PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

If successful, it would double Next Insurance’s valuation from its last fundraising. Last fall, it raised $250 million from Munich Re Group, the Munich, Germany-based reinsurer, which gave it a valuation of more than $1 billion. CapitalG , the private equity firm owned by Alphabet Inc.,

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Musings on Markets

APRIL 21, 2022

billion I estimated in 2021 (year 8 in my IPO valuation) as revenues in my IPO valuation of the company in November 2013, and its operating margin, even with generous assumptions on R&D, was 19.02% in 2021, still below my estimate of 19.76% in that year. billion, well below the $9.6 billion, with a value per share of $10.91.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

On a day that saw a stock market rout – particularly on the tech-heavy NASDAQ, which was down a percent – in at least some areas of finance, investors remain sanguine. Perhaps “overly optimistic” might be the mindset that marks private markets. Regional players like BankUnited have even smaller market caps (at about $2 billion).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

The crypto was up 26 percent on Wednesday (April 3), giving it a market worth of $381 million, according to Financial Times. In other news, Liquid.com has become the latest crypto unicorn after closing a Series C investment round from Bitmain and IDG Capital , reaching a valuation of over $1 billion.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

Petco will file its initial public offering (IPO) with a valuation of almost $4 billion, according to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wednesday (Jan. That will come with a price-per-share of $14 to $17. billion in 2019, with 66 percent of that number used to pay for pet food.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Poshmark saw its valuation more than double following its Nasdaq debut, with shares closing at $101.50, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday (Jan. Poshmark’s valuation is now over $3 billion, up from $1.25 FinTech installment lender Affirm more than doubled its valuation when it went public earlier this week.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

Stripe, the San Francisco digital payments startup, has landed a $100 million investment from Tiger Global Management, boosting its valuation above $20 billion. According to a report in CNBC , citing The Information, with the $100 million investment by Tiger Global Management , Stripe now has a valuation of $22.5

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

SoftBank-backed DoorDash priced its initial public offering (IPO) shares at $102 each on a valuation of $32.4 The new valuation makes the Silicon Valley startup the biggest individual public food delivery firm in the United States. Earlier in 2020, DoorDash had a private valuation topping $15 billion, up from $1.4

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

11) filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). At $44 per share price, Affirm would have a valuation in excess of $10 billion, Reuters reported. Buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform Affirm boosted the price range of its initial public offering (IPO), potentially raising $1.08 billion, according to a Monday (Jan.

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Future CFO

MARCH 22, 2021

Higher yields for long-dated sovereign bonds will result in near-term losses for Asia Pacific banks as they recognise valuation changes on their available-for-sale (AFS) bond portfolios, but the capital impact should be manageable for most rated banks, said Fitch Ratings recently.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 11, 2024

In 1986, I joined New York University's business school as an assistant professor, and asked to teach Security Analysis, a class made legendary by Ben Graham, who taught it at Columbia University in the 1950s.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

On a day that saw a stock market rout – particularly on the tech-heavy NASDAQ, which was down a percent – in at least some areas of finance, investors remain sanguine. Perhaps “overly optimistic” might be the mindset that marks private markets. Regional players like BankUnited have even smaller market caps (at about $2 billion).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

The Detroit-based company is expected to market a reduced number of shares at about $18 to $20 apiece, Bloomberg reported, citing sources. billion and offered 150 million shares for $20 to $22 each, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Last month, Gilbert sought an IPO for $3.3

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 18, 2023

Even though we live in an age where user platforms and hyper revenue growth can drive company valuations, that adage remains true. IFRS and GAAP now treat as leases as debt, but that is still not the case in many other markets that are not covered by either standard). The numbers yield interesting insights. .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

As it aims for an approximately $225 billion valuation, Ant Group intends to seek dual listings in Shanghai and Hong Kong in the weeks to come, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. A dual listing of $30 billion would come out ahead of the $29.4 billion take of Saudi Aramco per Bloomberg data. The firm contributed $433.7

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Future CFO

JULY 5, 2023

The IPO markets in China and Hong Kong to become more robust in 2H 2023, said Deloitte China's Capital Market Services Group (CMSG) recently. Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Nasdaq will have taken 4th and 5th place respectively and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong will have ranked 6th, the group added. billion in 1H 2022.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Airbnb, which is reportedly seeking a significantly higher valuation than originally expected for its initial public offering (IPO), wrote in a recent filing that the company has only captured a tiny piece of what it sees as a $3.4 trillion total addressable market. “We Securities and Exchange Commission. That includes $1.2

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Future CFO

JANUARY 9, 2022

Global M&A to remain strong in 2022 as valuations reach historic highs, said Willis Towers Watson (WTW) recently. However, high valuations, deal complexity, competition for high-quality assets and pandemic-fuelled supply chain disruption will continue to have knock-on consequences for dealmakers, he noted.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

