Public Markets Warming Up to Venture-Backed Companies? Boston-Area IPO List

$13 to $15 per share will hold steady or fall. The firm plans to trade on the NASDAQ stock market under the ticker symbol “AVEO.”

BG Medicine, a Waltham, MA-based developer of molecular diagnostics, registered for $86.3 million IPO in January 2010. The company aims to have its stock trade on the NASDAQ under the symbol “BGMD.”

First Wind Holdings, Boston-based developer and operator of wind energy projects, has been in registration for a $450 million IPO since July 2008. The plan is to trade the stock under the clever symbol, “WNDY.”

Glasshouse Technologies, a Framingham, MA-based IT consulting company, proposed a $75 million IPO in January 2010. The company wants to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “GLAS.”

Nexx Systems, a Billerica, MA-based provider of semiconductors, registered for a $42 million IPO in February 2010. Planned ticker: “NEXX.”

Author: Ryan McBride

Ryan is an award-winning business journalist who contributes to our life sciences and technology coverage. He was previously a staff writer for Mass High Tech, a Boston business and technology newspaper, where he and his colleagues won a national business journalism award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in 2008. In recent years, he has made regular TV appearances on New England Cable News. Prior to MHT, Ryan covered the life sciences, technology, and energy sectors for Providence Business News. He graduated with honors from the University of Rhode Island in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. When he’s not chasing down news, Ryan enjoys mountain biking and skiing in his home state of Vermont.