Friday, February 10, 2012

Bazaarvoice Sets IPO Pricing Range

Austin-based Bazaarvoice, which provides ratings and reviews software-as-a-service to e-commerce retails, has set an estimated IPO pricing range. The firm said Thursday in a filing that it is looking to offer 9.484,296 sahres of its common stock at between $8.00 and $10.00 per share. The firm has not yet set an exchange, saying only that it is looking to list as BV on either the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange. Bazaarvoice had filed for an IPO in August. The firm's bakcers are Austin Ventures, Battery Ventures, and Eastern Advisors, and the IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank Securities, Credit Suisse, Piper Jaffray, Pacific Crest Securities, and BMO Capital Markets.