CNBC: Investing

JUNE 9, 2025

The stock opened that day at $69.69, or 34% above its IPO, and closed up nearly 29% at $67 per share. The overwhelming positive sentiment from Wall Street has rewarded the company's decision to go public after a lengthy dry spell for IPOs. Here's what analysts at some of the biggest shops on Wall Street had to say on the IPO.

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2022 | H1 2023 — Fintech - Whilst many European start-ups have struggled to successfully execute funding rounds at valuation levels of yesteryear, more mature fintechs have pivoted to acquisitions and partnerships to fuel growth. By: White & Case LLP

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 30, 2025

Lee's appointment comes amid a groundswell of interest around stablecoins following the successful IPO of stablecoin issuer Circle at the beginning of the month and positive momentum pushing potential stablecoin legislation through Congress. Skip Navigation Markets Pre-Markets U.S.

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 14, 2024

Bill Ackman, who is in the middle of an IPO roadshow, said Warren Buffett was his inspiration for Pershing Square.

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Growth Business

JULY 26, 2023

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success If you’re new to the start-up funding world, you’ll no doubt have stumbled across the words ‘pre-seed’, ‘seed stage’ and ‘Series (x)’ – including on this website. Here, we break down what the funding rounds are and how to prepare for them. Has it got staff?

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MergersCorp M&A International

JULY 5, 2025

At their core, SPACs are shell corporations formed to raise capital via an initial public offering (IPO) with the sole purpose of acquiring an existing private company. This “blank check” approach allows private companies to go public by merging with the SPAC, bypassing the traditional, often arduous and unpredictable, IPO process.

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Growth Business

JULY 17, 2024

Angel investors A business angel is someone who quite often has a background in business or finance, and has funds to invest in businesses. Questions to ask are: Have they been successful in securing funding in your sector? Are the funding amounts they have secured on behalf of clients similar to the amount you are asking for?

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TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 8, 2023

The reason Blinkist hasn’t gone out for funding again in the last five years is because it has’t had to: the company is growing and profitable, and it still has money left in the bank, according to Holger Seim, Blinkist’s CEO and co-founder. Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8

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Cooley M&A

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Market volatility, a low interest rate environment and disillusionment with the IPO process, have made SPACs an attractive alternative for private companies looking to go public in recent months. According to Odeon Capital Group research, as of December 2, 2020, 210 SPAC IPOs had been completed representing gross proceeds of ~$72 billion.

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OfficeHours

JUNE 6, 2023

The goal is to support the development and expansion of innovative companies that may lack access to traditional funding sources. These investments are typically made in companies that are seeking capital to fund expansion, acquisitions, or other strategic initiatives.

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Global Banking & Finance

MARCH 28, 2024

Leveraging Collaboration and Technology: The Winning Strategy for Corporate Finance Teams In 2024, the global investment banking advisory industry is busy yet again, hoping to forget an incredibly challenging two years which saw the number of IPOs and M&A transactions reduce significantly.

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Growth Business

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The raise means the London-based VC , founded by Skype founder Niklas Zennström, is close to its £1.35bn target for its new growth and venture funds, despite a challenging economic climate. Venture capital: Evaluating the risk profile of investments – How do VCs assess risk when looking forensically at investment portfolios?

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OfficeHours

OCTOBER 16, 2023

For private equity investors, one of the most important considerations for a successful investment is determining the value the firm will receive at exit, which directly impacts fund returns. Initial Public Offering (IPO) One way to exit an investment involves taking the company public through an initial public offering (IPO).

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Global Banking & Finance

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The primary sellers include Polish Enterprise Fund VIII, which owns […] GDANSK (Reuters) -Croatian food retailer Studenac is planning an initial public offering with plans to list on the stock exchanges of Warsaw and Zagreb, the company said on Thursday.

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 14, 2025

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Wizenius

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

1) Mastering Fund Raising Nuances Through the infusion of debt and equity, an LBO fundamentally reshapes the target company's capital structure. Private equity funds strive to achieve compelling returns by procuring or investing in companies and actively enhancing their growth and profitability.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MAY 24, 2023

“Event-driven hedge funds” is one of the more confusing labels in finance. But the other problem is that all hedge funds are “event-driven” because they invest based on catalysts , or specific events that could change a security’s price. If this fund is right, the company’s price may increase by 50%.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JUNE 26, 2023

This deal will give Vista a handy sum to go out and make more acquisitions at a time when the IPO window largely remains closed; external funding from VCs has in many cases become significantly more stringent, and deal funnels have tightened for the businesses themselves.

