Etsy formally files for initial public offering on Nasdaq
by Rupert Neate in New York from on (#4A6P)
Online craft marketplace's listing is expected to be largest tech IPO since 1999, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars in investment
Etsy, the online craft and vintage goods marketplace, has formally filed its intention to float on New York's Nasdaq stock exchange.
The Brooklyn-based company, founded in 2005 by painter, carpenter and photographer Rob Kalin after he struggled to find anywhere to sell his handmade wooden computers, registered its intention of an initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday night.
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