Software startup Sprinklr targets $5 bln valuation in U.S. IPO

Software startup Sprinklr said on Monday it was looking to raise as much as $380 million through a U.S. initial public offering (IPO), targeting a valuation of about $5 billion.

The company, whose customers include Microsoft Corp and McDonald’s Corp, said in a regulatory filing it planned to sell 19 million shares priced between $18 and $20 per share.

Sprinklr, which began in 2009 in a spare bedroom in founder and Chief Executive Officer Ragy Thomas’s house in New Jersey, provides software that helps its clients with marketing, advertising and customer engagement.