IPOs and Equity Issuances
Evolve Capital Partners monitors the global equity markets for new IPOs and key equity issuances across the nine sectors we cover.
Our detailed IPO profiles describe the key drivers of valuations for companies listing in today’s markets (outside of going through an M&A event). This valuable information benefits everyone from a private equity investor up through corporate management by creating an understanding of how pricing impacts a company when it goes public or lists shares.
As the market for FInTech companies matures, we anticipate continued interest from global equity investors. Our coverage includes the “blue chip” issuances through strong localized players in niche markets.
Our key IPOs are presented by year and issuer.
Skyward Specialty operates as a specialty insurance company that delivers commercial P&C products and solutions on a non-admitted and admitted basis.
[Deal amount = $135 million, price per share = $15.00, listed IPO date = 1/13/2023]
Corebridge operates as a provider of retirement solutions and insurance products in the U.S.
[Deal amount = $16.8 billion, price per share = $21.00, listed IPO date = 9/15/2022]
TPG is a leading alternative investment firm focused on private equity investments.
[Deal amount = $10.0 billion, price per share = $29.50, listed IPO date = 1/13/2022]
Forge operates an online trading marketplace for private investors that provides access and exposure to shares of pre-IPO companies
[Announce date = 9/13/2021, expected to close in Q4:2021 or Q1:2022, pro-forma enterprise value = $1.6 billion]
Forbes operates as a business media brand that offers media, branding, and technology services with a focus on news and information about business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyles
[Announce date = 8/26/2021, expected to close in late Q4:2021 or early Q1:2022, pro-forma enterprise value = $630 million]
Hagerty operates as a leading specialty insurance provider focused on the automotive enthusiast market.
[Announce date = 8/18/2021, Closed date = 12/2/2021 , pro-forma enterprise value = $3.1 billion]
Robinhood operates a financial services platform offering commission-free trading in the U.S.
[Deal amount = $2.1 billion, price per share = $38.00, listed IPO date = 7/29/2021]
MarketWise (previously Beacon Street) operates a multi-brand platform of subscription businesses that provides financial
research, software, education, and tools for investors.
[Pro-forma enterprise value = $3.0 billion, Deal date = 7/21/2021]
Intapp provides industry-specific cloud-based software solutions for the professional and financial services industry in the U.S., the UK, and internationally
[Deal amount = $273 million, price per share = $26.00, listed IPO date = 6/30/2021]
Waterdrop operates as a technology platform dedicated to insurance and healthcare services that connects users with needs for different phases along their medical journey.
[Deal amount = $360 million, price per share = $12.00, listed IPO date = 5/7/2021]
Compass is a residential real estate brokerage offering a comprehensive platform assisting agents in nearly every step of a home sale
[Deal amount = $450 million, price per share = $18.00, listed IPO date = 4/1/2021]
Oscar operates as a technology-driven, full stack, direct-to-consumer health insurance company
[Deal amount = $1.4 billion, price per share = $39.00, listed IPO date = 3/3/2021]
LoanDepot operates as a customer-centric, technology-empowered residential mortgage platform, engaging in originating, financing, selling, securitizing, and servicing residential mortgage loans and facilitates title, escrow, and settlement services for mortgage loan transactions
[Deal amount = $54 million, price per share = $14.00, listed IPO date = 2/11/2021]
Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) is a service provider of specialty products and solutions for insurance brokers, agents, and carriers
[Deal amount = $1.3 billion, price per share = $23.50, listed IPO date = 1/22/2021]
Affirm operates a platform for digital and mobile-first commerce in the U.S. and Canada, facilitating point-of-sale payment solution for consumers, merchant commerce solutions, and offers a consumer-focused app
[Deal amount = $1.2 billion, price per share = $49.00, listed IPO date = 1/13/2021]
Upstart is an AI lending platform that partners with banks to provide personal loans using non-traditional variables, such as education and employment, to predict creditworthiness.
[Deal amount = $240 million, price per share = $20, listed IPO date = 12/16/2020]
Root Insurance is a property-casualty insurtech that offers personalized and affordable coverage. The company specializes in the area of auto insurance, with a pricing model based upon individual performance collected through the company’s app.
