The largest developer of games for Facebook wants to be listed on U.S. stock exchanges. The U.S. company Zynga, the largest developer of games for Facebook, could launch an initial public offering by the end of June, to take advantage of strong demand for shares in the company of social networking, said a source cited by Bloomberg.
According to him, Zynga leadership met with representatives of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs and is close to selecting bankers to prepare the prospectus issue.
Internet Companies in the rush to make initial public offerings after the actions LinkedIn, the largest professional networking site, has more than doubled from last week's deputy.
Actions Yandex, the largest operator of online search services in Russia, climbed Tuesday in his debut on New York Stock Exchange, with 55%.
Any private company which sought listing LinkedIn can do wonders if "tomorrow" the same thing, "said Bing Gordon, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Investment Company & Byers.
Representatives Zynga, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley declined comment.
Zynga is the second largest gaming company in the U.S., by value, after Activision Blizzard, depending on stock transactions on the markets for unlisted companies on a regulated market.
Thus, Zynga is valued at 8.2 billion dollars SharesPost market.
Zynga has 247.8 million active users on Facebook, more than six times more important than the second developer, according to market research company AppData.com.
The company owns three of the most popular applications on Facebook, "CityVille", "Farmville" and "Texas Holdem Poker.
Games can be accessed free of charge, and the company earns by selling virtual goods in the applications and the users paid access to higher levels.
World market of virtual goods is estimated to grow by more than two times in 2014 to 20.3 billion dollars from 9.29 billion dollars last year, according to ThinkEquity, market research company in San Francisco.
Zynga is the investment company's shareholders Foundry Group, Union Square Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Institutional Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz.
Other shareholders are the Digital Sky Technologies in Russia and Google.
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