SurveyMonkey taps JPMorgan to lead IPO - sources

Reuters 

The IPO would come four years after the company's last private fundraising round gave it a $2 billion valuation. Founded in 1999, had been apprehensive about going public as other technology IPOs failed to beat their private valuations in the last few years.

SurveyMonkey's plans are subject to market conditions and the timing of the IPO is not certain, the sources said this week, asking not to be identified because the matter is confidential.

San Mateo, California-based and JPMorgan declined to comment.

With many having opted to stay private for longer, companies are now tapping into pent-up investor demand for high-growth stocks to diversify from the so-called group comprised of Inc, Amazon.com Inc, and Alphabet Inc's

and Inc went public earlier this year in splashy stock market listings, while the likes of electronic signature service and cloud-based security firm Inc also had successful market debuts.

SurveyMonkey told HuffPost in 2016 that the company would generate roughly $200 million in revenue, with profit margins in the mid-30s percent range.

The company was previously run by Dave Goldberg, the husband of Inc Sheryl Sandberg, who died unexpectedly in 2015.

SurveyMonkey says around 3 million people use its survey platform each day. It has a so-called 'freemium' business model, whereby users can collect a capped number of responses to up to ten questions, with the option of paying for additional services.

SurveyMonkey's investors include Alphabet's and

(Reporting by and B. Baker in New York; Additional reporting by in San Francisco; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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First Published: Wed, May 09 2018. 16:58 IST