[Deal amount = $724 million, price per share = $27, listed IPO date = 10/27/2020]
Paya is a fintech company that provide a solution of integrated payment and frictionless commerce solutions that help customers accept and make payments, expedite receipt of money, and increase operating efficiencies.
[Deal amount = $1.3 billion, SPAC acquisition date = 10/19/2020]
Asana is a software company that specializes in workplace collaboration, management and productivity. The company offers solutions to teams to organize and manage their work from small projects to strategic initiatives.
[Resale amount = $631 million, price per issued share = $21, direct listing date = 9/30/2020]
Rocket Companies is the parent company of Quicken Loans, a mortgage lending company that offers house mortgages, refinancing and loans. Its flagship business, Rocket Mortgage, is the largest retail mortgage originator in the U.S. Rocket Companies also include title company Amrock, home search platform Rocket Homes, and personal loans provider Rocket Loans.
[Deal amount = $1.8 billion, price per share = $18, listed IPO date = 8/6/2020]
GoHealth is an online marketplace for medicare and health insurance plans in the US. Through the company’s proprietary technology platform, modern machine-learning algorithms are used to power nearly two decades of insurance behavioral data to help individuals find the most suitable health insurance plan.
[Deal amount = $913.5 million, price per share = $21, listed IPO date = 7/15/2020]
Lemonade is a US property and casualty insurance company that offers renters and home insurance policies. The company delivers insurance policies online, handling claims through chatbots.
[Deal amount = $319 million, price per share = $29, listed IPO date = 7/2/2020]
Dun & Bradstreet is a company that provides commercial data, analytics, and insights for businesses. The company uses the data to provide solutions in fields such as risk and finance, and sales and marketing.
[Deal amount = $1.7 billion, price per share = $22, listed IPO date = 7/1/2020]
Shift4 Payments is an independent provider of integrated payment processing and technology solutions in the United States. The company has decades of experience solving complex business and operational challenges for software partners and merchants.
[Deal amount = $345 million, price per share = $23, listed IPO date = 6/5/2020]
SelectQuote is a technology-enabled, direct-to-consumer insurance distribution platform. The company provides complex senior health, life and auto & home insurance policies from a curated panel of leading insurance carriers in the US.
[Deal amount = $360 million, price per share = $20, listed IPO date = 5/21/2020]
OneConnect is a technology-as-a-service platform for financial institutions in China, covering verticals such as sales and marketing, risk management, and customer service.
[Deal amount = $312 million, price per share = $10, listed IPO date = 12/13/2019]
Bill.com is a provider of cloud-based software that simplifies, digitizes, and automates complex back-office financial operations for small and midsize businesses (SMBs).
[Deal amount = $216 million, price per share = $22, listed IPO date = 12/12/2019]
Oportun is a provider of inclusive, affordable financial services powered by a data-driven approach and advanced proprietary technology. The company provides lending services for the estimated 100 million people living in the United States who either do not have a credit score or have been “mis-scored” by the traditional financial system.
[Deal amount = $94 million, price per share = $15, listed IPO date = 9/26/2019]
Change Healthcare is an independent healthcare technology platform that provides data and analytics-driven solutions to enhance clinical, financial, administrative, and patient engagement outcomes in the U.S. healthcare system. It operates through three segments: Software and Analytics, Network Solutions, and Technology-Enabled Services.
[Deal amount = $557 million, price per share = $13, listed IPO date = 6/26/2019]
Avalara provides a cloud-based tax management platform that addresses the complexity of transaction tax compliance. The subscription-based service processes real-time transactions and produces detailed records of transaction tax determinations that help businesses reduce their tax processing errors, audit exposure, and transaction tax compliance costs.
[Deal amount = $180 million, price per share = $24, listed IPO date = 6/15/2018]
Adyen enables businesses to process payments online with over 250 payment methods and in 187 transaction currencies. The company’s technology improves the shopper experience and simplifies the global management of payments across sales channels and geographies. The platform also supports “unified commerce” for merchants across online, mobile and POS channels.
[Deal amount = $1.0 billion, price per share = $282.92, listed IPO date = 6/13/18]
EVO is a global merchant acquirer and payment processor that services approximately 525,000 merchants and processes more than 2 billion transactions annually. It can serve 50 markets around the world through three proprietary, in-market processing platforms that are connected by a single point of integration.
