Author Archives: Jan Paschal

First SPAC to debut in August 2025: HCM III Acquisition Corp. (HCMAU) priced its SPAC IPO in sync with the terms in the prospectus – 22 million units at  $10.00 each – and raised $220 million on Thursday night, July 31, 2025. HCM III Acquisition Corp. (HCMAU) started trading today – Friday, Aug. 1, 2025 – at […]

FIG dessert, anyone? Figma (FIG) more than doubled its IPO price – opening at $85 – up nearly 158 percent in its New York Stock Exchange debut early this afternoon. From that moonshot at the first tick, Figma (FIG) shares just kept climbing – hitting a session high above $116 and tapering off slightly to trade at […]

D. Boral ARC Acquisition Corp. I (BCARU) priced its SPAC IPO – 25 million units at $10.00 each – and raised $250 million on Wednesday night, July 30, 2025. In its NASDAQ debut today – Thursday, July 31, 2025 – D. Boral ARC Acquisition Corp. I (BCARU) opened flat at $10.00 on volume of 1.59 million. At […]

Shoulder Innovations, Inc. (SI), which sells an advanced implant system for shoulder repair, priced its IPO at $15.00 – a shocking $5.00 below the mid-point of its $19.00-to-$21.00 price range – and sold 5.0 million shares – the number of shares in the prospectus – to raise $75.0 million on Wednesday night, July 30, 2025. […]

Figma (FIG) priced its hot IPO at $33.00 – $1.00 above the top of its recently increased price range – and sold 36.94 million shares – the number of shares in the prospectus – to raise $1.22 billion on Wednesday night, July 30, 2025. In its New York Stock Exchange debut, Figma (FIG) jumped to […]

Ambiq Micro (AMBQ) upsized its IPO at pricing to 4 million shares – up from 3.4 million shares – and priced the IPO at $24.00 – $1.00 below the top of its $22.00-to-$25.00 price range – to raise $96.0 million on Tuesday night, July 29, 2025. Ambiq Micro’s stock scored a moonshot in its NYSE […]

Figma (FIG Proposed), a San Francisco-based design software maker, increased its IPO’s price range to $30.00 to $32.00 – up from $25.00 to $28.00 originally – in an S-1/A filing early today – Monday, July 28, 2025. Figma’s IPO is now set to raise about $1.15 billion – if the IPO is priced at $31.00, the […]

Late summer is firefly season: Firefly Aerospace (FLY Proposed) unveiled the terms for its $599.4 million IPO in an SEC filing early today – Monday, July 28, 2025. Firefly Aerospace is offering 16.2 million shares at a price range of $35.00 to $39.00 to raise $599.4 million – at a market cap of $5.2 billion […]

Accelerant Holdings (ARX) shot up 35 percent in its NYSE debut today – opening at $28.44 – up over $7.00 from its $21.00 IPO price. The specialty P&C insurance company’s IPO generated a lot of demand – described as 10 to 20 times oversubscribed ahead of its pricing on Wednesday night, July 23, 2025. Accelerant’s […]

Linkhome Holdings Inc. (LHAI), an AI-driven PropTech (property technology) company in California, scored more than a moonshot – climbing to more than five times its IPO price in its NASDAQ debut today – Thursday, July 24, 2025. A moonshot occurs when a stock doubles its IPO price – or more – on its first day […]