Tagged: ipo

October 19, 2020 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ant Group, which was previously known as Ant Financial, the world’s most valuable Fintech firm and subsidiary of the Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA), has reportedly received approval from Chinese regulatory authorities for the Hong Kong leg of its planned initial public offering (IPO). The Ant… Read More

September 29, 2020 @ 6:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV (NASDAQ:FTIVU), a SPAC set up to acquire promising Fintech firms, has completed its initial public offering (IPO) of 23 million shares – including the 3 million over-allotment option. The company generated gross proceeds of $230 million in the offering. Each unit… Read More

September 26, 2020 @ 6:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mark Schwartz, MD at Ernst & Young Capital Advisors LLC, Equity Capital Markets Advisory, has explained how (special purpose acquisition company) SPAC mergers can help companies with accessing better financing deals or options. Schwartz noted that the growth of SPACs gives private business owners an… Read More

September 12, 2020 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Temasek Holdings, a major Singapore state investor, is reportedly looking into making a potential investment in the planned initial public offering (IPO) of Chinese Fintech giant Ant Group, which might be the world’s largest iPO. GIC Pte Ltd, which is Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund (one… Read More

September 9, 2020 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweden’s Buy Now, Pay Later firm Klarna is reportedly planning to secure $500 million in capital via an investment round which could double its valuation to around $10 billion, according to a recent report from Reuters (which cited sources familiar with the matter). Klarna had… Read More

September 8, 2020 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Plenti, a consumer lending platform (previously known as RateSetter Australia), has announced that it will carry out an initial public offering (IPO), in order to secure AUD 55 million in capital. Plenti’s management noted that they’ll offer 33.1 million shares at the rate of $1.66… Read More

September 6, 2020 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Online peer to peer (P2P) lender Robo.cash is reportedly getting ready to conduct its initial public offering (IPO) in Australia in December of this year. Robocash Group, which is the parent company of Europe based P2P lender Robo.cash, will be the next Fintech service provider… Read More

August 26, 2020 @ 11:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia-based Fintech firm Credit Clear has reportedly asked investors to value it at around 6x its historical revenue for its planned or upcoming initial public offering (IPO). Bell Potter, the firm’s broker, shared the new terms with clients on August 25, 2020. As first reported… Read More

July 31, 2020 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Many companies have either launched or are at least considering the possibility of conducting an initial public offering (IPO), despite the economic uncertainty created by the global COVID-19 outbreak. San Francisco-based Fintech firm Affirm, which was established by Max Levchin, the co-founder of PayPal, has… Read More

July 21, 2020 @ 8:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Policybazaar, a digital insurance platform, is reportedly planning to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) next year at a valuation of more than $3.5 billion. If it’s successful, then it might potentially become the first of India’s major startups to carry out such a large… Read More

July 20, 2020 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Ant Group (formerly Ant Financial) plans to execute concurrent listing on Shanghai Stock Exchange’s STAR market and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, according to a company release. The news of a pending initial public offering (IPO) was previously reported as word of the listing… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

  nCino (NASDAQ:NCNO), a Wilmington, North Carolina based Fintech that offers a cloud banking platform built on the Salesforce platform, launched its initial public offering (IPO) today and shares have rocketed on the NASDAQ since trading commenced. nCino listed at $31/share after the offer price… Read More

July 13, 2020 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Meltem Demirors, the Chief Strategy Officer of CoinShares, an investment company that manages $750 million in assets, and serves as a partner to investors and entrepreneurs focused on the digital asset ecosystem, recently questioned why Insurtech Lemonade (NYSE:LMND) is valued at around $4 billion on… Read More

July 11, 2020 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based Marqeta Inc, a major payment card issuing Fintech firm whose investors include giant Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs, is reportedly planning to work with various investment banks in order to potentially launch an initial public offering (IPO). As reported by Reuters, which cited… Read More

July 9, 2020 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

  Ant Financial, part of the mega-tech group Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), is planning an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong that will value the firm at a massive $200+ billion valuation, according to a report. Earlier this year, the company changed its legal name in… Read More

July 3, 2020 @ 1:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JD Digits, the Fintech-focused division of Chinese online marketplace JD.com, is reportedly planning to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) at China’s STAR Market, which is based in Shanghai. This, according to a filing submitted by several securities companies. As first reported by TechNode, the… Read More

July 2, 2020 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade (NYSE:LMND), a fast-growing Insurtech firm, completed its initial public offering (IPO) today on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Earlier today it was reported that at the last minute Lemonade bumped up its planned offering price to $29 a share. Apparently, that was not… Read More

July 2, 2020 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade, a high profile Insurtech, is scheduled to trade on the NYSE today under the ticker symbol “LMND.” At the last minute, the company bumped up the per-share price to $29/share. Just yesterday, Lemonade indicated in an updated S-1 filing that shares would trade in… Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 9:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade, a fast-growing Insurtech firm, has upped its initial public offering (IPO) share price range according to an updated S-1 filing. Shares are expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Thursday under the ticker symbol “LMND.” It was last reported that… Read More

June 27, 2020 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chinese firm Ebang, a leading developer of cryptocurrency mining hardware, confirmed on June 26, 2020, that it had been listed on the Nasdaq Global Market (under the EBON ticker). Notably, Ebang is only the second Bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer to go public on a US… Read More