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The IPOs & Listings beat on Finance tracks 204 verified stories, with 9 clearing multi-source corroboration in the last 7 days at mean impact 7.3/10 — live SQLite counts, not editorial weighting.
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Chinese IPO proceeds exceeded $17.7 billion since July 2026, surpassing the 2023 frenzy threshold. Recent deals are losing momentum and liquidity concerns are returning, leaving investors and underwriters facing a more fragile primary market.
Source: moneycontrol.com · Bloomberg
Oura's confidential SEC filing sets up a $3 billion IPO that could value the Finnish wearable maker at $16 billion, nearly 1.5x its recent private round. With revenue doubling from $1 billion in 2025 to nearly $2 billion expected in 2026, the listing will test public-market appetite for hardware-enabled health subscription models.
Source: 95wxtk.iheart.com · wflanews.iheart.com
SkyeChip's debut on Bursa Malaysia surged 297.7% above its 88 sen IPO price, giving Khazanah Nasional a high-profile win for its Dana Impak cornerstone strategy. The listing's 95x retail oversubscription points to strong latent demand for local tech names in Malaysia's capital market.
For markets and IPO watchers, Shein's filing sets concrete terms: up to HK$13.86 billion (US$1.8B) raised via 280 million Class B shares at HK$47.60-49.50, implying a ~$27B valuation that is 72% below its 2022 private mark, in a Hong Kong pipeline dominated by AI and chip deals.
For capital markets investors, Pride Hotels' ₹1,000 crore IPO combines a relatively small ₹260 crore primary raise with a substantial promoter OFS of up to 3.92 crore shares, making ownership and valuation critical. The company's 40-to-72 property pipeline and debt repayment use of proceeds will shape how institutional investors assess the pricing.
Source: realty.economictimes.indiatimes.com · freepressjournal.in
Investors face a down-round IPO as Shein prices at HK$202–210bn, with a Q1 2026 net loss and tariff-driven margin compression. The deal raises up to US$1.8bn and is led by three US banks.
Source: aol.co.uk · newarkadvertiser.co.uk
Shein has launched a Hong Kong IPO raising up to HK$13.86 billion, or $1.77 billion, but at up to $27 billion it is priced about 70% below its 2022 private-market peak of $98.2 billion. Cornerstone investors committed $383 million, while founders retain 90% voting control and pre-IPO special shareholders may receive up to $3.5 billion.
Source: Reuters (my) · Reuters (US)
Melbourne, Florida-based Orion180 filed for a Nasdaq IPO under OIG after swinging to $13.5 million net income on $80.1 million revenue in H1 2026. The E&S homeowners insurer reports $601 million in direct written premiums and over 14,000 agents. Underwriters include Goldman Sachs, RBC, and UBS.
Source: insurancejournal.com · Bloomberg
Augmont Enterprises' ₹825 crore IPO opened for subscription on August 21 with a ~38% grey market premium, backed by ₹246.3 crore in anchor demand. The issue runs through August 25 and is expected to list on NSE and BSE on August 31.
The Midas Touch shortlist reveals which Indian venture investors have generated exits, with multiple public listings and a pending IPO. Publicly listed portfolio companies signal a maturing exit market.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com · Ettech Last Updated (in)
Unitree Robotics closed up 460.34% on the Shanghai STAR Market, reaching a $50.68B cap and a trailing valuation around 578x profit. For markets, it is a case study in extreme demand, a 10% free float, and speculative pricing.
Shiprocket's IPO was subscribed 99.38 times and the stock listed at a 35.05% premium on NSE. The strong debut reflects investor confidence in India's MSME digitization story. CEO Saahil Goel says current MSME penetration is under half a percent, implying large growth runway.
Source: europesun.com · tribuneindia.com
Shein is targeting a ~$25B Hong Kong IPO valuation, roughly 75% below its 2022 peak and below the $30B-$40B range set in early August. At 12x 2025 net income of $2.06B, the planned up-to-8% float would raise about $2B. Investors face decelerating growth, a Q1 2026 net loss, and tariff-driven margin pressure.
Source: oklahomastar.com · malaysiasun.com
Unitree's Shanghai debut delivered a 497% first-day pop, with shares hitting ¥900 versus a ¥150.8 IPO price. The move signals aggressive investor appetite for Chinese humanoid robotics and raises immediate questions about valuation discipline in a policy-driven market.
Shiprocket listed at ₹131 on the NSE on August 19, 2026, a 35.05% premium over its ₹97 IPO price, after the ₹1,617-crore offer was subscribed 99.38 times. Institutional demand anchored the book, with the QIB quota subscribed 122.80x. The debut matched grey market expectations around ₹130.
Source: business-standard.com · The Economic Times
A $1 billion underwriting package—$600 million funded private placement plus a $400 million underwriting commitment—de-risks the planned Dangote Refinery IPO and signals strong institutional demand. Key terms, including exchange, valuation, and pricing, remain undisclosed, leaving investors to scrutinise the structure and distribution.
