Netscape IPO
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The Netscape IPO was the landmark 1995 initial public offering of Netscape Communications that ignited the dot-com boom and symbolized the dawn of the commercial internet era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Netscape IPO canonical | 1 |
| Netscape initial public offering | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12974759 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Netscape IPO Context triple: [Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft, focusesOn, Netscape IPO]
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A.
Netscape Communications Corporation
Netscape Communications Corporation was a pioneering web browser company of the 1990s whose Netscape Navigator played a central role in the early popularization of the World Wide Web.
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B.
AOL–Time Warner merger
The AOL–Time Warner merger was a landmark 2000 corporate deal that combined internet giant AOL with media conglomerate Time Warner, later becoming infamous as one of the most disastrous mergers in business history.
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C.
Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft
"Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft" is a business and technology memoir chronicling the rise of Netscape and its battle with Microsoft during the early days of the commercial internet.
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D.
Stratton Oakmont
Stratton Oakmont was a notorious Long Island-based brokerage firm known for its aggressive “pump and dump” stock schemes and central role in the securities fraud case involving Jordan Belfort.
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E.
Netscape Communicator
Netscape Communicator was an integrated Internet suite from Netscape that combined a web browser with email, newsgroups, and web authoring tools in one package.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Netscape IPO Target entity description: The Netscape IPO was the landmark 1995 initial public offering of Netscape Communications that ignited the dot-com boom and symbolized the dawn of the commercial internet era.
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A.
Netscape Communications Corporation
Netscape Communications Corporation was a pioneering web browser company of the 1990s whose Netscape Navigator played a central role in the early popularization of the World Wide Web.
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B.
AOL–Time Warner merger
The AOL–Time Warner merger was a landmark 2000 corporate deal that combined internet giant AOL with media conglomerate Time Warner, later becoming infamous as one of the most disastrous mergers in business history.
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C.
Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft
"Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft" is a business and technology memoir chronicling the rise of Netscape and its battle with Microsoft during the early days of the commercial internet.
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D.
Stratton Oakmont
Stratton Oakmont was a notorious Long Island-based brokerage firm known for its aggressive “pump and dump” stock schemes and central role in the securities fraud case involving Jordan Belfort.
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E.
Netscape Communicator
Netscape Communicator was an integrated Internet suite from Netscape that combined a web browser with email, newsgroups, and web authoring tools in one package.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
financial event
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historical event ⓘ initial public offering ⓘ |
| companyAgeAtIPO | about 16 months ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exchange | NASDAQ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDayClosingPricePerShare | 58.25 USD GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstTradePricePerShare | 71 USD GENERATED ⓘ |
| grossProceeds | approximately 140,000,000 USD ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
milestone in late-20th-century financial markets
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turning point in technology sector financing ⓘ |
| impact |
encouraged venture capital investment in internet startups
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helped legitimize the internet as a commercial platform ⓘ influenced valuation of subsequent internet IPOs ⓘ |
| industry |
internet software
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web browser software ⓘ |
| initialPriceRangePerShare | 12 USD to 14 USD ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
catalyst of the dot-com bubble
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landmark IPO ⓘ |
| issuer | Netscape Communications Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
James Barksdale
NERFINISHED
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Jim Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Andreessen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive financial press coverage ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
company was not yet profitable
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valuation based largely on future internet growth expectations ⓘ |
| offeredSecurityType | common stock ⓘ |
| offeringPricePerShare | 28 USD ⓘ |
| percentageGainFirstDay | over 100 percent ⓘ |
| precededBy | founding of Netscape Communications in 1994 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Silicon Valley technology boom
NERFINISHED
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commercialization of the World Wide Web ⓘ dot-com bubble ⓘ |
| revisedPriceRangePerShare | 21 USD to 24 USD ⓘ |
| sharesOffered | 5,000,000 ⓘ |
| symbolized |
beginning of the dot-com boom
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dawn of the commercial internet era ⓘ |
| tickerSymbolAtIPO | NSCP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAt | NASDAQ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceOn | 1995-08-09 ⓘ |
| triggered | increased investor interest in internet companies ⓘ |
| underwriter |
Hambrecht & Quist
NERFINISHED
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Morgan Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| valuationAtIPO | around 2,000,000,000 USD ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Netscape IPO Description of subject: The Netscape IPO was the landmark 1995 initial public offering of Netscape Communications that ignited the dot-com boom and symbolized the dawn of the commercial internet era.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft
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aboutEvent
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Netscape IPO
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this entity surface form:
Netscape initial public offering