The IPO market has hit its annual August pause.
The next two weeks should be light on pricings, heavy on filings.
Anthropic continues to dominate IPO headlines. After a reported 14x increase in quarterly revenue, the AI model developer is firming up plans for a possible October listing that could raise more than SpaceX.
More IPO hopefuls joined our fall watchlist, including General Atlantic, Nscale, Kakao Mobility, and a few public filers. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s CFO played down imminent IPO plans, but didn't rule out a Q4 listing either.
The final IPO of the summer was a dud: Defense contractor Lyntris (NYSE: LYNX) priced below the range and ended the week off -10%. The rare Evercore-led deal hit the market amid a sell-off in defense stocks, including several recent IPOs.
New stocks pulled back this week, dragged down by AI infrastructure companies amid bond-market volatility. The IPO Index retreated -4.7%, with the S&P 500 off -1.4%. Buy-now-pay-later lender Klarna dropped -31.1% after the company lowered guidance. AI-powered precision medicine company Tempus AI jumped +39.5% on positive results from partner Moderna’s cancer trial. Several digital asset plays also landed among the new stock winners.
Take care,
Bill Smith
CEO and Founder
Renaissance Capital
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Biggest price changes through
Aug 21st
in the
Renaissance IPO Index
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| Top 5 | ||
| Tempus AI | TEM | 39.5% |
| Bullish | BLSH | 24.7% |
| Figure Technology Solutions | FIGR | 24.4% |
| Circle Internet Group | CRCL | 22.9% |
| Caris Life Sciences | CAI | 20.5% |
| Bottom 5 | ||
| Klarna Group | KLAR | -31.1% |
| Madison Air Solutions | MAIR | -16.9% |
| CoreWeave | CRWV | -16.5% |
| Forgent Power Solutions | FPS | -16.3% |
| Fervo Energy | FRVO | -14.4% |
| Sectors | ||
| Health Care | 7.5% | |
| Financials | 4.2% | |
| Energy | 3.2% | |
| Real Estate | 1.0% | |
| Consumer Staples | -2.2% | |
| Technology | -3.1% | |
| Consumer Discretionary | -5.2% | |
| Industrials | -9.4% | |
| Utilities | -14.4% | |
Renaissance IPO ETF (NYSE symbol: IPO) tracks the Renaissance IPO Index
The Renaissance IPO Index returned -4.7% last week vs. -1.4% for the S&P 500.
