the nasdaq logo is displayed at the nasdaq market site in new york september 2 2015 reutersbrendan mcdermid oct 20 reuters  nasdaq inc ndaqo on wednesday reported a thirdquarter profit that topped wall street estimates helped by strong demand for its investmentrelated products and a jump in the number of initial public offerings while the transatlantic exchange operator is best known for its bourses nasdaq has tried to push into the antimoney laundering software sector and reposition itself as a leading financial technology and data vendor nasdaq reported an adjusted profit of 178 per share for the quarter ended sept 30 analysts were expecting 172 per share according to ibes data from refinitiv revenue from the companys solutions segments jumped 19 jump to 541 million boosted by strong demand for its products tied to nasdaqs indexes the units performance was also helped by the inclusion of verafin an antifinancial crime software firm the exchange operator bought for 275 billion late last year in the quarter the exchange welcomed 147 ipos representing 29 billion of capital raised of the ipos 80 were operating companies like robinhood markets inc hoodo and freshworks inc frsho while the rest were special purpose acquisition companies nasdaq said its european exchanges welcomed 25 ipos during the period the companys net revenues rose 17 to 838 million in the quarter market services revenue rose 15 to 295 million the exchange operator bought back 475 million worth of common shares in the quarter it said reporting by niket nishant in bengaluru and john mccrank in new york editing by shailesh kuber