Eight companies are scheduled to raise a combined $743 million in the week ahead. Top cybersecurity provider Carbon Black headlines the week, as yet another high-growth tech IPO enters the public arena on the heels of DocuSign (DOCU: +37% from IPO price) and Smartsheet (SMAR: +30%).
| U.S. IPO Calendar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issuer Business |
Deal Size Market Cap |
Price Range Shares Filed (mm) |
Top Bookrunners |
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| PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT) Midland, TX |
$125M $243M |
$19 - $21 6.3 |
Wells Fargo Goldman Sachs |
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| Trust formed by NGP's Boaz Energy to own Permian Basin royalty interests. | ||||
| ASLAN Pharmaceuticals (ASLN) Singapore |
$60M $283M |
$8.05 7.5 |
Leerink Partners Piper Jaffray |
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| Singapore biotech developing cancer therapies using the HER pathway. | ||||
| Inspire Medical Systems (INSP) Maple Grove, MN |
$75M $305M |
$14 - $16 5.0 |
BofA Merrill Lynch Goldman Sachs |
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| Sells an implanted device for treating sleep apnea. | ||||
| Unity Biotechnology (UBX) Brisbane, CA |
$85M $787M |
$16 - $18 5.0 |
Goldman Sachs Morgan Stanley |
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| Preclinical biotech developing therapies to reduce the effects of aging. | ||||
| BayCom (BCML) Walnut Creek, CA |
$50M $215M |
$21 - $23 2.3 |
FIG Partners D.A. Davidson |
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| California bank with 17 full-service branches at over $1.2 billion in assets. | ||||
| Carbon Black (CBLK) Waltham, MA |
$128M $1,265M |
$15 - $17 8.0 |
Morgan Stanley J.P. Morgan |
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| Provides endpoint security software to large enterprises. | ||||
| Construction Partners (ROAD) Dothan, AL |
$180M $788M |
$15 - $17 11.3 |
Baird Raymond James |
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| Vertically-integrated provider of road construction and paving in the Southeast. | ||||
| Spirit of Texas Bancshares (STXB) Conroe, TX |
$40M $211M |
$20 - $22 1.9 |
Stephens Inc. KBW |
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| Texas community bank with 15 branches at over $1 billion in assets. | ||||
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Carbon Black (CBLK), which provides a comprehensive suite of next-gen endpoint security solutions, aims to raise $128 million at a $1.3 billion valuation. The company has grown its top-line at a 51% CAGR from 2015-2017 and expects to continue growing at 25%+ as it shifts focus to its cloud-based offering. That said, losses are high due to high sales and marketing spend.
Preclinical biotech Unity Biotechnology (UBX) is expected to raise $85 million at a $787 million valuation. The company is focused on anti-aging therapies with one therapy expected to enter Phase 1 trials in the 2Q18. It has raised $222 million from VCs including Arch, Venrock, WuXi and Mayo.
Construction Partners (ROAD), a vertically-integrated civil infrastructure company in the Southeast, aims to raise $180 million at a $788 million valuation. Management believes its scale and vertical integration are key competitive advantages over local operators, and expects to reach $1 billion in revenue by 2022. That said, the highway construction industry is highly cyclical and private equity sponsor SunTx is selling 40% of the deal.
Sleep apnea device company Inspire Medical Systems (INSP) seeks to raise $75 million at a $305 million valuation. Its Inspire implant received premarket approval from the FDA in 2014 and has been commercially available in certain European markets since 2011. Insiders intend to purchase $15 million (20% of deal size) on the IPO.
Singapore cancer biotech ASLAN Pharmaceuticals (ASLN) is expected to raise $60 million at a $283 million valuation. The company is currently listed on the Taipei Exchange (TPEx: 6497) and focuses on diseases that are both highly prevalent in Asia and that have orphan indications in the US and Europe. Its lead candidate is being studied in a global pivotal clinical trial for biliary tract cancer and expects to report topline data in 2019.
Texas community bank Spirit of Texas Bancshares (STXB) aims to raise $40 million at a $211 million valuation. Total assets grew at a 2-year CAGR of 10.5% between 2015 and 2017 to $1 billion as of 2017 year-end. It primarily operates in the Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth and Bryan/College Station metropolitan areas.
California bank BayCom (BCML) is targeting $50 million at a $215 million valuation. The company operates 17 full-service branches and has completed five whole-bank acquisitions since 2010. As of December 31, 2017, assets totaled $1.25 billion.
PermRock Royalty Trust (PRT) aims to raise $125 million at a $243 million valuation. The trust was formed in 2013 to own royalty interests in oil and gas properties operated by Boaz Energy II, a successful family-run E&P backed by Natural Gas Partners. The perpetual trust plans to make month distributions beginning on May 30, 2018, planning a 12% pro forma yield during its first 12 months.
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