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Needham & Company is an independent investment bank and asset management firm specializing in advisory services and financings for growth companies. Needham & Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Needham Group, which also operates a private equity investment business and an investment management business. Since its founding, the firm has acted as lead or co-manager in more than 640 public offerings, including 215 IPOs, been an agent on more than 100 private placements, and completed over 330 mergers and acquisitions. Together, the transactions total almost $95 million. The firm, which is headquartered in New York City also has offices in Boston, Massachusetts, Menlo Park, and San Francisco, California. ==History== Needham was founded in 1985 by George Needham, Raymond Godfrey, and David Townes. George Needham was formerly a managing director of First Boston Corporation, where he established its business development and technology investment banking groups. Raymond Godfrey was vice president of business development at First Boston beginning in 1977. He left Needham in the 1990s but returned in 2000. David Townes, who also co-founded the firm, had previously been an investment banker at Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb focused on technology companies. Among its many other assignments, Needham was an underwriter for the initial public offering for Google in 2005.〔(The Churn ). New York Times, September 9, 2005〕 In October 2009, a former Needham Chief Operating Officer, Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire founder of Galleon Group, was charged with insider trading a decade after leaving the company; his work at Needham was never called into question.〔(Money Mavericks ). Forbes, October 19, 2009〕〔(A Look at the Hedge Fund Chief Accused of Fraud ). New York Times, October 16, 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Needham & Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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