Looking back, this was a great year in technology. In Boston, it was a banner year for IPOs:
Salary.com (SLRY) 2/14/2007
EnerNOC (ENOC) 5/17/2007
TechTarget (TTGT) 6/4/2007
Starent Networks (STAR) 6/5/2007
Bridgeline Software (BLSW) 6/28/2007
BladeLogic (BLOG) 7/24/2007
Netezza (NZ) 7/18/2007
Virtusa (VRTU) 8/2/2007
VM Ware (VMW) 8/14/2007
Athena Health (ATHN) 9/19/2007
Constant Contact (CTCT) 10/3/2007
Double-Take Software (DBTK) 12/15/2007
There were also pile of acquisitions, including some for big dollars like Equal Logic ($1.4B Dell) and Health Dialog ($775m - BUPA). Venture funding continues to be up, but is still well below it’s peak in 2001. And close to $35 Billion was raised by venture funds in 2007, indicating that investors still believe it’s a good bet.
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