[Deal amount = $224 million, price per share = $16, listed IPO date = 5/23/2018]
GreenSky, Inc. is a financing and payments technology company offering a platform for businesses to offer flexible credit programs to their customers that facilitates an increase in sales volume for merchants and a more diversified portfolio of high-quality consumer loans for partner banks.
[Deal amount = $874 million, price per share = $23.00, listed IPO date = 5/24/2018]
DocuSign is an electronic signature software company. It automates the documentation process when businesses sign agreements, make approvals, and enter into transactions. The company makes the documentation process both virtual and secure through its cloud-based platform.
[Deal amount = $629 million, price per share = $29.00, listed IPO date = 4/27/2018]
Smartsheet is a cloud-based platform that enables organizations to manage work in real-time, automate workflows, and deploy new processes. The platform works seamlessly with enterprise tools and apps so businesses can focus on the work that matters most.
[Deal amount = $175 million, price per share = $15.00, listed IPO date = 4/27/2018]
Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. provides a suite of human capital management software to businesses worldwide. The company’s cloud-based applications enable businesses to manage employee lifecycle, improve employee engagement, optimize their workforce, and increase revenue.
[Deal amount = $462 million, price per share: = $22.00, listed IPO date = 4/26/2018]
Zuora is a SaaS-based software company that licenses its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software platform, Zuora Central, to subscription businesses and automates their order-to-cash operations in real time.
[Deal amount = $177 million, price per share = $14.00, listed IPO date = 4/12/2018]
Cardlytics makes marketing more relevant and measurable through their purchase intelligence platform. The company uses purchase data from more than 2,000 financial institutions and applies advanced analytics to it, thereby making it actionable and helping marketers identify, reach and influence likely buyers at scale. This information allows merchants to measure the actual sales impact of their marketing spend.
[Deal amount = $70 million, price per share = $13.00, listed IPO date = 2/29/2018]
IntegraFin’s leading open architecture platform, Transact, is used by UK-based financial advisors and their clients. Transact enables advisors to consolidate investments using tax efficient wrappers and gives them a wider range of investment choices for their clients.
[Deal amount = $247 million, price per share = $2.72, listed IPO date = 2/27/18]
PagSeguro develops and provides payment processing, point-of-sale (POS), financial, and analytics services to micro-merchants, small, and medium-sized companies in Brazil. PagSeguro’s end-to-end ecosystem enables its merchant customers to accept payments digitally and also to grow and manage their businesses using the PagSeguro free digital accounts.
[Deal amount = $2.3 billion, price per share = $21.50, listed IPO date = 1/24/2018]
LexinFintech Holdings is a leading online consumer finance platform in China. Through their online platforms Fenqile and Juzi Licai, the company offers young, educated adults in China innovative and convenient loan products to fund their credit needs at different stages of their lives. The company also operates an e-commerce channel for home appliances, fashion accessories, home furnishings and decor, apparel, leisure travel and continuing education.
[Deal amount = $108 million, price per share = $9.00, listed IPO date = 12/20/2017]
CURO Group provides consumer finance to a range of underbanked consumers in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It offers unsecured installment loans, secured installment loans, open-end loans, and single-pay loans, as well as ancillary financial products, including check cashing, proprietary reloadable prepaid debit cards, credit protection insurance, gold buying, retail installment sales, and money transfer services.
[Deal amount = $93 million, price per share = $14.00, listed IPO date = 12/7/2017]
Boku is the world’s leading independent direct carrier billing company. The company’s technology enables mobile phone users to buy goods and services and charge them to their phone bill or pre-paid balances. Boku’s platform connects merchant clients with billing, identity and sales systems of mobile network operations. The company’s technology makes a consumer’s mobile phone number into a convenient and secure payment method that can be used as an alternative to credit and debit cards.
[Deal amount = $60 million, price per share = $0.78, listed IPO date = 11/20/2017]
Netwealth Group Limited provides superannuation and non-superannuation platform products to financial intermediaries and clients who offer portfolio administration and investment management tools, as well as investment and managed account solutions. The company’s platform enables financial intermediaries and clients to acquire, hold, and administer a range of investments, including domestic and international securities, managed funds, cash, and term deposits. The platform also offers detailed reporting services to monitor the financial position and performance of investments.
