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US IPO Weekly Recap: 1 biotech prices ahead of the IPO market’s quarantine

IMRA

As a rule, if March Madness gets canceled, then the IPO window is closed. Remarkably, one biotech pulled off an IPO this week, along with a blank check company. Outside of a few more SPACs, the IPO market may essentially shut down for months, as...read more

Deerfield Management's SPAC DFP Healthcare Acquisitions prices $200 million IPO at $10

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DFP Healthcare Acquisitions, the second healthcare-focused blank check company formed by Deerfield Management and Robert Barasch, raised $200 million by offering 20 million units at $10. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-quarter of one...read more

Beating the market blues: SPACs on track for another record-breaking year

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Record-high volatility and investor uncertainty have weighed on the IPO market in recent weeks, but blank check activity is as high as ever, indicating another banner year for the acquisition vehicles. So far in 2020, 19 SPACs have submitted initial filings with...read more

US IPO Weekly Recap: Two blank check companies in short holiday week

DMYTU

Two SPACs entered the public market this past week, raising nearly $320 million. Three companies and one SPAC submitted initial filings.  dMY Technology (DMYTU) raised $200 million at a market cap of $250 million. The blank...read more