Talend is notable for being one of the hottest venture-backed companies with an open source business model in 2011.

It is a privately held, venture-backed company.

(Some 37 venture-backed companies have gone public this year, as of the end of September.)

A total of 116 venture-backed companies went public last year, he added - more than in the three previous years combined, and the most since 1983.

Between the first round and the fourth round, venture-backed companies may also seek to take venture debt.

Welocalize was founded in 1997, and is a privately held, venture-backed company.

The funds invest in venture-backed companies and emphasize knowing the management.

C2Call is a venture-backed company that has generated more than $2 million in revenue since April 2010.

So far this year, 29 venture-backed companies have tried initial offerings, compared with 252 in 2000.

ParAccel is a venture-backed company focused on developing solutions to improve performance for data analysis.