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Priced $135/share on June 11 at about $1.77T; closed its first day near $161 (about $2.1T), the largest IPO in history. $75B base deal plus the underwriters' option
SourcePriced $26/share; opened at $33.80 (+30%), about $3.15B at the open
SourcePriced $34/share (top of the $30-$34 range) on January 28; 18.5M shares
SourcePriced $45/share, ~$8.5B debut valuation
SourcePriced $31/share, ~$3.8B day-one valuation; $402.3M net of underwriting
SourceThe Information reported (June 2026) Sierra Space could IPO by the end of 2026; $8B valuation after its $550M Series C (March 2026); first Dream Chaser flight is a free-flying demo with no ISS docking, date not yet set; no S-1 filed
SourceGrouped with Sierra Space in The Information's June 2026 report (pushing toward an IPO within about 12 months); no S-1 filed; closed an oversubscribed $525M+ financing in June 2026
SourceFirst-ever outside funding round: $10B at about $140B, reported raised by the Wall Street Journal on 2026-09-24 (July reports: ~$130B pre-money, Coatue about $4B, Bezos $2B); widely read as pre-IPO positioning; no IPO filing
SourceCEO Brian Schimpf said (July 2026) it is bad to IPO "in the middle of a hype cycle"; $61B valuation after its $5B Series H (May 2026); reported in July to be in talks to raise at about $100B
SourceFiled March 31, 2026 to raise about $607M (4.18B yuan) on the Shanghai STAR Market for reusable-rocket R&D; prospectus refreshed June 2026; not yet approved or listed
SourceSTAR Market application to raise 7.5B yuan (about $1.1B) accepted December 2025; review paused in March for stale financials and resumed June 29, 2026; not yet approved or listed
SourceChengdu AI-satellite company filed its third Hong Kong main-board prospectus on May 14, 2026, after an April pre-IPO round at an 11.55B yuan post-money valuation
SourceSpace-structures maker listing through a shell-company merger as Gravitics Holdings (GVTX); terms set in August: 8.1M shares at $14 to $17 (about $125M); not yet priced
SourceDefinitive agreement with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VI: about $1.2B post-transaction with a $300M PIPE; to trade on Nasdaq as QSPC; close expected Q4 2026
SourceRocket-engine and solid-motor maker merging with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. III at about $2.3B post-transaction, with a PIPE of at least $350M; ticker and close date not yet announced
SourceSingapore GEO satellite-to-device broadcast operator merging with Black Spade Acquisition III at about $1B equity value; to list on the NYSE; close expected by end of 2026
SourceRaised a EUR 1B+ Series F at a EUR 10B valuation led by General Atlantic (June 2026); Bloomberg reported in June 2025 that it was exploring an IPO; no filing
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