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2021 IPO Market Makes History as the Busiest Year in Two Decades The 2021 IPO market was one for the history books. A stunning 397 IPOs raised $142.4 billion in the busiest year by deal count since 2000 and the biggest year for proceeds ever. 27 billion-dollar deals came to market led by pre-revenue electric truck...read more

Explosive IPO Market Delivers the Busiest Quarter Since 2000 The US IPO market produced its busiest quarter in over two decades, with 100 IPOs raising $39.2 billion. Fueled by momentum from 2020, the combination of high volume and large offerings resulted in the biggest first quarter by proceeds ever. Healthcare...read more

The first month of 2021 closed out with eight IPOs, 24 SPACs, and one postponement. Three issuers raised more than $1 billion, bringing the count of billion-dollar US IPOs in January to six, the most in a single month ever. Just one IPO submitted an initial filing ahead of the February lull, but SPACs kept the pipeline active with 27 new filings. Oaktree-backed ...read more

Shoals Technologies Group, a leading US provider of electrical balance-of-system products for solar projects, raised $1.9 billion by offering 77 million shares (88% secondary) at $25, above the upwardly revised range of $22 to $23. The selling shareholder offered 7 million more shares than anticipated. The company originally planned to offer 50 million shares (79% secondary) at...read more