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Asana Latest Company to Consider Direct Listing

By Carleton English
· · Source: Financial Times

Project management software company Asana is expected to go public via a direct listing next year, the Financial Times reports. The company, led by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, may also raise money with a private share sale ahead of the listing, according to the report. Asana has hired JPMorganChase and Morgan Stanley to help steer its listing, the article says. Direct listings have...

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