Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

Manga! WEBTOON Entertainment, Inc. (WBTN) priced its IPO at $21.00 – the high end of its range – and sold 15.0 million shares to raise $315 million on Wednesday night, June 26, 2024. The comics and creative content platform’s stock started trading Thursday, June 27, on the NASDAQ – opening at $21.30 at 12:06 p.m. […]

The late June run for IPOs picked up some steam early today when Alumis Inc. (ALMS Proposed), a Phase II/III clinical biotech, disclosed terms and launched its $300 million IPO. That launch brings to three the number of large traditional IPOs expected to price this week – the last week of June 20204. WEBTOON Entertainment […]

SPAC IPO bankers raised a total of $410 million – as expected – with the pricing of these three deals on Monday night, June 17, 2024.  All three SPAC IPOs were set to make their trading debuts today on the NASDAQ. (Editor’s Note: This column, published early today, Tuesday, June 18, 2024, has been updated […]

WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (WBTN Proposed), a global storytelling platform for creators and fans of comics and other creative content with its roots in South Korea, unveiled the terms for its $292.5 million IPO early today – Monday, June 17, 2024. The WEBTOON IPO is expected to price next week. (Please see the IPO Calendar on […]

LandBridge Co LLC (LB Proposed), a Houston-based company that buys and manages oil- and natural gas-rich land in the Permian Basin, unveiled the terms for its $297.25 million IPO in an S-1/A filing early  today  – Monday, June 17, 2024.  The IPO is expected to price late next week. (Please see the IPO Calendar on IPOScoop.com […]

Tempus AI (TEM) priced its IPO at $37.00 – the high end of its range – and sold the full 11.1 million shares in the prospectus – to raise $410.7 million on Thursday night, June 13, 2024. The market cap is $6.1 billion. Tempus AI’s stock jumped $3.00 to open at $40.00 at 11:49 a.m. […]

Perceptive Capital Solutions Corp. (PCSC), a small healthcare SPAC based in New York, raised $75 million with the pricing of its small stock-only IPO on Tuesday night, June 11, 2024. The SPAC – sponsored by an affiliate of Perceptive Advisors – sold 7.5 million shares at $10.00 each. Perceptive Capital Solutions Corp.’s stock closed at […]

Centurion Acquisition Corp. (ALFUU) priced its SPAC IPO of 25.0 million units at $10.00 each – the terms in the prospectus – to raise $250.0 million on Monday night, June 10, 2024. Each unit consists of one Class A share of common stock and one-half warrant. Centurion Acquisition’s stock rose in its NASDAQ debut to […]

Tempus AI (TEM Proposed), known for its proprietary AI-driven healthcare data platform, leads the IPO Calendar for the second week of June with its $400 million IPO. The unprofitable cancer-focused genomics testing and data company’s IPO  is the only big IPO on this week’s lineup. Tempus AI is backed by SoftBank Corp. of Japan. Australia’s […]

Rapport Therapeutics (RAPP), a Phase II biotech, priced its IPO at $17.00 – the mid-point of its $16.00-to-$18.00 range – on 8.0 million shares – the number in the prospectus – to raise $136.0 million, the company said on Thursday night, June 6, 2024. Shares of Rapport Therapeutics jumped $1.00 from their IPO price to open at […]