[Deal amount = $199 million, price per share = $2.79, listed IPO date = 11/20/2017]
PPDAI is the first online consumer finance marketplace in China that connects borrowers and investors whose needs are unserved or underserved by traditional financial institutions. Its online platform, empowered by proprietary, cutting-edge technologies, features a highly automated loan transaction process, which enables a superior user experience.
[Deal amount = $221 million, price per share = $13.00, listed IPO date = 11/10/2017]
PT M Cash Integrasi Tbk is engaged in the distribution of digital and e-commerce products. The company manufactures kiosks, which are used for issuing various types of physical cards, including mobile SIM and e-money. Kiosks are also used for top up telephone pulses and regular bill payments, enabling both consumers and corporations to switch to a digital form of transaction.
[Deal amount = $22 million, price per share = $0.10, listed IPO date = 11/1/2017]
Qudian Inc. operates online consumer finance platforms by using big data-enabled technologies, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, to transform the consumer finance experience in China. It offers online credit products such as small cash and merchandise credit products.
[Deal amount = $900 million, price per share = $24.00, listed IPO date = 10/18/2017]
ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance Co.,Ltd., an insuretech company offers property and casualty insurance products covering accident, bond, health, liability, credit, cargo, household property insurance, and shipping return policy insurance. It also engages in technology development and consulting activities in China.
[Deal amount = $1.5 billion, price per share = $7.27, listed IPO date = 9/28/2017]
China Internet Nationwide Financial Services Inc. provides financial advisory services to small-to-medium sized enterprises in China. The company, through its subsidiaries, offers commercial payment, international corporate financing, and intermediary bank loan advisory services, as well as entrusted/direct loans. It also provides value-added Internet information services.
[Deal amount = $20 million, price per share = $10.00, listed IPO date = 8/8/2017]
Redfin Corporation is an online real estate company that operates a real estate marketplace and assists buyers and sellers of residential properties. The company also originates mortgages and provides title and settlement services.
[Deal amount = $138 million, price per share = $15.00, listed IPO date = 7/27/2017]
Alfa Financial Software (formerly CHP Consulting) is the developer of Alfa Systems, a software platform for enterprises in the finance industry that enables customers to automate critical business functions and enhance business agility. The platform can be used across the entire asset finance life cycle, from proposal to end of lease, across many asset types and financing structures.
[Deal amount = $325 million, price per share = $4.16, listed IPO date = 5/26/2017]
Appian Corporation, a Business Process Management technology company, provides a low-code software development platform that enables organizations to develop unique applications and streamline business processes.
[Deal amount = $75 million, price per share = $12.00, listed IPO date = 5/24/2017]
Real Matters, Inc. operates a property valuation, collateral risk management, and data analytics software platform in North America. The company’s platform ‘Redihive’ delivers an integrated suite of capabilities for property valuation, collateral risk management, and data analytics to customers.
[Deal amount = $115 million, price per share = $13.00, listed IPO date = 5/11/2017]
China Rapid Finance is a leading consumer lending platform for borrowers and investors, providing borrowers accessible and affordable credit and investors risk-adjusted returns. Its market principally includes prime and near prime Emerging Middle-Class Mobile Active consumers (EMMAs).
[Deal amount = $60 million, price per share = $6.00, listed IPO date = 4/28/2017]
Cloudera, Inc. operates a data management, machine learning, and analytics software platform in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company’s platform delivers an integrated suite of capabilities for data management, machine learning, and analytics to customers.
[Deal amount = $259 million, price per share = $15.00, listed IPO date = 4/28/2017]
Elevate Credit, Inc. designs and provides online credit solutions to non-prime consumers in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company offers unsecured online installment loans and lines of credit. Its products include Rise and Sunny installment loan products and Elastic, an open-end line of credit.
[Deal amount = $50 million, price per share = $6.50, listed IPO date = 4/6/2017]
Alteryx, Inc. is a leading provider of a self-service data analytics software platform that enables organizations to enhance business outcomes and the productivity of their business analysts. The company serves organizations of all sizes across a wide variety of industries in more than 50 countries.
