Nimble $150 M IPO data storage startup files

Summary: There are still a number of blank spaces in the S-1 - namely the initial quote, the number of shares to be sold, and that bag in which Nimble plans to be listed.

It continues the wave of IPO in the technology industry. The most recent entry on their way to the scene public is agile storage, a provider of storage platform based on San Jose aimed at business customers.

Compared to that other, highly they buzzing about from Twitter IPO, Nimble fundraising goal is considerably less than $150 million.

Taking into account the alterations with the Act of Jumpstart our business Startups (jobs) that emerged at the beginning of this year, Nimble could actually have that encrypts a secret (for a short time) taking into account that the aim of fundraising was less than $1 billion.

But Nimble identified as an "emerging growth company" under the rule of job, simply explaining "irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this exemption and, therefore, will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies not emerging growth companies".

However, Nimble seems confident enough in its form S-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.

According to the S-1, Nimble had $50.6 million for the six month period ending on July 31, with a net loss of $17.1 million.

But there are still a number of blanks of the form yet to be filled, namely the initial stock price, the number of shares to be sold, and that bag in which Nimble plans to be listed.

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have been tapped as joint administrators offering book. Pacific Crest, William Blair, Stifel Nicolaus, Oppenheimer and Needham will act as co-managers.

The imminent public debut Nimble, Twitter and a host of other brands of technology solidifies the projections of analysts earlier this year that technology IPO in general is ready for a comeback this year, driven by strong growth confidence and investors from the market.

Topics: Start-ups, Big Data, data management, storage, technology industry

Rachel King is a writer for San Francisco-based ZDNet.

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