Following $16 Billion WhatsApp Deal, Is GrubHub Seamless Next?

With Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) paying a record $16 billion to acquire WhatsApp, a deal announced yesterday, the market environment may be right for additional tech IPOs, or at least that’s what GrubHub Seamless Inc., may be hoping. The internet-based menu and takeout ordering service, formed last year in merger, may be preparing for an initial public offering, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.  Company officials have met with investment banks to facilitate an IPO, potentially occurring in the first half of 2014, the report says. Pre-IPO activity noted Chicago-based GrubHub has engaged in a flurry of pre-IPO activity lately.  Last…