Feature • All Eyes on MuleSoft IPO, $MULE Closes Up 46% First Day
🔔 🔔 🔔 pic.twitter.com/9SvKTyUDqe— MuleSoft (@MuleSoft) March 17, 2017
MuleSoft--domain: mulesoft.com--is a software company with headquarters in San Francisco, California, providing integration software for connecting applications, data and devices. Shares of MuleSoft Inc. NYSE:MULE, opened at $24.25 Friday, March 17, 2017, above its $17 IPO issue price, on the New York Stock Exchange. MuleSoft sold 13 million shares to raise $221 million. At the Friday closing price of $24.75 (+7.75 +45.59%), the company had a public market capitalization in excess of $3 billion, compared to a private market valuation of $1.5 billion.What a day! pic.twitter.com/38kVBnYGmB— MuleSoft (@MuleSoft) March 17, 2017
It's unreal to think that @MuleSoft started as an idea while working in banking in London to now, as $MULE! https://t.co/FPScUaRIyp— Ross Mason (@rossmason) March 17, 2017
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