Source: thenationonlineng.net · tribuneonlineng.com
Anthropic's annualized run rate hit $65B in July, up from $47B in May and $9B at end-2025. Investors must now weigh a 2028 revenue forecast of $190B-$200B against a $965B last private valuation.
Source: moneycontrol.com · thestar.com.my
Milky Mist Dairy Food's ₹1,553 crore IPO lists today with grey market signals near ₹158, a 12.86% premium. Institutional demand was exceptional at 155.83x QIB subscription. Investors are weighing a steep valuation against 31.3% revenue growth and debt-funded expansion.
Source: Dhanya Nagasundaram (in) · economictimes.indiatimes.com
For investors, Nvidia's reported plan to take up to a $3 billion stake in SB Energy—split between deal signing and the planned $5 billion IPO—could provide a powerful anchor for SoftBank's energy-infrastructure listing. The move comes as Nvidia scales back its reported guarantee for OpenAI's Ohio project to less than $120 billion from $250 billion.
Two BSE SME IPOs open in the same Aug 19–21 window: Mopshop Distribution at a fixed Rs 138 and Dhanwel Hybrid Seeds on a Rs 95–99 book-built band. The roughly Rs 27 crore issues differ sharply in structure, use of proceeds and disclosure.
Source: pakistantelegraph.com · mexicostar.com
Anthropic has begun early investor meetings after confidentially filing with the SEC in June 2026, but has not shared financials or a target valuation. With a $47 billion annualized revenue run rate and some investors floating a $2 trillion-plus listing, this would be one of the largest IPOs ever. Public-market investors now face a defining test of AI valuation discipline.
Muthoot FinCorp, the flagship NBFC of Muthoot Pappachan Group, filed its DRHP for a ₹3,000 crore ($314.6 million) all-fresh-share IPO. Proceeds target Tier I capital for lending growth and digital expansion, with 50% reserved for QIBs and 35% for retail investors. The filing arrives as India's IPO market rebounds after a slow 2025, testing investor appetite for gold-loan NBFCs.
Anthropic's reported $6B talks to acquire Decart signal an aggressive pre-IPO push into AI infrastructure efficiency — a move that could reshape AI cost economics and M&A multiples.
Singapore's MetaOptics has withdrawn its Nasdaq IPO application, citing geopolitical tensions, tech stock whiplash, and the persistent sell-off in Asian small-caps. The move underscores a chilling effect on cross-border capital raising for deep-tech firms.
Source: bangladeshsun.com · chinanationalnews.com
AI leader DeepSeek invested $20.8 million for a 2.31% strategic stake in humanoid robot maker Unitree’s Shanghai IPO, forging a joint AI development pact that could reshape the robotics investment landscape.
Shein is seeking a Hong Kong listing at a $30–40 billion valuation, a 70% haircut from its 2022 peak. A recent quarterly loss of $99 million and a $328 million accounting charge underscore the tariff-driven earnings risk. Cornerstone investors are negotiating for a floor near $30 billion, reflecting cautious public-market sentiment toward Chinese e-commerce.
Source: saltlakecitysun.com · theuknews.com
Shein’s quest for a $30-$40 billion Hong Kong IPO marks a dramatic re-pricing for the fast-fashion firm, once valued at $98.2 billion. The targeted window of mid-August 2026 comes after a quarterly loss and trade-policy shifts, testing market appetite for down-round listings.
Source: moneycontrol.com · bignewsnetwork.com
Silver Storm Parks & Resorts raised ₹82.43 crore in its IPO, with the non-institutional investor category oversubscribed 3.19 times. Retail participation was moderate at 1.41x, while anchor investors committed ₹21.97 crore. The tourism company’s focus on unique indoor snow parks and upcoming cable car attractions could influence listing day performance.
Source: newsx.com · economictimes.indiatimes.com
SpaceX’s first post-IPO report showed revenue nearly doubling to $7.8 billion and a narrower loss of $541 million, but $18.4 billion in capex and cooling AI hype pushed shares 16.4% below the $150 offer price, erasing over $1 trillion in market value from the mid-June peak.
The ₹3,067-crore IPO of Dhoot Transmission, with a price band of ₹829–871 per share, opens on August 10. The offer includes a ₹400-crore fresh issue and ₹2,667-crore OFS. This article analyzes the valuation, growth drivers, and potential listing gains for investors.
Source: thehindubusinessline.com · economictimes.indiatimes.com
Technocraft Ventures launches a ₹252 crore IPO with fresh issue and OFS at ₹200-212 per share. Strong financials: FY26 revenue ₹345 crore, PAT ₹43.3 crore, order book ₹1,321 crore. Proceeds will fund working capital and growth.
Source: thehindubusinessline.com · freepressjournal.in
Blackstone's first public exit under its broad-based employee ownership program sees Jersey Mike's 293 HQ employees eligible for up to 200% bonuses from IPO proceeds. The $7 billion valuation marks a significant test case for private equity's stakeholder capitalism push.
