Trendy eyewear-maker (and Daily Dose fave) Warby Parker revealed plans on Tuesday to go public via direct listing—the latest in a series of companies in recent months to sidestep the traditional IPO process in favor of the...more
There has been a lot of publicity and interest surrounding the direct listings of Spotify (2018) and Slack (2019) in the United States. In many respects, these transactions resemble the traditional "introduction" which has...more
The NYSE proposed in November changes to its listing standards to allow “primary” share offerings through a direct listing. To date, direct listings have been in the form of stockholder share resales (a “secondary offering”)...more
In a direct listing, a company's outstanding shares are listed on a stock exchange without a primary or secondary underwritten offering. Existing security holders become free to sell shares on the stock exchange at...more
Shared workspace giant We Work is joining the growing wave of major start-ups planning to go public this year. And like many of its unicorn peers (as we’ve documented), the company “shows no sign of turning a profit anytime...more
Spotify Technology S.A. went public on April 3, 2018 through a direct listing of its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Key Points: ..A direct listing is an innovative structure that provides companies with an...more
The SEC has opened a probe into Guggenheim Partners’ asset-management arm over an $85-million real-estate transaction and a series of other deals involving ABS Capital—including a loan to BCBG Max Azria just months before the...more
A day of massive lows (opening bell) and impressive rallies (with the dow up 230 by the end of the day) marked a wild Wednesday on Wall Street....more
Spotify’s unconventional (non-IPO) public listing is off and running, and though it’s early, it sure feels as if the risk was a good one, with the market valuing the company north of $30 billion....more
First Spotify changed the music industry. Now it might change the way we think about public offerings. On Wednesday, February 28, 2018, Spotify filed its prospectus to go public through a direct listing on the New York...more
As has been buzzed about for several months, music-streaming startup Spotify has officially filed [directly] a prospectus for its listing on the New York Stock Exchange....more
A quiet Monday appears to be leading to a busy Tuesday morning, with Qualcomm upping its bid for NXP (in a move that could help it fend off Broadcom) and Albertson’s looking to join forces with what’s left of Rite Aid Corp...more
More trouble for the embattled British PM Theresa May. We learned yesterday that Britain’s second-largest construction firm—Carillion—was forced into liquidation after amassing a staggering $1.35 billion in debt. The downfall...more