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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

US IPO Week Ahead: The IPO market makes a holiday WISH in a 6 IPO week

WISH

Updated Monday, 12/14. Six IPOs and five SPACs are scheduled to raise $2.8 billion in the week ahead as the IPO market starts to slow down before the holidays. Bargain e-commerce platform Wish (WISH) plans to raise $1.1 billion at a $16.4 billion market cap. The company provides an e-commerce platform that connects primarily China-based...read more

US IPO Weekly Recap: Snowflake's IPO breaks records in a diverse 15 IPO week

SNOW

In the busiest week yet for the 2020 IPO market, 15 IPOs raised $8.7 billion. Snowflake (SNOW) took the spotlight, completing the largest software IPO ever and bagging the biggest billion-dollar pop in two decades. Eight SPACs joined the week’s diverse group of IPOs. The year’s largest IPO to date, Snowflake (SNOW) priced above...read more

Big leap: JFrog prices IPO well above the upwardly revised range at $44

FROG

JFrog, which sells software tools that streamline app development, raised $509 million by offering 11.6 million shares (31% insider) at $44, well above the range of $39 to $41. At pricing, JFrog commands a fully diluted market value of $4.5 billion. JFrog plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol FROG. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and BofA Securities acted as lead managers...read more