Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

IPOScoop is taking a short break for Memorial Day, the federal holiday honoring the men and women in the U.S. military who have died in service to their country. The U.S. stock market will be closed Monday, May 27, 2024, for Memorial Day. Wall Street will return to work on Tuesday, May 28. Only one […]

Bowhead Specialty Holdings (BOW) upsized its IPO at pricing to 7.53 million shares – up from 6.67 million shares in the prospectus – and priced the IPO at $17.00 – $1.00 above the top of its $14.00-to-$16.00 range – to raise $128.0 million on Wednesday night, May 22, 2024. Bowhead’s stock surged 35.3 percent to open at […]

Just one large deal is in the IPO waters this week. Bowhead Specialty Holdings (BOW Proposed) is set to price its $100 million IPO on Wednesday night, May 22, 2024. The profitable specialty property and casualty insurance company is offering only 6.67 million shares at a price range of $14.00 to $16.00 to raise $100.0 million […]

Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (BOW Proposed), a New York-based specialty property and casualty insurance company, disclosed terms for its $100 million IPO and launched the deal early today – Monday, May 13, 2024 – for pricing next week. The profitable P&C insurance company is offering 6.67 million shares at a price range of $14.00 to […]

Twenty-one million ADS at $21 each: China’s battery-powered EV maker ZEEKR Intelligent Technology Holding Limited  (ZK) announced early today – Friday, May 10, 2024 – that it priced its IPO – upsized at pricing to 21.0 million American Depositary Shares (ADS) – at $21.00 each – the high end of its $18.00-to-$21.00 range – to raise $441.0 […]

GP-Act III  Acquisition Corp. (GPATU) raised $250 million in its SPAC IPO – the second blank check IPO in May – on Wednesday night, May 8, 2024. The SPAC’s initial public offering consisted of 25.0 million units at $10.00 each. An individual unit was made up of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of […]

Following its IPO road map, Proficient Auto Logistics  (PAL) priced its IPO at $15.00 – the mid-point of its $14.00-to-$16.00 range on Wednesday night, May 8, 2024. The company, as expected, sold 14.33 million shares – the number in the prospectus – at $15.00 each to raise $215.0 million. The Jacksonville, Florida-based auto transportation company is a […]

Silvaco Group (SVCO) priced its IPO at $19.00 – the top of its $17.00-to-$19.00 range – and sold 6.0 million shares – the number in the prospectus – to raise $114.0 million on Wednesday night, May 8, 2024. The Santa Clara, California-based company, which provides semiconductor design software and services, went public at a market […]

ZEEKR Intelligent Technology Holding Limited (ZK Proposed), a battery-operated passenger EV manufacturer in China, disclosed terms for its $341 million IPO and launched the deal after the closing bell on Friday, May 3, 2024. The terms call for ZEEKR to offer 17.5 million American Depositary Shares (ADS) at a price range of $18.00 to $21.00 […]

First SPAC IPO of May:  Michael Klein’s SPAC IPO – Churchill Capital Corp. IX/Cayman (CCIXU) was priced Wednesday night, May 1, 2024, to trade today – Thursday, May 2 – on the NASDAQ. Churchill Capital Corp. IX priced its SPAC IPO in sync with the terms in its prospectus: 25.0 million units at $10.00 each to raise […]