Shares of Data Company Elastic Nearly Double in NYSE Debut
*By Bridgette Webb*
A market downturn couldn't hold back Elastic's public debut on Friday.
The Dow , NASDAQ, and S&P 500, all closed in the red, as mixed employment data pushed interest rates higher. But shares of data service provider Elastic ($ESTC) opened at $70 per share, almost double its listing price of $36.
The company raised $252 million in the offering, but founder and CEO Shay Banon said that's not why he decided to take his company public.
"We view \[the IPO\] as a maturity event for a company ー it's time to stop being an adolescent and start to become a real company that's arch goes beyond a few years," Banon said in an interview on Cheddar Friday.
The Silicon Valley-based company's search tech finds information and gleans insights after reviewing large amounts of data, which is available for a diverse set of applications and uses.
Some of Elastic's clients include Uber, Facebook ($FB), Lyft, Microsoft ($MSFT), and Match Group's (MTCH) Tinder.
Competitors include Amazon($AMZN), Alphabet's ($GOOGL) Google, and Splunk ($SPLK).
For full interview [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/elastic-has-strong-market-debut).
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