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Nov 11, 2013, 8:04am PST

3 more Silicon Valley IPOs expected this week


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Chegg, the academic services and textbook rental company led by CEO Daniel L Rosensweig, hopes to raise up to $198.4 million in an IPO this week.
Senior Technology Reporter- Silicon Valley Business Journal
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Three Silicon Valley-based companies are reportedly set to go public this week: textbook rental and academic services platform provider Chegg, heart disease diagnostics company CardioDX and drug developer Relypsa.
They are among 12 U.S. IPOs that Renaissance Capital reports are lined up in a late-year surge of offerings that saw 15 go public last week, most notably Twitter.
Santa Clara-based Chegg, led by CEO Dan Rosensweig, is the biggest Valley debut of the week. It hopes to raise up to $198.4 million in an offering that could value the company at more than $1 billion.
Chegg, founded in 2005 at Iowa State University, has raised about $200 million in venture funds. Its backers include Insight Venture Partners, Foundation Capital, Gabriel Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
The company started out as a classifieds directory and became a textbook rental service after moving to Silicon Valley. It has since become an all-purpose hub for high school and college student needs.
While its revenue is up sharply, growing by 43 percent between 2010 and 2012 to about $213 million, it continues to operate in the red. It posted a $57.2 million loss for the first nine months of this year, compared to a loss of $49 million for all of last year.
CardioDX and Relypsa are part of the biggest IPO sector so far this year — health care. Medical device, pharma and other health-related businesses have accounted for 22 percent of the offerings in the past 12 months, followed by finance with 21 percent and technology with 20 percent.
Redwood City-based Relypsa, led by CEO John Orwin, hopes to raise up to $150 million. It develops drugs that treat cardiovascular and renal disease.
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