Initial Public Offering, IPO and Portfolio

Wall Street loves this recent IPO with one analyst calling it the ‘social network trading platform’

CNBC: Investing

JUNE 9, 2025

Israel-based eToro went public on May 15 , with its initial public offering price at $52 per share, above the high end of its proposed range. The stock opened that day at $69.69, or 34% above its IPO, and closed up nearly 29% at $67 per share. Shares surged more than 5% on Monday to hit a fresh 52-week high.

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IPO Trading IT Retail

Is Private Equity Right for You?

OfficeHours

AUGUST 9, 2023

Once improved, the exit can then take place, usually in the form of another sale or an Initial Public Offering (IPO), both of which are usually under the advice of an investment bank. You must be able to consider long-term goals, assess risk, and craft plans to enhance the value of portfolio companies.

Private Equity

Private Equity Equities Investment Banking Investment

How Merchant Banks Help Businesses Grow and Succeed

Razorpay

AUGUST 9, 2023

Portfolio Management Merchant banking companies provide portfolio management services to high -net-worth individuals and corporate investors. These services include a selection of securities, portfolio monitoring and review, advice on the rationalization of portfolios, and tax planning.

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Bank Banking Business Underwriting

08-20-2023 Newsletter: Sunday Reading

OfficeHours

AUGUST 20, 2023

Once improved, the exit can then take place, usually in the form of another sale or an Initial Public Offering (IPO), both of which are usually under the advice of an investment bank. You must be able to consider long-term goals, assess risk, and craft plans to enhance the value of portfolio companies.

Private Equity

Private Equity Equities Investment Banking Finance

M&A Blog #12 – sell-side acquisition (preparation)

Francine Way

JULY 8, 2017

PE funds typically have 4-to-7-years ownership windows for an investment and look for an exit at the end of that period through a sale or an IPO (initial public offering). Overlapping Product / Service Providers: strategic buyer, with 1 or more overlapping market segments.

M&A

M&A Acquisitions Sale Investment

Navigating the Exit: A Mid-Market Owner’s Guide to Crafting an Exit Strategy

Sun Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A diversified revenue portfolio strengthens your business’s resilience and makes it more attractive to a broader range of buyers. Common exit strategies include selling to strategic buyers, private equity firms, management buyouts (MBOs), or going public through an initial public offering (IPO).

Negotiation

Negotiation Business Sale Management

Transfer Traps: Considerations for Dual-Class Companies Contemplating M&A Transactions

Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The rise of founder-led, venture capital-backed companies in recent years has coincided with a surge of companies implementing dual-class share structures in connection with their initial public offerings. We now turn to the exceptions in dual-class charter transfer provisions that may be available to eliminate this risk.

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M&A IPO Mergers and Acquisitions Shares

Platform or Bolt-on: Two Different, Compelling Paths of Private Equity Investment

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

AUGUST 16, 2024

When a PE firm purchases a business, the intent is to grow the company substantially (through organic growth and acquisitions) and quickly (usually within three to seven years) with the goal of a successful sale, to another PE firm, a strategic buyer, or through an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Private Equity

Private Equity Equities Investment Business

Fifteen ways to raise £1 million in business finance

Growth Business

JULY 11, 2023

3) Aquis Stock Exchange Aquis Stock Exchange , run by NEX, allows businesses to raise capital through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). >See >See also: Here’s how you undertake an IPO in the UK in the best way It’s a stock market which provides primary and secondary markets for equity and debt products.

Finance

Finance Finance Business Funds

Cooley’s 2022 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Although there were 104 initial public offerings of biotechnology companies in 2021 that raised nearly $15 billion in funds, 2022 saw only 22 such IPOs collectively raising less than $2 billion. Let’s dig in.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Collaboration

Cooley’s 2023 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review: Potent Mix of Creativity and Resilience Spurs Activity Heading Into 2024

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 23, 2024

Strained access to public markets and funding The IPO market remained relatively inactive in 2023, leading many life sciences companies looking to raise funds to turn to other exit strategies. Moving into Q2 of 2023, roughly 29% of US public biotech companies traded below their cash value.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Acquisitions

Cooley’s 2022 Tech M&A Year in Review

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Similarly, we expect sponsors to actively pursue carve out opportunities – like Francisco Partners’ carve out acquisition of the data and analytics assets from IBM’s Watson Health business – in 2023 as tech giants streamline their portfolios to focus on their core businesses.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Mergers

Impending Exits: Private Equity in the Car Wash Industry Reaching the Rinse Cycle?

Focus Investment Banking

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Public Markets: It is possible that a few of the car wash platforms with strong growth and financial performance pursue an initial public offering (IPO). Alternative Solutions: I would expect to see other alternative options used by certain platforms to extend their hold periods.

Private Equity

Private Equity Equities IPO Valuation

Cooley’s 2024 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review: M&A Slims Down in 2024, but Will Appetites Grow in 2025?

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2025

Portfolio optimization through divestitures of noncore assets In addition to pharmas smaller appetite in 2024, pharma companies continued to slim down by shedding nonessential assets to sharpen their strategic focus on core products.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Acquisitions

Investment Banking Today

Wall Street loves this recent IPO with one analyst calling it the ‘social network trading platform’

Is Private Equity Right for You?

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How Merchant Banks Help Businesses Grow and Succeed

08-20-2023 Newsletter: Sunday Reading

M&A Blog #12 – sell-side acquisition (preparation)

Navigating the Exit: A Mid-Market Owner’s Guide to Crafting an Exit Strategy

Transfer Traps: Considerations for Dual-Class Companies Contemplating M&A Transactions

Platform or Bolt-on: Two Different, Compelling Paths of Private Equity Investment

Fifteen ways to raise £1 million in business finance

Cooley’s 2022 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review

Cooley’s 2023 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review: Potent Mix of Creativity and Resilience Spurs Activity Heading Into 2024

Cooley’s 2022 Tech M&A Year in Review

Impending Exits: Private Equity in the Car Wash Industry Reaching the Rinse Cycle?

Cooley’s 2024 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review: M&A Slims Down in 2024, but Will Appetites Grow in 2025?

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