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

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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 3Q 2020 US IPO Market Review

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IPO Frenzy Drives Busiest Third Quarter Since 2000 The US IPO market had its busiest third quarter by deal count since the Dot-com era, with 81 IPOs raising $28.5 billion. The high volume combined with several large deals resulted in the largest quarter by proceeds in six years. IPOs performance remained strong,...read more

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

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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

Game on: Unity Software prices IPO well above the range at $52, raising $1.3 billion

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Unity Software, which provides a real-time 3D video game development platform, raised $1.3 billion by offering 25 million shares at $52, above the upwardly revised $44 to $48 range.  The San Francisco, CA-based company originally planned to offer shares at $34 to $42, before raising the range on Wednesday. Unity used a new bidding process for its IPO, in which the...read more