NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government shutdown is waving a caution flag at private companies racing to make the move to the public market. The market for initial public offerings has been on a years-long recovery after spiking inflation slammed the brakes on activity in 2022. The IPO market is already on track for its best year since 2021 with 163 deals and $31 billion in proceeds raised so far, according to Renaissance Capital. Companies rely on the U.S. government, through the Securities and Exchange Com ...

UK-based specialist lender Shawbrook Group is assessing the prospects of an initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange. The lender, backed by investment companies BC Partners and Pollen Street, intends to apply for its ordinary shares to be listed on the Financial Conduct Authority's Official List and to commence trading on the Main Market. From the end of 2013 to mid-2025, Shawbrook's loan book expanded from £1.4bn ($1.8bn) to £17bn. Its statutory profit after tax for the first half of ...

This story was originally published on BioPharma Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily BioPharma Dive newsletter. MapLight Therapeutics on Monday advanced plans to go public with the help of a little-used regulatory workaround that would allow it to price a new stock offering during a federal government shutdown. The biotechnology company, which is developing drugs for neurological diseases, said in a statement that it plans to sell 14,750,000 shares at $17 apiece in a com ...

LG Electronics Inc.’s $1.3 billion initial share sale in its Indian unit was fully subscribed on the first day, in a rare feat for a mega issue in India. Most Read from Bloomberg The South Korean parent is offering shares of LG Electronics India Ltd. at 1,080 rupees to 1,140 rupees each. That would value the company at as high as 774 billion rupees ($8.7 billion), making it the largest home-appliance maker listed in India. The shares are expected to begin trading on Oct. 14. The firm’s offering of 71 ...

科罗拉多州初创企业融资概况 - 9月科罗拉多州初创企业通过27笔交易筹集1.81亿美元 [3] - 融资额较8月的1.395亿美元（26笔交易）有所上升，但低于7月的2.574亿美元（28笔交易） [3] - 丹佛市9家初创公司筹集9100万美元，博尔德市5家公司筹集2600万美元，州内其他地区13家企业筹集6400万美元 [3] 重点初创公司融资动态 - 丹佛人工智能公司LightTable AI筹集600万美元，旨在降低成本和加速开发流程 [7] - 丹佛肾脏护理公司Strive Health上月报告完成3亿美元股权融资和2.5亿美元债务融资，自2018年成立以来总融资额达7亿美元 [7] - 丹佛数字健康公司Virta Health最新估值为21亿美元，据报正考虑明年进行IPO [8] 加速器与投资生态 - Techstars Boulder加速器任命Shay Har-Noy为负责人，其计划在未来四年内筹集资金以投资和指导超过40家初创公司 [6]

IPO计划 - 公司计划最早于2025年11月启动规模5200亿印度卢比的首次公开募股[1] - 公司已开始投资者路演 目标是在获得监管批准后于下个月开始股票发售[1] IPO结构 - 首次公开募股将包括高达1500亿印度卢比的新股发行以及来自现有投资者的3700亿印度卢比的二次发售[2] - 美国Augment Infrastructure Partners等现有投资者参与二次发售[2] 股权结构与财务 - 截至2024年8月 Brookfield持有公司42.9%的股份 Augment持有近20%的股份[3] - 新股发行所得将用于债务偿还和一般公司用途[3] - 在截至3月31日的财年 公司实现净利润1.94亿印度卢比 营收达161亿印度卢比[3] 业务规模 - 截至7月31日 公司拥有2.54吉瓦的运营、自有和管理产能 另有2.53吉瓦已签约但尚未执行的产能[3] 承销商信息 - 摩根大通、法国巴黎银行、汇丰控股和野村控股等银行与Axis Bank等贷款机构共同管理此次股票发售[4]

公司IPO获批概况 - Lenskart Solutions和Wakefit Innovations已获得印度证券交易委员会进行首次公开募股的批准[1] Lenskart Solutions IPO详情 - IPO计划通过新股发行筹集215亿印度卢比（约2.422亿美元），并包含一项发售上限为1.322亿股的出售要约[1] - 出售要约的主要卖方包括软银的SVF II Lightbulb、施罗德资本私募股权亚洲毛里求斯公司、Macritchie Investments和Alpha Wave Ventures，公司创始人也将出售部分持股[2] - IPO的账簿管理主承销商为Kotak Mahindra Capital、Axis Capital、花旗、摩根士丹利和Avendus Capital[2] - 募集资金将用于开设新自营店、提升技术栈以及潜在收购项目[3] - 公司2025财年营业收入从542.7亿印度卢比增长至665.2亿印度卢比，并实现扭亏为盈，净利润达29.7亿印度卢比，而上一财年净亏损1亿印度卢比[3] Wakefit Innovations IPO详情 - IPO申请于2025年6月提交，目标融资额为46.8亿印度卢比[4] - 出售要约的参与者包括创始人Ankit Garg和Chaitanya Ramalingegowda，以及投资者Peak XV Partners、Verlinvest、Investcorp Funds、Redwood Trust和Paramark KB Fund I[4] - 募集资金中8.2亿印度卢比将用于开设118家新店，14.5亿印度卢比用于支付现有门店的租赁和许可费，1.54亿印度卢比用于购买设备，另有10.8亿印度卢比将用于广告和营销活动[5] - 公司在2025财年前九个月的总收入为99.4亿印度卢比，净亏损为8800万印度卢比；2024财年全年收入从2023财年的82亿印度卢比增至101.7亿印度卢比，净亏损从14.5亿印度卢比收窄至1.505亿印度卢比[5]

LG Electronics Inc.’s Indian unit is set to start taking orders for its $1.3 billion initial public offering, joining Tata Capital Ltd. to launch deals in what could be a record month for new listings in the country.The South Korean parent will offer as many as 101.8 million shares of LG Electronics India Ltd. at ₹1,080 to ₹1,140 each from Tuesday. That would value the company at as high as ₹77,400 crore ($8.7 billion), making it the largest home-appliance maker listed in India. The shares are expected to b ...

As Grayscale pushes ahead with plans for a $33 billion initial public offering, mounting legal troubles tied to the collapse of Genesis Global Capital are threatening to overshadow the milestone listing, according to the Financial Times. Barry Silbert, the founder of Digital Currency Group (DCG), is spearheading the effort to take Grayscale public, a move that would mark the first major public offering by a crypto asset manager. But ongoing lawsuits connected to Genesis’s bankruptcy continue to cast unce ...

Discord, the social communications and instant messaging platform popular among crypto traders and gamers, reported a security incident on Oct. 3. During the incident, an unauthorized party compromised one of Discord’s third-party customer service providers in order to extort a financial ransom from the platform. Related: What is Crypto? Cryptocurrency explained The breach affected users who had communicated with the platform's Customer Support or Trust & Safety teams. The data that may have impacted inc ...