New York-based Yext (YEXT), which gives businesses control over how they appear online, IPO’ed on the NYSE on Thursday, pricing its shares initially at $11, above the $8-$10 expected. By the time trading was open to the general public, shares were trading at around $14 for a 27% jump.Yext raised approximately $116 million in the IPO and brings its market capitalization to $1.3 billion on a fully diluted basis.The company’s IPO follows other successful recent tech offerings, who shot up heavily on the first day, demonstrating strong initial demand for the stock:Mulesoft (MULE): +46% (on day one of its IPO)Snap (SNAP): +44%Okta (OKTA): +38%Alteryx (AYX): +11%Cloudera (CLDR)(CLDER), a big data software company, is likely the next notable forthcoming IPO. The range of recent VC-backed tech IPO successes has to encourage management.Despite the 83% run in the S&P 500 since the beginning of 2012, less than 20 New York-based startups have IPO’ed. And not all of them have gone as anticipated.NY-based online lending company OnDeck Capital (ONDK) has lost 82% of its value since its IPO in December 2014. The former “unicorn” ($1+ billion valuation) now has a market cap of just $323 million.Online marketplace Etsy (ETSY), which debuted in April 2015, has lost 63% of its value and sits at a valuation of $1.2 billion.