Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

IPO bankers launched two big deals – ITG, Inc. (ITG Proposed) and Sinda Ltd. (SIND Proposed) – early today (Monday, June 22, 2026) – to price next week and raise a total of $617.4 million just ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. The U.S. stock market will be closed on Friday, July 3, the […]

Right on cue: The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) will buy $75 million of stock in Doncasters Group – DPC Holdings Limited (DPC Proposed), according to an SEC filing early today (Monday, June 22, 2026). The QIA Private Placement is in addition to another concurrent private placement in which certain existing shareholders (including directors) have agreed to […]

First Carolina Financial Services  (FCBM) priced its IPO at $12.50 – $1.50 below the bottom of its $14.00-to-$16.00 range – and sold 5.5 million shares – the number in the prospectus – to raise $68.75 million on Wednesday night, June 17, 2026. In its New York Stock Exchange debut today – Thursday, June 18 – First Carolina Financial […]

Kardigan (KARD), a cardiovascular biotech, upsized its IPO at pricing to 25 million shares – up from 23.3 million shares in the prospectus – and priced the deal at $16.00 – the top of its range – to raise $400 million on Wednesday night, June 17, 2026. Kardigan’s stock opened slightly higher – at $16.25 […]

Doncasters Group – also known as DPC Holdings Ltd. (DPC Proposed) – launched its $700 million IPO early today – Monday, June 15, 2026 – with plans to price the deal next week. Doncasters Group – aka DPC Holdings Limited – is offering 23.33 million shares at a price range of $28.00 to $32.00 to […]

SpaceX (SPCX) took off in its NASDAQ debut today – opening at $150.00 and closing at $160.95 – up $26.11 from its IPO price of $135.00 – for a 19.22 percent gain on its first day of NASDAQ trading. Volume exceeded 503 million shares. SpaceX stock enjoyed a nice pop at the first trade – […]

SpaceX (SPCX) made history today. Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI data company priced its IPO at $135.00 a share and sold 555.56 million shares – the terms in the prospectus – to raise $75 billion in the largest IPO in history. SpaceX posted the news online late Thursday afternoon – June 11, 2026. SpaceX […]

Let’s do this again: Cancer biotech Parabilis Medicines (PBLS) upsized its IPO at pricing to 33.5 million shares – up from 33.33 million shares – and priced the deal at $20.00 – $1.00 above the top of its range – to raise $670 million on Tuesday night, June 9, 2026. It was the IPO’s second upsizing […]

Houston-based ERock (EROC) priced its IPO at $21.50 – the mid-point of its range – and sold 27.9 million shares – the number in the prospectus – to raise $600 million on Tuesday night, June 9, 2026. ERock’s stock slipped today – Wednesday, June 10, 2026 – in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange […]

Parabilis Therapeutics (PBLS Proposed) upsized its IPO to 33.33 million shares – up from 25 million initially – and keeping the price range at $17.00 to $19.00  – to raise $600 million, if priced at the $18.00 mid-point of its range, according to an S-1/A filing early today – Tuesday, June 9, 2026. The cancer […]