The IPO Buzz: Contineum Therapeutics’ IPO Jump-Starts April Market

April got underway for the IPO market early today – Monday, April 1, 2024 –  with the launch of Phase I biotech Contineum Therapeutics (CTNM Proposed). The San Diego-based biotech, which is developing drugs to treat progressive MS (multiple sclerosis) and IPF (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), plans to price its $149.6 million IPO later this week to trade on the NASDAQ.

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Stifel and RBC Capital Markets are the joint book-runners of Contineum Therapeutics’ IPO.

The rest of this week’s IPO Calendar consists of up to four exceptionally small IPOs, including two deals that may price tonight.

The IPO market wrapped up a strong first quarter on Thursday (March 28, 2024) – buoyed by the successful IPO of Reddit (RDDT) .

The 2024 IPO Scorecard shows that IPOs priced during the first quarter of 2024 delivered a total return from IPO price of 14.38 percent, outperforming the NASDAQ’s gain of 9.11 percent for the year to date.

Among the small-cap IPOs on tap this week: Zhibao Technology (ZBAO Proposed), an InsurTech company that provides digital insurance brokerage services in China, is offering 1.2 million Class A ordinary shares at a price range of $4.00 to $6.00 to raise $6.0 million.

EF Hutton is the sole book-runner.

Zhibao Technology, based in Shanghai, launched the first digital insurance brokerage platform in China in 2020, driven by its proprietary PaaS (Platform as a Service).

For the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2023, Zhibao Technology reported a net loss of $5.9 million on revenue of $19.6 million.

(For more information about this company, please check the IPO Calendar and the individual IPO Profile found on our website: IPOScoop.com )

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