Bob’s in town. This week’s IPO Calendar is led by Bob’s Discount Furniture, Inc. (BOBS Proposed), the value-oriented retail chain that’s going public in one of the busiest IPO weeks since 2021. Once Upon a Farm, PBC (OFRM Proposed), an organic baby food and children’s snack company co-founded by actor Jennifer Garner, is also on the IPO menu this week. These two deals represent the consumer sector in a week that features seven big IPOs. Bankers aim to raise $3.5 billion from these seven deals.
White Pearl Acquisition Corp. (WPACU), a $100 million SPAC IPO, is also in the offing. A $30 million IPO from Jaguar Uranium, a Canadian company developing uranium mines in Argentina and Colombia, is set for pricing this week as well.
Three biotech IPOs – from companies developing treatments for pattern hair loss, cancer, Crohn’s disease and pulmonary fibrosis – intend to raise $700.3 million. The biotech deals make up 20 percent of this week’s $3.5 billion in large deals.
Forgent Power Solutions (FPS Proposed), a developer and manufacturer of custom electrical distribution equipment, is planning to raise about $1.5 billion with its IPO. Forgent’s electrical equipment is designed for data centers, the power grid and energy-hungry industrial facilities.
Liftoff Mobile (LFTO Proposed), an AdTech platform that helps advertisers place ads within mobile apps, intends to raise $711.2 million – in the week’s second-largest IPO, in terms of dollar volume.
Stay tuned.