Updated Monday, 7/6.
Following the long weekend, two Chinese IPOs, two biotechs, and a SPAC are currently scheduled to list in the US in the week ahead, inlcuding China’s largest LGBTQ dating app BlueCity (BLCT).
More deals could join the IPO calendar, based on a flurry of filing activity in June, including health insurance marketplace GoHealth (GHTH), cloud banking software provider nCino (NCNO), workers’ comp insurer Trean Insurance (TIG), and several biotechs (IVA, INM) and SPACs.
BlueCity Holdings (BLCT) plans to raise $85 million at a $614 million market cap. The company provides a full suite of LGBTQ-focused services including live streaming, memberships, and advertising, among others. Central to the company's business is the Blued mobile app, had over 49 million registered users on Blued as of March 31, 2020, and its average MAUs grew from 4.1 million in the 1Q18 to 6.0 million in the 1Q20.
Chinese on-demand worker platform Quhuo (QH) plans to raise $27 million at a $450 million market cap. China's largest workforce operational solution platform, Quhuo has a presence in 73 cities across 26 provinces, and its customers include large enterprises like Meituan, KFC, Mobike, and Didi.
Preclinical oncology biotech Nkarta (NKTX) plans to raise $150 million at a $426 million market cap. The company’s co-lead candidate, NKX101, is designed to enhance the power of innate natural killer biology to detect and kill cancerous cells. The company submitted an IND for NKX101 for the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia and higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes in May 2020, and it plans to initiate a broad clinical program for blood cancers and solid tumors this year.
Phase 2 oncology biotech Poseida Therapeutics (PSTX) plans to raise $150 million at an $890 million market cap. The company's pipeline contains lead candidate P-BCMA-101, an autologous CAR-T currently in a potentially registrational Phase 2 trial for multiple myeloma. The company previously filed to raise $115 million in January 2019, but withdrew the offering after raising $142 million in a Series C round led by Novartis.
Several micro-caps recently set terms for their IPOs and may flip the switch at some point in July. These include preclinical biotech Kiromic BioPharma (KRBP), late-stage biotech Greenwich LifeSciences (GLSI), diversified REIT Presidio Property Trust (SQFT), real estate developer Harbor Custom Development (HCDI), and e-commerce platform 1847 Goedeker (GOED).
| U.S. IPO Calendar | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Issuer Business |
Deal Size Market Cap |
Price Range Shares Filed |
Top Bookrunners |
| BlueCity Holdings (BLCT) Beijing, China |
$85M $614M |
$15 - $17 5,300,000 |
AMTD Global Loop Capital Markets |
| Leading online LGBTQ community and dating platform in China. | |||
| Therapeutics Acquisition (TXAC) Boston, MA |
$100M $129M |
$10 10,000,000 |
Jefferies |
| Blank check company formed by RA Capital targeting the biotech sector. | |||
| Nkarta (NKTX) South San Francisco, CA |
$150M $426M |
$14 - $16 10,000,000 |
Cowen Evercore ISI |
| Preclinical developer of off-the-shelf cancer therapies based on natural killer cells. | |||
| Poseida Therapeutics (PSTX) San Diego, CA |
$150M $890M |
$14 - $16 10,000,000 |
BofA Piper Sandler |
| Phase 2 biotech developing CAR T cell therapies for multiple myeloma. | |||
| Quhuo (QH) Beijing, China |
$27M $450M |
$9 - $11 2,700,000 |
Roth Cap. Valuable Capital |
| Provides workforce operations solutions for consumer service platforms in China. | |||
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