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Enterprise software firms Infor on Wednesday announced that it secured a massive, $1.5 billion investment from Koch Equity Developments (KED) and Golden State Capital as it preps for an initial public offering in 2019 or 2020. Infor's IPO could be among the top 10 largest technology IPOs in US history, and the biggest ever for a New York City-based tech company. This pre-IPO investment from Koch Industries comes two years after the multinational corporation paid roughly $2.5 billion for a minority stake in the software firm. Nonetheless, Infor says there's broad investor and analyst interest in a potential IPO, as investors are looking for scale enterprise software investment in the cloud with high barrier to entry, recurring revenue, and customer retention. Infor, which is known for its industry-specific software suites, says it took in over $3 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2018.

Infor is one of the world's leading providers of enterprise applications - specialized by industry, engineered for speed, and changing the way work gets done.

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