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Slack makes confidential filing for IPO

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Business messaging service Slack Technologies Inc said on Monday it had confidentially applied for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Slack is hoping for a valuation of more than $10 billion and is considering a direct listing, Reuters had reported earlier.

Such a listing gives insiders the option to sell instantly and does without the support of traditional underwriters - a recipe for potentially high volatility in early trading.

The company`s plan to go public comes at a time when equity markets are wrestling with extreme volatility in the back drop of slowing global growth concerns and U.S.-China trade spat.

Several companies have pulled their IPOs from the markets, citing "unfavorable economic conditions", with the number rising since the U.S. government shutdown.

The company did not specify the number of shares it was selling or the price range for the offering.

Slack, launched in 2013, allows teams and businesses to communicate through groups and has quickly replaced email at many companies, although email is still the dominant medium of communication in workplaces.

The number of paying customers using Slack has risen by more than 50 percent over the past five years to over 85,000, Slack Technologies Inc had said in a blog post.

Slack`s main competitors include Microsoft Corp`s Teams, Alphabet Inc`s Google Hangouts Chat and Cisco Systems Inc`s Webex Teams, which dominate the workplace collaboration market, which research firm IDC has projected will be worth $3.2 billion by 2021.

Slack has raised around $1.2 billion in 11 funding rounds, and has 36 investors, according to data provider Crunchbase. It counts SoftBank, T. Rowe Price, Sands Capital Ventures and General Atlantic as its investors.

Uber, Lyft and Airbnb are among other high-profile companies seeking U.S. listings this year.

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