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Bright Green to flashing red: 2022's first direct listing plummets after explosive early trading

BGXX

Last month, early-stage US cannabis producer Bright Green (BGXX) completed the first direct listing of 2022, and began trading on the Nasdaq at a market cap of more than $1 billion. Despite registering nearly 100% of its shares, Bright Green has traded like the often low float, “pop-and-drop” IPOs that have become commonplace this year. The company...read more

IPO Index caps off a red January with its best day since 2020

RIVN

After a challenging several months, the Renaissance IPO Index gained 7.8% on Monday, capping off a tumultuous January with its best performing day since March 2020. The Renaissance IPO Index (IPOUSA) is a basket of the largest and most liquid IPOs over the past three years tracked by the IPO ETF (NYSE: IPO). It currently contains 107 constituents that span eight sectors, and more...read more

Fall 2021 US IPO Preview: An Active End to a Record Year

SNOW

The US IPO market has already posted its busiest year since the internet bubble in 2000, and we expect issuance to stay active in the fall. With broader equity markets at all-time highs and a burgeoning IPO pipeline of private unicorns, many long-awaited names will finally take the leap to public markets, supported by the busiest month of August for new filings in over a decade....read more

Updated: Renaissance Capital's 2020 US IPO Market Review

ABNB

The IPO Market Has the Best of Times in the Worst of Times 2020 was a year to forget for many people, but it was unforgettable for IPO investors who benefitted from both the number of IPOs and their outsized average returns. While the COVID-19 pandemic sent global markets into a nosedive in March, the IPO window...read more