Skype launches $100 million IPO

With its software on the verge of being integrated into every device that could handle it, it looks like it's time to cash in. According to GigaOM and an S-1 filling with the SEC, Skype is seeking to raise $100 million through an initial public offering (IPO).

Skype has been making waves lately with its various mobile applications, deals with carriers and the open API that will seek to see Skype embedded on toasters far and wide. Now we can add one more wave to this Skype sea of news with the filing of their IPO. GigaOM writes that while most figured this move was coming, the IPO does seem to have come a little sooner than expected. The IPO will be handled by Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and a few other financial firms. When the IPO is completed, the company will trade on NASDAQ.

For more:
- read the GigaOM article

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