Category Archives: The IPO Buzz

The IPO Buzz will not be published today. IPOScoop is taking a brief break as the December holidays wind down. We will resume publishing the column after New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2020. Only one IPO was scheduled to start trading this week: Molecular Data (MKD proposed), a Shanghai-based chemicals e-commerce platform, said Monday that […]

The IPO market closed out 2019 last week with an unexpected opening-day moonshot. That was like a glass of complimentary Champagne just before the blank IPO Calendar for this holiday week, which includes Hanukkah and Christmas. The year-end moonshot came out of the blue last Thursday when Monopar Therapeutics (MNPR) scored an opening-day gain of […]

This week may be the finale for the 2019 IPO market. The IPO Calendar has two small-cap deals this week. After that, there is nothing scheduled for the week of Hanukkah and Christmas and the week that follows. But not to worry; the IPO market is merely following history. Let’s take a look at the […]

If you listen closely, you’ll hear the IPO band striking up for what might be 2019’s final parade. Bankers have seven offerings on this week’s IPO Calendar. They expect to raise nearly $2.8 billion. That’s good traffic in recent markets. Leading the pack, the experts say, are Bill.com Holdings (BILL proposed), a cloud-based unicorn that […]

December opens with just one IPO on the calendar – in keeping with the trend for the first week of December over the past five years. Nevertheless, there is hope in the wind. Here are a few big names in the wings that have caught the attention of some IPO investors: Bill.com Holdings (BILL proposed), […]

This week’s IPO Calendar has just two deals – a new name and a carryover from last week. This lean Thanksgiving menu is not at all unusual. The IPO world usually slows down for the week of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The new name is Alussa Energy Acquisition (ALUSU proposed) while LMP Automotive Holdings (LMPX […]

Chips and SPACs are in the spotlight on this week’s IPO Calendar. And there’s big news about an IPO that the American public can’t buy – the long-awaited Saudi Aramco deal. (More on that gigantic IPO in a minute.) Bankers plan to price eight IPOs this week and raise about $684 million. Two chip companies […]

Two IPOs slipped on to the IPO Calendar late Thursday afternoon for pricing during the week of Nov. 18. That gave Wall Street some IPO action for the third week of November, when previously there was none. This isn’t to say that things have turned quiet. November 2019 is off to a better-than-usual start.(There’s just […]

The first week of November features a $2.4 billion IPO Calendar, with one deal – GFL Environmental – accounting for most of that volume. GFL, the Canadian trash and recycling giant, aims to raise $1.9 billion. It’s among 10 IPOs on tap this week. Health care is the dominant sector this week. Five of the […]

Just three IPOs are on the calendar this week, when Halloween falls on Thursday.  That’s a wrap as well for October.  A cannabis SPAC, a biotech and an online platform for Chinese real estate agents are in this week’s IPO mix. Bankers expect these three deals to raise $283 million, based on the midpoint of […]