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Cisco acquired AppDynamics for $3.7 billion right before its IPO

Sonal Chokshi · a16z Podcast | Product-Market SALES Fit (What Comes First?) · Feb 26, 2019 · at 1:15

a16z Podcast host Sonal Chokshi introduces guest Jyoti Bansal, founder of AppDynamics, highlighting Cisco's acquisition of AppDynamics.

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“The first voice you'll hear is Jyoti's, followed by Satish's, talking about the initial insight behind AppDynamics, which was acquired by Cisco last year for 3.7 billion dollars. The night before it was set to go public.”

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Cisco acquired AppDynamics for $3.7 billion the night before AppDynamics was set to go public.

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Assessment

Official Cisco press releases, SEC filings, and major financial media outlets confirm that Cisco announced its acquisition of AppDynamics for approximately $3.7 billion on the evening of January 24, 2017. This occurred the night before AppDynamics was scheduled to price its Initial Public Offering on January 25, 2017, and two days before public trading was set to begin on the NASDAQ.

Cisco Press Release (January 24, 2017) announced intent to acquire AppDynamics for approximately $3.7 billion in cash and assumed equity awards.
AppDynamics SEC Form S-1 filings established a scheduled IPO pricing date of Wednesday, January 25, 2017.
Reuters and Forbes reported Cisco agreed to buy AppDynamics for $3.7 billion the night before / day before its scheduled IPO pricing.

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[1] bsic.it [2] cisco.com [3] wsgr.com [4] cisco.com [5] cisco.com [6] pcmag.com [7] wikipedia.org [8] cmswire.com

"AppDynamics" expected to go public "January 25, 2017" OR "January 26, 2017" OR "Thursday" Cisco AppDynamics acquisition agreement date scheduled IPO date SEC filings press release Cisco acquires AppDynamics 3.7 billion IPO night before "AppDynamics" IPO scheduled pricing date January 25 2017 or January 26 2017

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