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Biotech IPOs struggle to tread water amid challenging market conditions

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Despite weak trading in the biotech sector, another drug developer is preparing to take on a challenging IPO market. Norovirus vaccine developer HilleVax (HLVX) plans to raise $175 million this week in the first major biotech IPO of the 2Q. ...read more

Sector-wide sell-off: IPOs from all but one sector have traded off in recent months

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The IPO market set new records in 2021, but a recent sell-off has walloped new issuers across nearly every sector over the past 90 days and 30 days. The sole sector with positive average returns, energy has produced just two IPOs since 2021, one of which was...read more

Renaissance Capital's February IPO Market Update

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In February, eight IPOs raised $271 million, a 76% y/y decline in IPO count and a 97% drop in proceeds. February IPOs raised fewer proceeds than any month since November 2018. The month’s issuers were primarily micro-caps, as the average deal size shrank...read more

All the small things: Small issuers keep the IPO market active as large deals wait

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While market conditions have forced most IPO candidates to the sidelines, small issuers continue to list, dominating the IPO calendar in recent weeks. As we noted, ...read more