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Insurance Tech Firm Lemonade Soars 139 Pct On First Trading Day
Investments // July 02, 2020

Tech companies’ initial public offerings (IPOs) can be grossly mispriced, as evidenced by some companies like Lemonade and Agora which have leapt up close to or even more than 150 percent in price after going public, CNBC reports. The problem, according to venture capitalist Bill...

Alphabet-Backed Healthcare Startup, One Medical, To IPO
IPO // January 05, 2020

One Medical, a conglomerate of technology-driven primary care offices backed by Google’s Alphabet, has filed an initial public offering (IPO), One Medical announced on Friday (Jan. 3).  The San Francisco-headquartered startup runs membership-based healthcare clinics and was launched by internal medicine doctor Tom Lee, who...

Silicon Valley Investors Seek IPO Funding Substitute 
IPO // September 24, 2019

Investors and attorneys from Silicon Valley are pressing for an initial public offering (IPO) alternative to help new businesses raise funds, The Financial Times reported on Tuesday (Sept. 24). By expanding the Direct Listing Process (DLP) that both Spotify and Slack utilized, entrepreneurs would be...

Ping Identity Plans To Raise $100M With Public Listing
Security & Fraud // August 25, 2019

The Colorado-based online ID management company Ping Identity is going public and is trying to raise up to $100 million in an IPO on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker “Ping,” reports said on Friday (Aug. 23). Founded in 2001, Ping is said to be...

Quick Reads
Online Gambling Player Rush Street Wins Support of Blank Check Firm To Go Public

July 27, 2020
Chalk up another major deal for blank check companies, one of Wall Street’s hottest new trends, with online gambling and sports betting company Rush Street Interactive’s announcement that it will be going public. Rush Street Interactive (RSI) said on Monday (July 27) that it will go public via a merger with dMY Technology Group, one […]

Insurance Tech Firm Lemonade Soars 139 Pct On First Trading Day

July 02, 2020
Tech companies’ initial public offerings (IPOs) can be grossly mispriced, as evidenced by some companies like Lemonade and Agora which have leapt up close to or even more than 150...

Alphabet-Backed Healthcare Startup, One Medical, To IPO

January 05, 2020
One Medical, a conglomerate of technology-driven primary care offices backed by Google’s Alphabet, has filed an initial public offering (IPO), One Medical announced on Friday (Jan. 3).  The San Francisco-headquartered...

Silicon Valley Investors Seek IPO Funding Substitute 

September 24, 2019
Investors and attorneys from Silicon Valley are pressing for an initial public offering (IPO) alternative to help new businesses raise funds, The Financial Times reported on Tuesday (Sept. 24). By...