back to article We want flying space cars and robo-butlers, and Pure Storage wants $450m in IPO cash

Flashy all-flash-array startup Pure Storage wants $450m in cash from its looming stock market debut. This would value the company at $3.1bn, giving its venture-capital backers a return of up to 6.6x on $470m in total funding. In an amended S1 filing with US financial watchdog the SEC, Pure Storage has priced its IPO shares …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    We want flying space cars and robo-butlers,

    Actually, I was hoping for a very authentic robot sex doll, who can morph into whoever is playing a leading role in my inappropriate thoughts at the time. You can keep the space car and the Paul Burrell Dusty Bin.

    Footnote: I was sooooo tempted not to go AC on this, and then I thought better of the idea.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    With financial figures like that ...

    ... who would buy these shares? And in this climate?

  3. klaxhu

    Violin v.2 type IPO coming soon

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    VC Return

    I'd question your assumption that the VC's own 100% of the stock. I believe the valuation for the last funding round wasn't too far off the $3.1B.

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