A robotics process automation (RPA) startup has just secured a $3 billion valuation as B2B FinTech continues to explore how the technology will disrupt the market. The funding, which also saw Accel participate, followed only a few months after the company raised $153 million, pulling UiPath’s valuation up to $1 billion.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

billion from Black Friday through Cyber Monday, and DoorDash could see a valuation of $28 billion from its IPO. DoorDash Valuation Could Hit $28 Billion, Says It Has Only 3 Pct of US Market. DoorDash is reportedly seeing good demand for its IPO, boosting its estimated valuation rise to some $28 billion.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Zscaler (ZS) – The cloud security company reported a better than expected quarter, but its stock slumped 9.1% in premarket trading after RBC Capital Markets downgraded the stock to “sector perform” from “outperform.” in the premarket after quarterly sales and profit fell short of Wall Street estimates.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Apple is on the cusp of a stock market first — becoming the first public company in history to capture a $2 trillion valuation. trillion market capitalization — almost double where it was just two years ago. And its market cap will hit $2 trillion if the stock rises about another 5 percent to $467.77 How did Apple do it?

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CFO Simplified

AUGUST 7, 2023

This starts with discussing exit planning every 90 days to evaluate and agree upon current exit planning topics including timing, valuation requirements, exit options, opportunities to increase company valuation, and an exit or hold decision. What’s My Passion? How much energy and passion does the owner have toward their business?

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

CEO J ames Gorman said he’s more confident on the markets than the rest of Wall Street, seeing a return of deal-making as soon as the Federal Reserve stops hiking interest rates. The firm said the streaming stock has a full valuation and the lowest visibility among peers. Roku — Shares dipped 2.2% Global Payments – Shares rose 3.2%

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

initial public offerings, with hot firms like Airbnb and DoorDash going public at valuations that collectively topped $120 billion. Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Then shares soared 85.8 percent to $158.22 on their first trading day.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

trillion market capitalization, 9to5Mac reported. . Last week, Apple inched closer to the all-time high market cap when its stock sold at $326 a share. In 2018 , Ives, a software and technology analyst at Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles, said Apple was on its way to set a U.S. Apple’s valuation can approach the $1.5

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Cequence Security. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California. Contrast Security.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. I believe we can deliver attractive and improving financial performance, grow market share and increase customer lifetime value through more engaged relationships across our omni-channel platform and loyalty ecosystem.”. Albertsons Cos., The IPO could fetch as much as $1.51

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Businessweek ) • #EUROBOOM European stock markets have further to rally, argues GS ( FT ) • Wall Street Is Losing Out to Amateur Buyers in the Housing Slump : Big money spent a fortune snapping up homes. The cybersecurity industry has a vision for a more secure future—one that involves getting rid of passwords. (

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The enterprise security space is ballooning with new players, and one of them wants to remain competitive with its latest funding round. “We’re in the early stages of a fundamental market shift,” said the company’s president and CEO, Andy Grolnick, in a statement. 14) led by Riverwood Capital.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

Whenever it happens, it’s safe to say that a $150 billion valuation would make Ant’s IPO one of the biggest ever, putting it ahead of Facebook ’s $104 billion IPO in 2012 and behind Alibaba’s $168 billion IPO in 2014. The company was initially only looking to raise $5 billion, half of what investors ended up wanting to contribute.

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Future CFO

MARCH 23, 2023

This applies particularly when liquidity is tightening sharply and when unrealised valuation losses on asset holdings could be realised if a deposit run forced banks to sell assets, the credit rating agency said. Support for smaller banks may be more variable, the firm noted.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 1, 2022

As inflation has taken center stage, markets have gone into retreat globally, and across asset classes. In 2022, as bond rates have risen, stock prices have fallen, and crypto has imploded, even true believers are questioning what the bottom for markets might be, and when we will get there.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The new banking solution offers secure international money transfer benefits without fees. No Social Security number is necessary to open a Passbook account. In July, Remitly raised a $135 million equity and debt round at a valuation of almost $1 billion. Every Remitly Passbook customer gets a Visa debit card.

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

From there, the latest highlights also feature a number of other interesting advisor technology announcements, including: FinanceHQ has launched as a new digital lead generation platform for financial advisors, which takes a more niche-focused approach to matching prospective clients with advisors – representing a bet that capturing prospects (..)

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

Corporate travel and expense (T&E) management solutions provider TripActions led this week’s B2B venture capital roundup with its announcement of new funding that propelled its valuation to $4 billion. PYMNTS looks at other industry players around the globe that caught investors’ attention below. TripActions.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2018

made an impressive stock market debut on Wednesday (May 23), with share prices up as much as 26 percent after the company began trading on NASDAQ. Barclays, Cowen Group, Goldman Sachs, PKO BP Securities, Regions Securities and William Blair are also acting as book-running managers for the proposed offering. EVO Payments Inc.

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