Finance Watch: Ten IPOs In Three Days Raise $1.9bn
Several SPACs Also Have Gone Public Already This Year
Executive Summary
IPO Edition: Sana leads the group with a $587.5m initial public offering, while Immunocore and Bolt follow with $200m-plus IPOs. The 10 newly public companies generated a 43.3% average return on 8 Feb.
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