Baiya International (BIYA), the parent of a Chinese job-matching and recruitment services platform, priced its micro-cap IPO at $4.00 – the low end of its $4.00-to-$6.00 range – and sold 2.5 million shares – the number in the prospectus – to raise $10.0 million on Thursday night, March 20, 2025. The stock slipped to open at $3.80 – down 20 cents from its IPO price – at around noon EST today – Friday, March 21, 2025 – on the NASDAQ.
Cathay Securities and Revere Securities were the joint book-runners.
Baiya International (BIYA) is an offshore holding company whose VIE, known as Gongwuyuan, and operating subsidiaries in China provide job-matching and recruitment services in the core provinces. Its service area includes the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, according to the prospectus. The holding company is incorporated in the Cayman Islands.
The holding company is not profitable. For the 12 months that ended June 30, 2024, Baiya International reported a net loss of $0.9 million (a net loss of about $900,000) on revenue of $13.67 million, according to financial statements in the prospectus.