Klarna (KLAR Proposed) popped out of the box by disclosing the plans for its $1.24 billion IPO – leading a flurry of five IPOs launched early today with combined proceeds of about $3 billion. (Please see our IPO Calendar for details.) This is the burst of IPO activity after Labor Day that Wall Street had anticipated. Let’s take a look.
Klarna, a “Buy Now, Pay Later” company, is offering 34.31 million shares at a price range of $35.00 to $37.00 to raise $1.24 billion, if the IPO is priced at its $36.00 mid-point. Of the 34.31 million shares in the IPO, the selling shareholders are offering about 28.76 million shares and the company is offering only about 5.56 million shares. This is a New York Stock Exchange listing. The IPO is expected to price next week.
At the $36.00 mid-point price, Klarna would have a market cap of about $13.6 billion, based on the number of ordinary shares outstanding. (Updates market cap figure)
Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley are leading the joint book-runners’ team, which includes BofA Securities, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, Societe Generale and UBS Investment Bank.
Four more big IPOs set terms early today – Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025 – to price next week:
- Legence (LGN Proposed) – 26 million shares at a $25.00-to-$29.00 price range to raise $702 million, if priced at the $27.00 mid-point of its range. Market Cap: $2.8 billion – Goldman Sachs and Jefferies are the joint lead book-runners. NASDAQ listing
- Gemini Space Station (GEMI Proposed) – 16.67 million shares at a $17.00-to-$19.00 price range to raise $300 million, if priced at the $18.00 mid-point of its range. Market Cap: $2.2 billion – Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are leading the joint book-runners. NASDAQ listing – The Winklevoss twins are behind this company. Expected Pricing Date: Sept. 11, 2025 – to trade Sept. 12.
- Black Rock Coffee Bar (BRCB Proposed) – 14.71 million shares at $16.00-to-$18.00 price range to raise $250.07 million, if priced at the $17.00 mid-point of its range. Market Cap: $812.94 million- J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, Morgan Stanley and Baird are the joint book-runners. NASDAQ listing
- Figure Technology Solutions (FIGR Proposed) – 26.32 million shares at an $18.00-to-$20.00 price range to raise $500 million, if priced at the $19.00 mid-point of its range. Market Cap: $3.92 billion – Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and BofA Securities are leading the joint book-runners of this blockchain company’s IPO. NASDAQ listing – Expected pricing date: Sept. 10, 2025 – to trade Sept. 11.
Stay tuned.