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Database provider Couchbase sets terms for $151 million IPO

July 12, 2021
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Couchbase, which provides NoSQL database technology for application developers, announced terms for its IPO on Monday.

The Santa Clara, CA-based company plans to raise $151 million by offering 7 million shares at a price range of $20 to $23. At the midpoint of the proposed range, Couchbase would command a fully diluted market value of $992 million.

Couchbase provides a database for enterprise applications, which works in multiple configurations, from cloud to multi- or hybrid-cloud to on-premise environments to the edge, and can be run by the customer or managed by Couchbase itself. The company generates revenue from sales of subscriptions and services related to implementation/configuration and training. Couchbase has 549 customers across more than 50 countries, including over 30% of the Fortune 100.

Couchbase was founded in 2008 and booked $108 million in sales for the 12 months ended April 30, 2021. It plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol BASE. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, and RBC Capital Markets are the joint bookrunners on the deal. It is expected to price during the week of July 19, 2021.