Author Archives: Jan Paschal

Anthropic is on track to launch its highly anticipated IPO – most likely in November, according to a story posted online by The New York Times late this afternoon (Friday, Sept. 18, 2026).  That expected timing matches projections by some Wall Street pros, who say that they think Anthropic should wait to launch its IPO until […]

Electra Therapeutics (ETRA) upsized its IPO at pricing to 23.33 million shares – up from 21.67 million shares in the prospectus – and priced the IPO at $15.00 – the mid-point of its $14.00-to-$16.00 range – to raise $349.95 million on Thursday night, Sept. 17, 2026. Electra Therapeutics’ IPO rode the wave of strong demand from biotech and […]

Orion180 Insurance Group (OIG) priced its IPO at $12.00 – $3.00 below the bottom of its $15.00-to-$17.00 range in the prospectus – and sold 20 million shares – the number in the prospectus – to raise $240 million on Thursday night, Sept. 17, 2026. (Editor’s Note: This column, published Thursday night, Sept. 17, 2026, was […]

West Palm Beach, Florida-based Haymaker Acquisition V (HYACU) priced its SPAC IPO in sync with the terms in its prospectus – 25 million units at $10.00 each – and raised $250 million on Wednesday night, Sept. 16, 2026. Haymaker Acquisition V became the first IPO to get priced after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark […]

American Savings Bank (ASBH) of Hawaii upsized its IPO to about 8.06 million shares – up from about 7.5 million in the prospectus – and priced the deal at $16.00 – the mid-point of its $15.00 to $17.00 price range – to raise $128.92 million on Tuesday night, Sept. 15, 2026, the bank said in a statement. […]

Electra Therapeutics (ETRA proposed), a late-stage biotech focused on cancer and autoimmune disorders, set the terms early today for its IPO: 21.67 million shares at a price range of $14.00 to $16.00 to raise $325.05 million, if priced at the $15.00 mid-point of its range, according to its S-1/A filing dated Sept. 14, 2026. The […]

Orion180 Insurance Group  (OIG Proposed) revealed the terms for its $320 million IPO early today – Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026 –  and launched the deal to price next week. This is the second big IPO to launch since Wall Street returned to work on Tuesday after the long Labor Day holiday weekend. Holtec Nuclear Corp. (HNUC […]

First big IPO launch after Labor Day: Holtec Nuclear Corp. (HNUC Proposed) unveiled the terms for its IPO in an S-1/A filing – 50 million shares at a price range  of $15.00 to $18.00 – to raise $825 million, if priced at the $16.50 mid-point. Holtec Nuclear Corp. intends to  list its stock on the […]

SB Energy (SBE Proposed), a data center and power infrastructure company backed by SoftBank of Japan, has filed to go public in what could be a multibillion-dollar deal. No terms were disclosed in the S-1 filing, which was dated Aug. 31, 2026. SB Energy’s IPO will be listed on both the NASDAQ and the NASDAQ […]

Anticipation is the word in the IPO market. Anthropic is likely to unveil its first public SEC filing for the Claude AI maker’s blockbuster IPO next week – possibly on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, when Wall Street gets back to work after the Labor Day holiday. Anthropic’s IPO could raise as much as $100 billion, […]