Category: IPO

  • Will the Capital Markets Ever Come Back?
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    Will the Capital Markets Ever Come Back?

    All the bankers we know are incredibly busy, but they do not have much to show for it. The capital markets are log-jammed and it is not clear what it will take…

  • Our $0.02 on Unity
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    Our $0.02 on Unity

    We wrote about Unity back in 2020 around their IPO. We concluded that the stock look good in the near term, but faced many long-term challenges. All of that seems to have…

  • Arm IPO – the $52 Billion Question
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    Arm IPO – the $52 Billion Question

    Arm now has a roadshow video which provides insight into the company’s growth plan. It also has a new target valuation. At $52 billion that remains challenging, but at least we now…

  • Arm IPO 2 – The Search for More Money

    Arm IPO 2 – The Search for More Money

    Arm is a good company, but the rumored $64 billion valuation for their IPO will likely doom it as a stock/

  • Arm IPO – Second Impressions
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    Arm IPO – Second Impressions

    Arm’s IPO filing – the gift that keeps giving – highlights so far: IPO proceeds go entirely to Softbank; a close look at ARM’s end market TAM by segment, and a valuation…

  • The SPAC-tacle of it all
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    The SPAC-tacle of it all

    There are a lot of SPAC companies out there now – we have some suggestions for how they can dig themselves out of the whole the market has dug for them.

  • The Shrinking of Arm
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    The Shrinking of Arm

    Arm is cutting jobs in advance of its IPO – we think their reasons for these cuts are likely misplaced, and probably creates more problems for them in the years ahead.

  • Global Foundries IPO!!!
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    Global Foundries IPO!!!

    Global Foundries IPO!!! – While GF’s financials make for some tough reading (negative gross margins?!?), they are generating cash and are definitely doing something right to attract $19 billion of customer commitments.

  • The SPAC Hangover
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    The SPAC Hangover

    The SPAC Hangover – More fun with numbers – how a SPAC creates some very weird incentives to part like it’s 1999.

  • SPACs – the Morning After
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    SPACs – the Morning After

    Serious as a SPAC Attack – In the glow of a SPAC acquisition, companies need to spare a thought for what life will be like as a public company.