Nick Lissette
Business

Kiwi tech acquisition company Blackpearl is the NZX’s only IPO for late 2022

- November 25, 2022 2 MIN READ

Kiwi tech company Blackpearl Group (BPG) will list on the New Zealand stock exchange next month – the only IPO for the NZX in the second half of 2022. Blackpearl builds, acquires, and markets data-driven cloud services involving productivity and demand generation applications for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB). Its proprietary data platform, the Pearl… Read more »

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ASX

Payday lending fintech Beforepay tanks on debut

- January 18, 2022 2 MIN READ

Payday lending fintech Beforepay had the $35 million value of its IPO wiped away on debut on the ASX today, with the company’s share price plunging 44% in its first day of trade. Making an early bid for 2022’s worst opening day – the drop saw Beforepay (ASX: B4P) float at $3.41 per share, but… Read more »

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ASX

Fintech Butn listed on the ASX and its shares went nowhere

- July 6, 2021 2 MIN READ

Small business transaction financing fintech Butn (ASX:BTN) went nowhere for investors on its ASX debut today with around 2% – 2.5 million – of the company’s shares traded before it, unusually, closing its first day of trade at the IPO price. Having raised $20 million at $0.50 a share for an indicative market capitalisation of… Read more »

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ASX

Camplify listed on the ASX and its share price fell

- June 29, 2021 2 MIN READ

Caravan rental platform Camplify listed on the ASX on Monday after raising $11.5 million in an Initial Public Offer. But despite starting the day with good news, upgrading its prospectus forecasts for gross transaction volume (GTV) and revenue, and seeing its listing price of $1.42 rise to $1.50 in intraday trade, shares in the Newcastle-based business… Read more »

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Sydney tech unicorn Nuix’s share price continues to boom after its ASX debut

- December 7, 2020 2 MIN READ

Data analysis company Nuix’s dramatic debut on the ASX continued for a second day with the company’s share rising  13% to $9.06, having jumped as high as $10.95 in intra-day trade on Monday. Shares in the 20-year-old Sydney-based, global risk, compliance and security software company skyrocketed an astonishing 63% from the $5.31 issue price during… Read more »