Data analysis company Nuix, which posted stellar rises its share price, doubling on the opening day of trade following its IPO in December 2020, is in trouble with investors today after its latest earnings guidance revealed the company is set to miss some of its prospectus guidance by tens of millions of dollars. Shares in… Read more »
Casual jobs marketplace Airtasker has been forced to delay today’s debut on the ASX by 24 hours following a stuff up in processing the paperwork by the exchange. The embarrassing mistake by the ASX means the listing of Airtasker (ASX: ART) will now take place at 11am Tuesday, March 23, rather than Monday. The ASX… Read more »
The $20 million IPO of online cycling marketplace BikeExchange Ltd hit the ASX today with an initial surge in value before crashing out to end the day down more than 11% on the 26 cents issue price. The shares (ASX: BEX) jumped 23.1% to hit 32 cents after the company announced ahead of its debut… Read more »
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 »
Shares in Booktopia jumped 25% on the opening day of trade for the online retailer as a four-year ambition for founder and CEO Tony Nash came true. The company (ASX: BKG) hit the market at $2.86, a 24% premium to the $2.30 issue price, when trade opened at 11am, before ending the day at $2.72… Read more »
Online service directories venture Hipages Group lists on the ASX today, November 12, at 11am, having raised $100.4 million at $2.45 a share in its IPO. Best known for the tradie home improvements site the company takes its name from, it also has marketplaces for pets and natural therapies. Anyone flummoxed by IKEA products can… Read more »
Australian e-tailer Booktopia is planning to list on the ASX in December with a market capitalisation of nearly $315 million. The business lodged its prospectus today, hoping to raise $43.1 million, with an offer of 10.9 million new shares and 7.9 million existing shares at $2.30 per share. Existing shareholders will cash in $18.1 million… Read more »
BigCommerce, the e-commerce platform founded in Sydney that’s gone on to become Shopify’s biggest rival, has seen its shares treble in value as US investors piled into the tech venture following its listing on the Nasdaq this week. Now headquartered in Austin, Texas the SaaS venture (Nasdaq: BIGC) raised US$216 million with IPO at $24… Read more »
Medtech Atomo Diagnostics had an unusual start to life as a listed company today, holding a virtual bell-ringing as it became the first company to list on the ASX since January. But coronavirus concerns proved to be boon for the rapid blood test startup, which in the past month has turned its attention producing… Read more »
Rapid blood test startup Atomo Diagnostics is playing its part in the fight against coronavirus, signing a deal with French diagnostics company, NG Biotech, to supply up 2.465 million of its rapid, blood-based COVID-19 tests in 2020. The sale landed as the Sydney-based healthtech venture’s $30 million Initial Public Offer was oversubscribed at 20 cents per… Read more »
Melbourne buy now, pay later (BNPL) fintech Openpay (ASX: OPY) became the last major startup listing for 2019, although initial trading wasn’t as auspicious as MoneyMe’s debut last week and Tyro in early December. Openpay raised $50 million issue at $1.60 per share for a market capitalisation of $150 million. Demand for the IPO exceeding… Read more »
Personal lender MoneyMe (ASX: MME) made a spectacular debut on the ASX on Thursday as the latest fintech to list in 2019. The Sydney app-based lender raised $45 million in its heavily over-subscribed IPO at $1.25 per share. The float gave the business a market capitalisation of $211.8 million and enterprise value of $175.3 million.… Read more »
SME payments fintech Tyro listed on ASX today after raising $287.2 million – $34 million more than planned in a “multiple times” oversubscribed IPO – at $2.75 a share, entering the unicorn club with a market cap of more than $1.37 billion. Tyro shares (ASX: TYR) began trading at noon today (AEDT), jumping as high as… Read more »
Tyro CEO Robbie Cooke. Photo: supplied On the same day Prospa shares were hammered by the market for undershooting its prospectus forecasts, fintech rival Tyro revealed plans for an ASX float it hopes will value the company at more than AU$1 billion. The SME payments and loans provider, chaired by David Thodey, and around since… Read more »
The US regulator proposed a plan at the beginning of the year for companies to be able to “test the waters” for a potential initial public offering by gauging investor interest ahead of time. In 2017, the SEC extended to all companies the right to file IPO paperwork confidentially. The initiatives are part… Read more »
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