Finance Watch: US Market May Warm To Go-Public Options As Summer Progresses

Renaissance Capital Expects Active July, September

Public Company Edition: The IPO market in the US cooled in Q2, but a warm-up may come in Q3 alongside new SPAC merger opportunities; Artiva may be the next biopharma firm to go public. Also, IDEAYA and Recursion grossed $302.4m and $200m, respectively, in follow-on offerings.

Finance Watch Public Company — • Source: Alamy

The number of biopharmaceutical company initial public offerings in the US dropped considerably from the first quarter to the second quarter, but with 12 IPOs during the first half of 2024 the market for first-time offerings by drug developers is on track to meet or slightly exceed 2023, when 21 biopharma firms went public in the US, if the pace of new offerings holds steady in the second half of this year.

Evaluate Pharma tracked three IPOs globally in Q2, down sharply from nine in Q1. (Also see "IPOs Collapse In...