APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

RateGain Travel Technologies / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rategain-travel-technologies" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35265:1" rel="noopener">RateGain Travel Technologies (1920810D IN)</a> is looking to raise up to US$178m in its India IPO. </li>
<li>RateGain Travel Technologies is the largest SaaS company in the hospitality and travel industry in India. The deal will comprise a mix of primary and secondary shares.</li>
<li>As of Sept 2021, the firm serves 1,462 customers including eight Global Fortune 500 companies, and has offices in six countries. </li>
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RateGain Travel Technologies (1920810D IN) is looking to raise up to US$178m in its India IPO. 
RateGain Travel Technologies is the largest SaaS company in the hospitality and travel industry in India. The deal will comprise a mix of primary and secondary shares.
As of Sept 2021, the firm serves 1,462 customers including eight Global Fortune 500 companies, and has offices in six countries. 


RateGain Travel Technologies IPO - Battered by the Pandemic, However, Operating Metrics Recovering

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Event-Driven

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<li>On 13th Apr 2021, Grab (0967655D SP) announced that it plans to go public in the US in partnership with Altimeter Growth Corp (AGC US) at an equity valuation of US$39.6bn.</li>
<li>The merger and listing will be completed on 2nd Dec 2021.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about valuations and the lock-up release schedule.</li>
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On 13th Apr 2021, Grab (0967655D SP) announced that it plans to go public in the US in partnership with Altimeter Growth Corp (AGC US) at an equity valuation of US$39.6bn.
The merger and listing will be completed on 2nd Dec 2021.
In this note, we will talk about valuations and the lock-up release schedule.


Grab SPAC Listing - Thoughts on Valuation, Lock-Up Release

Five Star Business Finance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/five-star-business" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35238:1" rel="noopener">Five Star Business (0958461D IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$370m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by ICICI Securities, Edelweiss, Kotak, and Nomura.</li>
<li>Five Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals. </li>
<li>As of Sept 2021, the firm had a network of 268 branches, spread across approximately 126 districts, eight states and one union territory.  </li>
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Five Star Business (0958461D IN) is looking to raise around US$370m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by ICICI Securities, Edelweiss, Kotak, and Nomura.
Five Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals. 
As of Sept 2021, the firm had a network of 268 branches, spread across approximately 126 districts, eight states and one union territory.  


Equity Bottom-Up

FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fsn-e-commerce-ventures-nykaa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33796:1" rel="noopener">FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) (NYKAA IN)</a>, is a lifestyle focussed e-commerce platform and consumer brand offering a portfolio of beauty, personal care and fashion products, including its own branded products.</li>
<li>As of March 21, it had 43.7m cumulative downloads across all its mobile applications. Its offline channel comprises 73 physical stores across 38 cities in India.</li>
<li>Post its successful listing, the stock is now by far the most expensive e-commerce stock in India and probably globally.</li>
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FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) (NYKAA IN), is a lifestyle focussed e-commerce platform and consumer brand offering a portfolio of beauty, personal care and fashion products, including its own branded products.
As of March 21, it had 43.7m cumulative downloads across all its mobile applications. Its offline channel comprises 73 physical stores across 38 cities in India.
Post its successful listing, the stock is now by far the most expensive e-commerce stock in India and probably globally.


2022 High Conviction - FSN (Nykaa) - Marketplace and Inventory Mix Make It a Very Expensive Stock

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<li>Kakao Bank (KB) is South Korea’s largest digital bank. It's a subsidiary of Kakao, which holds a 27.3% stake post listing.</li>
<li>It is a branchless digital bank that only started operations in 2017. As of Sep 21, it had a loan book of US$21bn, deposit base of US$24bn and 17.4m customers.</li>
<li>Even though Kakao started operations only in July 2017, by 2020 it had already garnered more than 1% market share of overall loans and deposits in South Korea.</li>
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Kakao Bank (KB) is South Korea’s largest digital bank. It's a subsidiary of Kakao, which holds a 27.3% stake post listing.
It is a branchless digital bank that only started operations in 2017. As of Sep 21, it had a loan book of US$21bn, deposit base of US$24bn and 17.4m customers.
Even though Kakao started operations only in July 2017, by 2020 it had already garnered more than 1% market share of overall loans and deposits in South Korea.


2022 High Conviction - Kakao Bank - A Long Way to Go

India

One 97 Communications Limited provides payment solutions. The Company provides online services such as hotel booking, top ups, data processing, games, mobile content, and bill payments. One 97 Communications Limited serves customers worldwide.

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RateGain Travel Technologies IPO - Battered by the Pandemic, However, Operating Metrics Recovering

RateGain Travel Technologies (1920810D IN) is looking to raise up to US$178m in its India IPO. RateGain Travel Technologies is the largest SaaS...

Clarence Chu

Grab SPAC Listing - Thoughts on Valuation, Lock-Up Release

On 13th Apr 21, Grab announced that it plans to go public in the US in partnership with Altimeter Growth Corp at an equity val of US$39.6bn. In...

Sumeet Singh

Five Star Business Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Five Star Business (0958461D IN) is looking to raise around US$370m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by ICICI Securities, Edelweiss,...

Clarence Chu

2022 High Conviction - FSN (Nykaa) - Marketplace and Inventory Mix Make It a Very Expensive Stock

FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa), is a lifestyle focussed e-commerce platform and consumer brand offering a portfolio of beauty, personal care and...

Clarence Chu

2022 High Conviction - Kakao Bank - A Long Way to Go

Kakao Bank (KB) is South Korea’s largest digital bank. It's a subsidiary of Kakao, which holds a 27.3% stake post listing.

Sumeet Singh

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