Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Sakura Internet, a Japanese cloud provider, has seen a significant surge in stock price and market capitalization due to entry into AI cloud services.</li>
<li>The company plans to invest in NVIDIA H100 GPUs for AI servers, expecting substantial demand but with uncertain revenue and profitability projections.</li>
<li>Risks include concentrated ownership, lack of analyst coverage, potential shareholder pressure, and competition from larger cloud providers like AWS with advanced AI computing capabilities.</li>
</ul>


Sakura Internet, a Japanese cloud provider, has seen a significant surge in stock price and market capitalization due to entry into AI cloud services.
The company plans to invest in NVIDIA H100 GPUs for AI servers, expecting substantial demand but with uncertain revenue and profitability projections.
Risks include concentrated ownership, lack of analyst coverage, potential shareholder pressure, and competition from larger cloud providers like AWS with advanced AI computing capabilities.


Sakura Internet (3778) | Blossoming in the Cloud?

Tracking developments across tech supply chains, Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tracking developments across tech supply chains

<ul><li>Intel's Panther Lake chip set to drive growth in AI PC market and spark resurgence in semiconductor foundry industry by second half of 2025.</li><li>Rapidus to provide 2nm chip samples to Broadcom, highlighting advancements in semiconductor technology and potential for increased performance.</li><li>Taiwanese companies eye opportunities in expanding renewable energy market in the Philippines, showcasing interest in sustainable business practices. CES 2025 sees Nvidia unveiling robot collaborations while concerns emerge over South Korea's absence. Honda and Sony face uncertainty as Afeela 1 debuts, while Tata Elxsi and Qualcomm team up to develop virtual models of Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions. UK-Taiwan tech partnerships strengthen as British Representative to Taiwan concludes term, reflecting deepening alliance between the two countries.</li></ul>

Intel's Panther Lake chip set to drive growth in AI PC market and spark resurgence in semiconductor foundry industry by second half of 2025.Rapidus to provide 2nm chip samples to Broadcom, highlighting advancements in semiconductor technology and potential for increased performance.Taiwanese companies eye opportunities in expanding renewable energy market in the Philippines, showcasing interest in sustainable business practices. CES 2025 sees Nvidia unveiling robot collaborations while concerns emerge over South Korea's absence. Honda and Sony face uncertainty as Afeela 1 debuts, while Tata Elxsi and Qualcomm team up to develop virtual models of Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions. UK-Taiwan tech partnerships strengthen as British Representative to Taiwan concludes term, reflecting deepening alliance between the two countries.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (11-Jan-2025): Intel's Panther Lake boosts AI PC growth, foundry recovery by 2H25.

<ul><li>Apple's Intelligence service is working towards a launch in China, but is facing challenges with integrating Baidu.</li><li>NXP may be investing a significant amount of money in Karnataka, India.</li><li>Intel's interim leadership team is bringing together new ideas and industry experience for a promising future, while South Korea and Japan work to mitigate US export controls on HBM.</li></ul>

Apple's Intelligence service is working towards a launch in China, but is facing challenges with integrating Baidu.NXP may be investing a significant amount of money in Karnataka, India.Intel's interim leadership team is bringing together new ideas and industry experience for a promising future, while South Korea and Japan work to mitigate US export controls on HBM.

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Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, we looked at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guzman-y-gomez" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43656:1" rel="noopener">Guzman Y Gomez (0817833D AU),</a> <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/quantumpharm-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40369:1" rel="noopener">QuantumPharm (QUP HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/webtoon-entertainment-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43652:1" rel="noopener">Webtoon Entertainment (WBTN US)</a> this week.</li>
<li>On the placement front, there were a few deals across Hong Kong, Australia and Japan.</li>
</ul>


Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPO front, we looked at Guzman Y Gomez (0817833D AU), QuantumPharm (QUP HK) and Webtoon Entertainment (WBTN US) this week.
On the placement front, there were a few deals across Hong Kong, Australia and Japan.


ECM Weekly (10th June 2024) - Webtoon, Shift Up, QuantumPharm, Guzman, Kakaopay, Telix, Yankuang

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sakura-internet-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12605:1" rel="noopener">Sakura internet (3778 JP)</a> is looking to raise US$127m from its primary follow-on. Proceeds will be used towards purchasing GPU servers, and constructing new data center facilities.</li>
<li>While 11% of total shares outstanding are offered here, the deal would be easily digested by the market, representing just 0.8 days of its three month ADV.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
</ul>



Sakura internet (3778 JP) is looking to raise US$127m from its primary follow-on. Proceeds will be used towards purchasing GPU servers, and constructing new data center facilities.
While 11% of total shares outstanding are offered here, the deal would be easily digested by the market, representing just 0.8 days of its three month ADV.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Sakura Internet Placement - Beneficiary of the AI-Wave Looking to Double Down

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SAKURA internet Inc. provides comprehensive Internet service to businesses. The Company operates a data center and leases space to store clients' servers and network equipment.  Sakura Internet also offers web hosting and Internet connectivity services.

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Sakura Internet (3778) | Blossoming in the Cloud?

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Mark Chadwick

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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Sakura Internet Placement - Beneficiary of the AI-Wave Looking to Double Down

Sakura internet (3778 JP) is looking to raise US$127m from its public follow-on. Proceeds will be used towards purchasing GPU servers, and...

Clarence Chu

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Sakura Internet (3778) | Blossoming in the Cloud?

​Japanese cloud provider Sakura Internet's stock price rise as they enter AI cloud services, planning to invest in NVIDIA H100 GPUs. It is a highly...

Mark Chadwick

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (11-Jan-2025): Intel's Panther Lake boosts AI PC growth, foundry recovery by 2H25.

Intel's Panther Lake drives AI PC growth, Rapidus supplies 2nm chips to Broadcom, Taiwanese firms eye Philippines' renewable energy market,...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (07-Dec-2024): Apple Intelligence targets China despite Baidu challenges

Apple's Intelligence service plans China launch but faces hurdles, NXP may invest big in Karnataka, global notebook shipment forecasted for 2025,...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

ECM Weekly (10th June 2024) - Webtoon, Shift Up, QuantumPharm, Guzman, Kakaopay, Telix, Yankuang

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Sakura Internet Placement - Beneficiary of the AI-Wave Looking to Double Down

Sakura internet (3778 JP) is looking to raise US$127m from its public follow-on. Proceeds will be used towards purchasing GPU servers, and...

Clarence Chu

Japanese cloud provider Sakura Internet's stock price rise as they enter AI cloud services, planning to invest in NVIDIA H100 GPUs. It is a highly...