Source: aol.com · finance.yahoo.com
Coca-Cola’s selection of JPMorgan and Citi for its 2027 Indian bottler IPO underscores a lucrative equity capital markets wave in India, with $1.32B revenue unit offering a valuable mandate. The deal, also involving Kotak and Morgan Stanley, adds to a string of multinational carve-outs listing in Mumbai.
Source: thehindubusinessline.com · economictimes.indiatimes.com
SBI Funds Management's RHP discloses that its revenue is deeply tied to QAAUM and concentrated schemes, with 22.82% AUM from redemption-prone B-30 cities. These risks, along with reliance on SBI's network, could impact IPO pricing and long-term investor returns.
Source: ianslive.in · prokerala.com
Space-Eyes, a defense tech company with barely $1M in annual revenue, is set to go public at a $638M valuation through a SPAC merger. The premium is built on a $35M contract pipeline and the influence of Eric Trump, the president's son and the startup's third-largest investor. Investors will need to weigh political risk and the company’s ability to convert tentative talks into hard revenue.
Source: theglobeandmail.com · finance.yahoo.com
Westinghouse, acquired by Cameco and Brookfield for $7.9 billion in 2023, has confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO. The historic nuclear firm aims to capitalize on surging investor appetite for atomic energy, following a string of sector IPOs this year.
NSE’s agreement to pay Rs 1,491.21 crore to settle all pending SEBI cases removes the last major regulatory barrier to its blockbuster IPO. With the provision already made in FY26, the exchange is poised to file for listing, attracting massive investor interest in what could be India’s largest public offering yet.
Manipal Health has set a price band of ₹560-590 per share for its IPO, aiming to raise up to $960 million. The deal continues a strong run of Indian IPOs and offers a test of investor appetite for healthcare assets.
Source: thehindubusinessline.com · Bloomberg
Financial markets digest the potential 2027 IPO of OpenAI against Anthropic's record $965 billion private valuation, as government oversight injects new uncertainty into AI's capital-raising trajectory.
Anthropic’s potential $1.2 trillion IPO positions Amazon to reap up to $240 billion in equity gains, while a $100 billion cloud deal locks in AWS’s AI future. Investors eye the October debut as a catalyst for AMZN stock.
SpaceX's stock has plummeted 34% from its all-time high, breaking below the $135 IPO price for the first time as profit-taking and valuation concerns emerge. With only 4% of shares floating, volatility is extreme, and the slide may cool the hot IPO market.
SpaceX's stock briefly fell below its $135 offering price on July 15, closing just above it at $135.27, as a tiny public float of 4% exacerbates extreme volatility. With bonds also declining and tech stocks deflating, the $86 billion IPO's early stumble is a cautionary tale for markets.
Source: TechCrunch · TechCrunch
Second-largest U.S. share sale ever, 7x oversubscription and a 14% first‑day pop show that even after a 25% sector pullback, trillions of dollars still chase AI infrastructure plays like SK Hynix’s memory chips.
SK Hynix's $26.5B U.S. ADR offering, the second-largest ever, opened at a premium and rallied 14% on its Nasdaq debut, as investors defied semiconductor correction fears and embraced the AI memory story.
Battery storage firm Elong Power (ELPW) has set terms for a $6.6 million public offering with unit warrants, relying on a best-efforts structure. The deal highlights the challenges and dilutive dynamics faced by small-cap clean tech companies in public markets.
Kusumgar’s Rs 650-crore IPO saw intense demand, with overall subscription reaching 13.13 times by Day 2, led by NIIs at 36.64x. A grey market premium of Rs 158 points to a potential 38% listing gain, but the OFS-only structure means no fresh capital for the company.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com · economictimes.indiatimes.com
Engineered fabric maker Kusumgar's Rs 650-crore offer-for-sale IPO opens July 8 with a grey market premium of Rs 166, implying a 40% listing pop. Strong revenue growth to Rs 692 crore and rising profits underline investor appeal, though the OFS structure means no fresh capital flows to the company.
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com · economictimes.indiatimes.com
Bending Spoons’ IPO on Nasdaq valued the conglomerate at over $25B, more than double its $11B private valuation, with $1.31B in 2025 revenue. The public market is betting on its controversial but profitable roll-up strategy.
Italian tech holding company Bending Spoons went public on Nasdaq, briefly reaching a $25 billion valuation after reporting $1.31 billion in 2025 revenue. The debut underscores investor appetite for its AI-driven roll-up of mature digital brands like AOL and Vimeo, with over 500 million users and sticky paying subscribers.
Source: TechCrunch · businessghana.com
After shareholder approval, General Fusion is poised to trade on Nasdaq as GFUZ, offering investors the first direct equity exposure to commercial fusion technology. The de-SPAC deal presents a high-risk, high-reward opportunity in a nascent sector.
Source: Thestarphoenix · Montrealgazette
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