Tagged: ipos

August 24, 2025 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The U.S. initial public offering (IPO) market for venture capital (VC)-backed companies in 2025 is showing signs of cautious optimism, yet significant hurdles remain, according to PitchBook’s Q3 2025 Analyst Note, Navigating the New Standards for VC-Backed IPOs. The research report from PitchBook highlights a… Read More

August 17, 2025 @ 4:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Recently, cryptocurrency exchange Gemini took a significant step toward going public, with its S-1 registration statement shedding light on the company’s financial health, operational changes, and plans for a 2025 initial public offering (IPO). The filing, made public this past Friday, follows a confidential draft… Read More

August 15, 2025 @ 3:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On August 14, 2025, Miami International Holdings (NYSE:MIAX), the parent company of the MIAX exchange group, floated its shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The company, now valued at approximately $2.5 billion, saw its shares rise from its offering price of $23/share to… Read More

August 14, 2025 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

So far this year, there have been 216 initial public offerings (IPOs) in the US – a significant increase when compared to 2024. The success so far for these public offerings bodes well for the rest of the year. Among these offerings, a good number… Read More

August 11, 2025 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bullish, an institutionally focused global digital asset platform, announced a significant update to its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO). The Cayman Islands-based company, backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, revealed that it has upsized its IPO from 20.3 million to 30 million ordinary shares and… Read More

August 10, 2025 @ 7:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coin Metrics noted that the crypto industry is witnessing a pivotal moment as centralized exchanges like Kraken, Gemini, and Bullish gear up for initial public offerings (IPOs) in a shifting regulatory and market landscape. A more favorable environment, coupled with growing investor appetite for public… Read More

August 10, 2025 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global IPO market displayed resilience in the first seven months of 2025, with proceeds rising 9.5% YoY to $56.8 billion despite “persistent market volatility and policy uncertainty.” Investor appetite, especially in Asia-Pacific, reflects a strategic “shift toward high-value listings, underpinned by favorable macroeconomic fundamentals… Read More

August 6, 2025 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The fintech sector experienced a robust recovery in the second quarter of 2025, as detailed in PitchBook’s Q2 2025 Fintech & Payments Public Comp Sheet and Valuation Guide. The report highlights a rebound in fintech stock performance, driven by renewed investor risk appetite and strong… Read More

August 4, 2025 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swedish BNPL Fintech Klarna is reportedly gearing up to relaunch its initial public offering (IPO) this autumn, following a pause earlier this year. Sources cited by Sky News indicate that the company and its advisors are targeting a September or October listing, provided market conditions… Read More

May 16, 2025 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

The IPO market is cracking open. This week, eToro listed its shares on the Nasdaq, and Chime filed an S-1 indicating its intent to float its shares as well. Klarna may be moving forward on its paused public listing as well. There appears to be… Read More

April 22, 2025 @ 7:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One of South Korea’s largest digital assets exchanges, Bithumb, is reportedly making significant strides toward an initial public offering (IPO) slated for the second half of 2025. In a strategic move to streamline operations and potentially enhance its valuation prospects, the exchange announced plans to… Read More

March 25, 2025 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

eToro Group Ltd announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its Class A common shares. The number of shares to be offered and the… Read More

January 4, 2025 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech ecosystem stands at a key moment as 2024 comes to an end, according to an update entitled, The 2024 Recovery Signals a New Era For Fintechs (authored by Abdul Abdirahman, David Jegen, and Minesh Patel). After reaching a low market valuation point in… Read More

January 4, 2025 @ 9:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region topped the global initial public offering (IPO) market, with 604 companies going for public issues to raise “a total of $33.9 billion” for the calendar year 2024. The performance was driven by strong market sentiment, a favorable macroeconomic environment, and a… Read More

January 2, 2025 @ 4:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The initial public offering (IPO) market in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has demonstrated resilience in 2024, with a “sustained” upward trajectory despite a “high inflationary environment” and geopolitical tensions. This, according to a new research report. The APAC market witnessed a significant rise in IPO… Read More

October 3, 2024 @ 11:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), a “one-stop shop” for digital financial services that helps members borrow, save, spend, invest and protect their money, and PrimaryBid Technologies Inc., a capital markets fintech firm, announced the launch of DSP2.0, a Directed Share Platform (DSP) that offers a… Read More

January 17, 2024 @ 12:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

IPO [initial public offering] activity was dismal in 2023. You have to go back to 2019, which was just before the COVID crisis disrupted the world, to find a worse year. A total of 1,429 IPOs were launched globally in 2023 a nearly 16% drop… Read More

January 17, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The majority of European and UK Equity Capital Markets (ECM) leaders believe that large international companies still “see London as a destination of choice when considering listing,” according to new research from KPMG UK. When asked where large international companies “would consider listing, almost all… Read More

January 2, 2024 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Initial public offerings (IPOs) were pretty moribund in 2023. According to EY, global IPO volumes drooped by 8% in 2023, with proceeds down by 33% compared with 2022. The global IPO market ended in 2023 with 1,298 offerings, which raised $123.2 billion. Compare this to… Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Forge Global has shared the latest Private Market Update with CI. The report, prepared by global private securities marketplace, Forge Global (NYSE: FRGE), includes key insights based on the most current developments. The Forge Private Market Index, which tracks the most liquid private companies on… Read More