BETA Technologies (BETA) increased its IPO’s size at pricing – to 29.85 million shares from 25 million shares in the prospectus – and priced the IPO at $34.00 – $1.00 above the top of its $27.00-to-$33.00 range – to raise about $1.02 billion on Monday night, Nov. 3, 2025. At pricing, BETA Technologies’ market cap was about $7.44 billion. (This column, published Monday night, Nov. 3, 2025, was updated Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 4, with BETA Technologies’ debut on the NYSE.)
Shares of BETA Technologies (BETA) opened flat at $34.00 early Tuesday afternoon on the NYSE and then slipped below its IPO price. The stock was trading at about $31.90 – down $2.10 from its IPO price – at around 2 p.m. EST on Tuesday – against the backdrop of a big sell-off in the broad stock market.
By 2:39 p.m. EST, though, BETA Technologies was back in the black – trading at $35.58 – up $1.58 from its $34.00 IPO price for a gain of 4.58 percent.
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were the lead joint book-runners. BofA Securities, Jefferies, TPG Capital BD, LLC, Citigroup, Cantor, BTIG and Needham & Co. served on the joint book-running team.
BETA Technologies (BETA), based in South Burlington, Vermont, is developing two models of small electric planes for corporate and civilian use, as well as a military electric plane – along with the motors, batteries and GSE (ground support equipment) that the aircraft require. A larger electric plane, capable of carrying about 19 people, is also in development.
BlackRock and GE Aerospace were among five cornerstone investors that had indicated an interest in “severally and not jointly” buying up to $300 million of stock in BETA Technologies’ IPO – an amount that was equivalent to about 40 percent of the deal before it was upsized.
BETA Technologies is not profitable: The company reported a net loss of $310.2 million on revenue of $23.1 million for the 12 months that ended June 30, 2025, according to financial statements in the prospectus.