

Those who use it, what do you call it?

[lopopolo → callmeed]

GrubHub and Seamless merged last year: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142412788732478700...

[leemcalilly]

I wouldn't be cynical if it were in fact Github.

[joeblau]

It said GitHub originally right?

[timjahn → joeblau]

No, it said GRUBHUB. Why would it say Github?

[bsiddiqui]

you're joking right?