[Deal amount = $146 million, price per share = $14.00, listed IPO date = 3/23/2017]
Conduent Incorporated provides transaction-intensive processing, analytics, and automation business process services globally. It serves three sectors: Commercial Industries, Healthcare, and Public Sector.
[Deal amount = $374 million, price per share = $14.38, listed IPO date = 12/29/2016]
BlackLine, Inc. provides a cloud-based software platform that is designed to automate and streamline accounting and finance operations. The platform supports critical accounting processes, such as account reconciliation, intercompany accounting, and controls assurance.
[Deal amount = $146 million, price per share = $17.00, listed IPO date = 10/28/2016]
iRhythm Technologies is a digital healthcare company that provides electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring products for patients who are at risk of arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats). The company combines wearable biosensing technology with cloud-based data analytics and machine-learning capabilities to detect irregular heartbeats.
[Deal amount = $107 million, price per share = $17.00, listed IPO date = 10/20/2016]
Coupa is a cloud-based spend optimization software company. It is the leading provider of disruptive and innovative cloud spend management (CSM) solutions that help companies control and gain visibility into their indirect spending while generating savings that go directly to the bottom line.
[Deal amount = $133 million, price per share = $18.00, listed IPO date = 10/07/2016]
Everbridge, a global software company, provides critical communications and enterprise safety applications, enabling its users to automate and accelerate the process of keeping people safe and keeping businesses running during critical events.
[Deal amount = $66 million, price per share = $12.00, listed IPO date = 9/16/2016]
Talend S.A. is a provider of big data integration software. The Company (Talend S.A.) provides a scalable data, application and business-process integration platform. It connects data and applications ranging from on-premise to cloud systems, from Hadoop to NoSQL and sensors.
[Deal amount = $95 million, price per share = $18.00, listed IPO date = 7/29/2016]
CommerceHub, Inc. is a cloud-based e-commerce fulfilment and marketing software platform of integrated supply, demand and delivery solutions for large retailers, online marketplaces and digital marketing channels, as well as consumer brands, manufacturers, and distributors.
[Deal amount = $741 million, price per share = $12.00, listed IPO date = 7/22/2016]
NantHealth is an evidence-based, personalized healthcare company enabling improved patient outcomes and more effective treatment decisions for critical illnesses. It is engaged in converging science and technology through a single integrated clinical platform to provide actionable health Information at the point of care for critical illness.
[Deal amount = $83 million, price per share = $14.00, listed IPO date = 6/2/2016]
Cotiviti Holdings provides analytics-driven payment accuracy solutions, focused primarily on the healthcare sector. The company was formed in May 2014 through the merger of Connolly Superholdings and iHealth Technologies. Cotiviti predominantly serves healthcare organizations and retailers in the US, UK, and Canada.
[Deal amount = $238 million, price per share = $19.00, listed IPO date = 5/25/2016]
Blue Prism is a global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA). The company supplies a Virtual Workforce that is powered by software robots and trained to automate routine rules-based clerical back-office processes. By automating manual administrative processes, the company’s enterprise-grade software enables clients to create a more agile, cost effective and accurate back-office.
[Deal amount = $30 million, price per share = $1.11, listed IPO date = 3/18/2016]
Square, Inc. develops and provides payment processing, point-of-sale (POS), financial, and marketing services worldwide. The company also offers magnetic stripe readers, contactless and chip readers, and chip card readers. Other services include Square POS, Square Payroll, Square Dashboard, Square Cash, Square Capital and Caviar Food Delivery.
[Deal amount = $243 million, price per share = $9.00, listed IPO date = 11/24/2015]
First Data Corporation provides a complete array of global electronic commerce integrated solutions for merchants, financial institutions, and card issuers worldwide.
[Deal amount = $2.6 billion, price per share = $16.00, listed IPO date = 10/15/2015]
Cerved Information Solutions SPA is one of the largest credit rating agencies, credit information providers, and credit management solutions providers in Europe. Businesses and financial institutions use Cerved’s services to assess the solvency and credit ratings of their business partners, monitor and manage credit risk across phases, and define their marketing strategies.
[Deal amount = $582 million, price per share = $6.93, listed IPO date = 6/24/2014]