Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

Astera Labs (ALAB Proposed), the AI-driven semiconductor connectivity company, priced its IPO at $36.00 – $2.00 above the recently increased price range – on Tuesday night (March 19, 2024). The IPO’s size was 19.8 million shares – the number of shares in the prospectus. Astera Labs raised $712.8 million on Tuesday night. Astera’s IPO is expected to […]

By Jan Paschal – Posted March 18, 2024  Astera Labs (ALAB Proposed) – an AI play – increased  its IPO’s size early today to 19.8 million shares – up from 17.8 million shares – and raised the price range to $32.00 to $34.00 – up from $27.00 to $30.00. Under the new terms, Astera Labs expects to raise $653.4 million –  up […]

Astera Labs, Inc. (ALAB Proposed), an AI-driven connectivity platform, and Reddit (RDDT Proposed), an iconic social media platform, share top billing in a $1.7 billion-plus week. That total volume includes Auna S.A. (AUNA Proposed), an unprofitable Peruvian healthcare provider that aims to raise $420 million in its second attempt at going public. This week’s IPO Calendar includes about […]

(Editor’s Note: Updates column to add Santander as a global coordinator and joint book-runner in the second paragraph.) Auna S.A. (AUNA Proposed), a provider of prepaid healthcare plans in its native Peru and the operator of hospitals and clinics in Peru, Mexico and Colombia, disclosed the terms for its IPO early today (Thursday, March 14, […]

Reddit, Inc. (RDDT Proposed) disclosed the terms just before sunrise today for its long-awaited IPO: 22.0 million shares at a price range of $31.00 to $34.00 to raise $715 million, based on mid-point pricing at $32.50, according to its S-1/A filing dated March 11, 2024. This is a New York Stock Exchange listing. Reddit’s IPO […]

Brain cancer biotech NeOnc Technologies Holdings Inc. (NTHI Proposed) is set to price its $75 million IPO during the week of March 11, 2024. But it’s coming at a time when the Reddit watch party has kicked into high gear. Reddit (RDDT Proposed), the social media platform famous for its r/Wall Street Bets forum, is close […]

Astera Labs (ALAB Proposed), the semiconductor connectivity company, unveiled the terms for its $507.3 million IPO – 17.8 million shares at a price range of $27.00 to $30.00 a share – in an S-1/A filing early today – Friday, March 8, 2024. The IPO is expected to price on Tuesday night, March 19, 2024, to […]

ARCH Venture Partners is the big name behind Boundless Bio Inc. (BOLD Proposed), a Phase 1 cancer biotech that filed plans for a $100 million IPO on Wednesday (March 6, 2024) after the closing bell. The S-1 filing did not disclose terms for the IPO. This is a NASDAQ listing. Boundless Bio was founded in 2018 […]

Singapore’s ride-hailing app – Ryde Group Ltd. (RYDE) – priced its micro-cap IPO at $4.00 – the low end of its $4.00-to-$5.00 price range – on Tuesday night, March 5, 2024. Ryde Group priced 3.0 million Class A ordinary shares – the number in the prospectus – at $4.00 to raise $12.0 million on Tuesday […]

Lucas GC Limited (LGCL), a profitable Chinese job recruitment platform for HR professionals, is the first IPO priced in March 2024. Lucas upsized its IPO at pricing – to 1.5 million shares – up from 1.25 million in the prospectus – and priced the IPO at $4.00 – the low end of its $4.00-to-$6.00 range […]