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SciQuest aims to raise $75M through stock offering

The Cary-based provider of e-procurement services files an updated IPO report with SEC. SciQuest disclosed IPO plans back in March.

SciQuest teams up with international firm for e-invoicing services

SciQuest adds two veteran Triangle execs to its board

The Cary-based provider of e-procurement services, which is seeking to go public, names former PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Jeff Barber and ex-Red Hat COO Tim Buckley to board.

SciQuest named to Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100

Cary-based procurement and supplier management firm has been named the industry magazine’s Top 100 list of providers for the sixth consecutive year, the company announced Thursday.

SciQuest, which is planning stock offering, names CFO

Veteran finance executive Rudy Howard, an NCSU graduate, has worked for PPD, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Peopleclick.

SciQuest wants to go public again with $75M IPO

The Cary-based provider of online procurement and other services is owned in part by Intersouth Partners in Durham. SciQuest went public in 1999 then tansitioned to privately held company in 2004.

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University of Texas-Dallas picks SciQuest for online procurement solutions

UNC system signs on for SciQuest procurement solution

E-procurement on a statewide basis is expected to save the universities money by consolidating their spending.

College of Charleston signs on for SciQuest procurement services

SciQuest lands e-procurement contract for education institutions

By winning a competitive process itself with E&I Cooperative Purchasing, the Cary-based company can deal directly with colleges, universities rather than going through bidding process. ‘This is a big endorsement for us,’ a SciQuest exec says.

SciQuest CEO to discuss taking company private, rebuilding it

Council for Entrepreneurial Development names six new board members

Six N.C., six Georgia firms crack presentation list for Southeast Venture Conference

Third annual event is set for March 11-12 in Atlanta. In all, 40 startups from across Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee and Maryland will be showcased.

How to survive in 2009? Provide increasing value to customers, SciQuest CEO says

Survival of the Fittest: Stephen Wiehe led the transformation of a ‘dot com’ phenom to private from public company and also changed its mission. Other companies, he believes, can survive tough economic times by focusing on customer value.