Marketo Scores In IPO, Shares Close Up 77%

In a positive sign of a healthy IPO market, Marketo’s first day of trading on the NASDAQ was a hit.  The marketing automation company raised $79 million in its IPO, offering 6.1 million shares priced at $13. Today, shares opened at $20 and rose 77.69% to close at $23.10. Marketo CEO, Phil Fernandez rang the […]

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Marketo LogoIn a positive sign of a healthy IPO market, Marketo’s first day of trading on the NASDAQ was a hit.  The marketing automation company raised $79 million in its IPO, offering 6.1 million shares priced at $13. Today, shares opened at $20 and rose 77.69% to close at $23.10.

Marketo CEO, Phil Fernandez rang the opening bell at the NASDAQ today. Marketo, Inc. is listed under the symbol MKTO.

The firm’s competition in the marketing automation market includes Eloqua, which was acquired by Oracle last December, Pardot, HubSpot, and Silverpop.


The company has yet to realize a profit, but is banking on solid customer growth to get into the black. Marketo had revenues of $58.4 million last year with a loss of $34.4 million.


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Ginny Marvin was formerly Third Door Media’s Editor-in-Chief, running the day-to-day editorial operations across all publications and overseeing paid media coverage. Ginny Marvin wrote about paid digital advertising and analytics news and trends for Search Engine Land, Marketing Land and MarTech Today. With more than 15 years of marketing experience, Ginny has held both in-house and agency management positions. She can be found on Twitter as @ginnymarvin.

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