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Growth Business

JUNE 8, 2023

In the UK, a downward trend for tech IPOs continued, with volumes falling to their lowest level last year in a decade. Global tech exits — through both IPOs and M&A — remain stagnant, with $21bn in value so far this year, compared to a peak of $177bn in 2020 and $166bn in 2021.

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 10, 2025

He added: "Post-election about six months ago, there was a lot of enthusiasm about these stocks on the view that higher asset prices and more capital markets activity like IPOs and M & A would boost these stocks. Skip Navigation Markets Pre-Markets U.S.

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Growth Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

By Dom Walbanke on Growth Business - Your gateway to entrepreneurial success In the UK, cleantech, AI, health and biotech dominates venture capital funding – a trend that looks to continue into Q4 and early in the new year. It is interested in companies at pre-Series A through to pre-IPO stage.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Oh, and lots of M&A , IPO , and SPAC deals were happening, so banks made plenty of “COVID hires,” often ignoring qualifications and recruiting norms. Via on-screen text, it states or implies the following: Robinhood’s IPO flopped because of the bad press around GameStop and the trading limits the company imposed on customers.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 9, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). As further discussed below, private equity firms raise funds from institutional investors and use these funds to acquire ownership stakes in businesses.

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 8, 2025

per diluted share, funded via all stock through a 0.1235 fixed exchange ratio." Skip Navigation Markets Pre-Markets U.S. " Stifel downgrades CoreWeave to hold from buy Stifel said in it sees too much uncertainty surrounding the company's deal to buy Core Scientific. " Read more.

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 16, 2025

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 1, 2025

Omada went public in early June, pricing its IPO at $19 per share. Skip Navigation Markets Pre-Markets U.S. Looking ahead, Roman is optimistic that Omada's partnerships with weight management program EncircleRx and CVS, along with its GLP-1 program, could drive higher revenue growth. Since then, however, shares are down slightly.

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Razorpay

DECEMBER 2, 2024

What started as a discount brokerage service now spans a wide array of offerings—Equities, Currency, Commodities, IPOs, F&O, and Mutual Funds. has come a long way since its inception, making waves in the Indian financial markets.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 20, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). As further discussed below, private equity firms raise funds from institutional investors and use these funds to acquire ownership stakes in businesses.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 3, 2024

Establish an EU equity fund, revitalise our securitisation markets, boost our primary markets and IPO ecosystem, address fragmentation, tackle incentivisation elements like taxation – and ensure that citizens truly endorse our markets by guaranteeing a better participation.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2024

Some argue that GE offers the best of both worlds: the opportunity to fund innovation and growth – as in venture capital – plus the ability to limit downside risk and invest in proven companies – as in private equity. Many of these firms use debt to fund deals, and they complete bolt-on acquisitions for portfolio companies.

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OfficeHours

JUNE 21, 2023

With M&A deals and IPO activity at their lowest levels since the peak in 2021, the old adage is proving true: “in bull markets, banks tend to over hire, and in bear markets, they over fire.” Or maybe you feel you have enough experience and want to jump direct into an investing role at a hedge fund, private equity firm, or VC fund.

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 16, 2025

Skip Navigation Markets Pre-Markets U.S. Shares have advanced about 11% so far in 2025.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Investment Banking: Deals The basic difference is that in “investment banking” groups, such as technology , TMT , healthcare , or consumer retail , you work on various deal types: sell-side and buy-side M&A, leveraged buyouts, IPOs, follow-on offerings, and bond issuances. or debt offerings (investment-grade or high-yield bonds).

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The TRADE

JANUARY 16, 2024

billion of equity raised over the last five years, as well as ranking number one for UK IPOs under £1 billion market capitalisation by deal volume over the same time frame. Together the two firms have an aggregate of £9.9

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Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

MARCH 4, 2024

In West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Factual Background At the center of the case is boutique investment bank Moelis & Company and the stockholder agreement that it entered into with its eponymous founder (the “Founder”) just prior to its IPO in 2007. Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund v. Opinion at 10.) [3]

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Growth Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Indeed, tech start-ups in London alone raised a record $26bn (£19bn) in funding in 2021, more than double the total in 2020. However, the reality is that many venture capital investors are playing it cautious, wanting to invest in later, safer funding rounds for companies with proven revenue. It has raised over $1bn for 18 funds.

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InvestmentBank.com

JANUARY 14, 2021

Jonathan Simnett from corporate law firm Hampleton Partners was reported saying, “[t]he brakes have been slammed on funding until investors are able to create maps to navigate uncharted territory” [4]. Second, the IPO market, a key exit avenue for VC investments, proved increasingly strong and resilient throughout the year. Gornall, W.,

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