Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

SoftBank-backed PayPay (PAYP Proposed) of Japan may become the next big IPO. PayPay, the dominant QR code mobile app in Japan, filed to go public last week. (No terms yet.) This could be the biggest Japanese IPO ever done in the U.S., according to Bloomberg. Some think that PayPay’s IPO could raise as much as […]

Clear Street Group (CLRS Proposed) slashed its IPO’s size early today – to 13 million shares at a price range of $26.00 to $28.00 to raise about $351 million, if priced at the $27.00 mid-point of its new range, according to its S-1/A filing dated Feb. 12, 2026. The new terms represent a cut of […]

ARKO Petroleum (APC) increased its IPO’s size to 11.11 million shares – up from 10.5 million shares in the prospectus – and priced its IPO at $18.00 – the low end of its range – to raise $200 million on Wednesday night, Feb. 11, 2026. The price range was $18.00 to $20.00 At pricing, ARKO Petroleum (APC) […]

SOLV Energy (MWH) priced its IPO at $25.00 – the top of its $22.00-to-$25.00 range – and sold 20.5 million shares – the number of shares in the prospectus – to raise $512.5 million on Tuesday night, Feb. 10, 2026. San Diego-based SOLV Energy, a leading U.S. solar power plant contractor and builder of battery storage […]

AGI (AGBK), a Brazilian banking company, priced its IPO at $12.00 – the low end of its sharply reduced price range set earlier today – and sold 20 million shares – matching today’s big cut in the deal’s number of shares – to raise $240 million on Tuesday night, Feb. 10, 2026. Earlier today, AGI […]

Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. IV (SVIVU) raised $200 million with the pricing of its SPAC IPO on Monday night, Feb. 9, 2026. The deal – 20 million units at $10.00 each – was priced in sync with the terms in the prospectus. Spring Valley Acquisition IV opened at $10.06 at 10:52 a.m. EST today – […]

Clear Street Group (CLRS Proposed) is getting attention with its $1 billion IPO this week. The profitable New York-based FinTech company – a trading, clearing and risk-management platform – is a money machine. Clear Street Group is going public in the biggest deal on tap in the week after the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed […]

Mid-point pricing is the trend. AgomAb Therapeutics NV  (AGMB), a Belgian biotech backed by Pfizer, priced its IPO at $16.00 – the mid-point of its range – last night. That put AgomAb Therapeutics right in step with SpyGlass Pharma (SGP) and Jennifer Garner’s Once Upon a Farm (OFRM) – both IPOs also priced at the mid-point […]

SpyGlass Pharma (SGP) priced its IPO at $16.00 – the mid-point of its range – and sold about 9.38 million shares – the number in the prospectus – to raise $150 million on Thursday night, Feb. 5, 2026. The medical device company is backed by RA Capital. SpyGlass Pharma’s stock jumped to $24.00 – up $8.00 […]

Once Upon a Farm, PBC  (OFRM), the organic baby food and children’s snack company with actor Jennifer Garner among its co-founders, priced its IPO at $18.00 – the mid-point of its range – on Thursday night, Feb. 5, 2026. The Berkeley, California-based company priced nearly 11 million shares at $18.00 each to raise $197.95 million. Once Upon […]