Small business lender Shawbrook was valued at £1.9bn on its London debut - Layton Thompson London welcomed its biggest listing in four years on Thursday, delivering a much-needed boost to its embattled stock market. Small business lender Shawbrook climbed as much as 8.2pc following its debut on the London Stock Exchange, which valued it at £1.9bn. The company’s stock rose as high as 400.5p in early trading after its float had initially been priced at 370p per share. “There’s renewed optimism in the UK ...

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Indian online education platform PhysicsWallah Ltd is nearing an initial public offering that may fetch ₹3,820 crore ($431 million), according to people familiar with the matter.The WestBridge Capital LLP and Hornbill Capital Partner-backed company has met potential investors and the deal could launch in the next few weeks, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private. The proposed offering will include a fresh issue of shares worth ₹3,100 crore and a secondary sale of about ₹7 ...

US-based private equity company Roark Capital is considering a sale of bakery chain Nothing Bundt Cakes, as reported by Reuters. A potential deal could value the business at more than $2bn. Roark has engaged advisers North Point and Bank of America to manage the sale process, which is likely to begin in early 2026. The advisers and Roark did not comment when contacted, and Nothing Bundt Cakes had not responded to requests for comment. The Dallas-based bakery chain, established in 1997, offers hand-craf ...

- Emil Lendof/WSJ Software company Navan plans to make its stock-market debut Thursday despite a government shutdown that has stalled other new listings. Navan priced its offering at $25 a share, valuing Navan at roughly $6.2 billion, and raised around $923 million for the company and selling shareholders. It is the biggest company so far to stage an initial public offering using a workaround provided by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Most Read from The Wall Street Journal The IPO market had b ...

This story was originally published on MedTech Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily MedTech Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: Medical and surgical products provider Medline has filed for an initial public offering in the U.S., the company said Tuesday. The planned listing, which Reuters reports could raise $5 billion at a $50 billion valuation, follows a six-month period in which the company grew sales almost 10% to reach $13.5 billion. Medline named multi-year preferred sup ...

Norwegian defence contractor Kongsberg Gruppen said on Thursday it plans to spin off its non-military business Kongsberg Maritime in an initial public offering on the Oslo Bourse. ...

尽管上市计划已进入实质性讨论阶段，但相关决策仍处于早期论证。知情人士强调，包括估值规模、时 间节点等核心要素均可能随业务发展及资本市场状况动态调整。公司首席财务官萨拉·弗里尔在内部沟 通中表示，2027年是更具可行性的上市窗口期，不过部分外部顾问认为，受资本需求驱动，上市进程可 能提前至2026年末。 针对市场关注，OpenAI官方发言人回应称："当前公司核心任务是构建可持续的商业模式，推动通用人 工智能技术普惠化。IPO虽是潜在选项，但尚未成为战略重点，因此无法预设具体时间表。"据最新财 务数据显示，这家持续投入前沿技术研发的企业目前仍处于亏损状态，现有估值约5000亿美元。 在近期举办的线上交流活动中，首席执行官山姆·阿尔特曼首次公开谈论上市可能性。他指出，考虑到 人工智能基础设施建设的巨大资金需求，通过公开市场融资将成为必然选择。这一表态与该公司近期完 成的组织架构调整形成呼应——其非营利性母体已更名为"OpenAI基金会"，并持有新成立的营利性主 体"OpenAI集团"价值约1300亿美元的股权，此举被视为为未来资本运作奠定法律框架。 据海外媒体援引知情人士消息，人工智能领域领军企业OpenAI正积极 ...

By Echo Wang, Kenrick Cai, Deepa Seetharaman and Krystal Hu SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -OpenAI is laying the groundwork for an initial public offering that could value the company at up to $1 trillion, three people familiar with ​the matter said, in what could be one of the biggest IPOs of all time. OpenAI is considering filing with securities regulators as ‌soon as the second half of 2026, some of the people said. In preliminary discussions, the company has looked at raising $60 billion at the low end and ...

MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BillionToOne, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company with a mission to create powerful and accurate tests that are accessible to all, today announced that it has launched the roadshow for its proposed initial public offering of 3,846,000 shares of its Class A common stock. In addition, BillionToOne intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 576,900 shares of its Class A common stock at the initial public offering pri ...