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US IPO Week Ahead: Back-to-back record activity with 12 IPOs set to price

WSPT

Following the busiest week of 2017, the week ahead will be another record breaker with 12 IPOs scheduled to raise a combined $2.1 billion. The week will be led by automated email platform SendGrid and cybersecurity provider SailPoint Technologies. Other notable deals include online personal-styling service ...read more

US IPO Weekly Recap: 10 companies go public in the busiest week of 2017

CBTX

Ten companies raised a combined $1.6 billion in the most active week of the 2017 IPO market. Texas community bank CBTX took the top spot with a 10% pop, which is still below the long term historical average of 13%. The week featured three regional banks, three biotechs, three fast-growing Chinese companies and a communications platform pivoting to growth. First day...read more

Sogou prices IPO at $13, the high end of the range

SOGO

Sogou, China's second largest mobile search engine backed by Tencent and Sohu, raised $585 million by offering 45 million shares at $13, the high end of the range of $11 to $13. Sogou plans to list on the NYSE under the symbol SOGO. J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs (Asia) and CICC acted as lead managers on the deal....read more

US IPO Week Ahead: China's #2 search engine leads busiest week of 2017 with 11 IPOs

SOGO

An active 4Q17 powers ahead with 11 IPOs scheduled to raise $2.0 billion in the coming week. That would make it the IPO market's busiest week of the year. The activity level is unsurprising given the 32 new filings in October, a two-year high. We also expect a number of IPOs to launch this week in order to price before Thanksgiving.  China's recent surge of US IPOs...read more