Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

September promises to be a hectic month, if this morning’s traffic at the SEC is any indication. Six IPOs jumped on the IPO Calendar today for pricing in the week of Sept. 13, 2021, the second full week of the month. Bankers expect to raise $2.79 billion from these six IPOs, if all are priced […]

DoubleDown Interactive (DDI proposed), the South Korean mobile gaming app company, is rolling its digital dice this week. The company’s deal is the only traditional IPO on the IPO Calendar this week – usually one of the slowest weeks for the IPO market in the countdown to the Labor Day holiday weekend.  One tiny NASDAQ […]

No IPOs were scheduled for pricing this week – a sign that the IPO market is taking its traditional August break. The late summer slowdown traditionally begins around mid-August and usually lasts until about a week after the Labor Day holiday.  In the coming days and the next few weeks,  there may be a few […]

(Editor’s Note: This column was updated Thursday afternoon with the postponement of FinWise Bancorp and the closing price of Southern States Bancshares on its first day of trading.) Eliem Therapeutics (ELYM) jumped on Tuesday in its NASDAQ debut, opening at $16.25 – up 30 percent from its $12.50 IPO price. The biotech trimmed its IPO’s price to […]

Weber, Inc. (WEBR), the iconic grill brand, priced its IPO tonight at $14 – below its $15-to-$17 range – on 17.86 million shares – to raise $250 million. The pricing terms represented a cut of 67 percent in the deal’s size. Weber was the only household name on this week’s slim IPO Calendar – and […]

Robinhood Markets (HOOD) started trading today at $38 – flat with its IPO price at the low end of its $38-to-$42 range. The online broker’s debut on NASDAQ was a much more muted performance than some on the Street had expected. The stock briefly spiked – hitting an intraday high at $40.25 – and then […]

Sight Sciences Inc. (SGHT proposed) increased its IPO’s size early Wednesday morning – and priced it Wednesday evening at $24, the top of its new $23-to-$24 range, on 10 million shares. The vision-focused medical device maker’s deal is among a dozen healthcare IPOs on the IPO Calendar this week. Healthcare is the theme of the […]

Dingdong (Cayman) Limited, a Chinese online grocery delivery platform, priced its chopped-down IPO early Tuesday at $23.50 – the low end of its range – to raise $87 million – nearly 75 percent less than what it had originally planned. The Chinese online grocery delivery startup drastically cut the deal’s size late Monday afternoon – […]

WalkMe Ltd. (WKME proposed), an Israeli software company, and Lyell Immunopharma (LYEL proposed), a T cell reprogramming company, are on the IPO marquee for the week before summer officially begins on Sunday, June 20th.  Israel and its tech sector are in the IPO limelight after the success of Monday’com’s debut last week.  As for biotechs,  […]

Marqeta, Inc. (MQ proposed) is generating the most buzz on the IPO Calendar this week, when bankers aim to raise about $3.9 billion. The company, whose technology enables DoorDash, Instacart and Square to issue their own cards and process payments, is among nine names expecting to go public this week. It’s safe to say that […]