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

GigaDevice Semiconductor  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gigadevice-semiconductor-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27253:1" rel="noopener">GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH)</a> (GD), an IC design house, raised around US$690m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>GD is a leading specialty memory chip and MCU company in mainland China.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH) (GD), an IC design house, raised around US$690m in its H-share listing.
GD is a leading specialty memory chip and MCU company in mainland China.
We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Aequitas: GigaDevice A/H Trading - Strong Momentum and Demand, Expensive Valuations

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, the market didn't appear to be in a mood to for a customary slowdown at the start of the year.</li>
<li>On the placements front, issuers and shareholders have started the new year with a bang, with deals launched across regions.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, the market didn't appear to be in a mood to for a customary slowdown at the start of the year.
On the placements front, issuers and shareholders have started the new year with a bang, with deals launched across regions.


Aequitas: ECM Weekly (12 January 2026) - Biren, MiniMax, Gigadevice, Omnivision, Busy Ming, HPSP, GF

OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group / Equity Capital Markets

OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group (603501 CH)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/omnivision-integrated-circuits-group-inc-b6de6e64-b8c9-436c-b9de-81d6ac71fb6e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:46222:1" rel="noopener">OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group (501 HK)</a> (OVIC, 603501 CH), a semiconductor company, raised around US$600m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>OVIC, is the world’s third largest smartphone CIS and the largest automotive CIS provider with a market share of 32.9% based on revenue in 2024, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group (501 HK) (OVIC, 603501 CH), a semiconductor company, raised around US$600m in its H-share listing.
OVIC, is the world’s third largest smartphone CIS and the largest automotive CIS provider with a market share of 32.9% based on revenue in 2024, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan.
We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Aequitas: OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group A/H Trading -Weak Retail and Mediocre Insti Demand

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/minimax-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:46185:1" rel="noopener">MiniMax Group (100 HK)</a>, a global AI foundation model company, raised around US$700m in its Hong Kong listing.</li>
<li>As of September 2025, its AI-native products had cumulatively served over 200m individual users across over 200 countries and regions.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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MiniMax Group (100 HK), a global AI foundation model company, raised around US$700m in its Hong Kong listing.
As of September 2025, its AI-native products had cumulatively served over 200m individual users across over 200 countries and regions.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Aequitas: MiniMax IPO Trading - Highest AI Linked Coverage so Far

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-zhipu-huazhang-technology-co-ltd-knowledge-atlas-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44500:1" rel="noopener">Knowledge Atlas Technology (2513 HK)</a>'s debut is lukewarm, and currently trading on 37.8x P/S for FY27, it is close to fairly valued. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/minimax-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:46185:1" rel="noopener">MiniMax (100 HK)</a>'s B2C focus and its 3-year revenue CAGR of 126.8% (vs. 63.9%) warrants FY27 P/S of 55.1x, up from 48.8x as its peer <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/moore-threads-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40221:1" rel="noopener">Moore Threads (688795 CH)</a> rallied. </li>
<li>Our fair value of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/minimax-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:46185:1" rel="noopener">MiniMax (100 HK)</a> equals a 45% premium to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-zhipu-huazhang-technology-co-ltd-knowledge-atlas-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44500:1" rel="noopener">Knowledge Atlas Technology (2513 HK)</a>, justified by its above-sector momentum and "winner-take-all" characteristics.</li>
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Knowledge Atlas Technology (2513 HK)'s debut is lukewarm, and currently trading on 37.8x P/S for FY27, it is close to fairly valued. 

MiniMax (100 HK)'s B2C focus and its 3-year revenue CAGR of 126.8% (vs. 63.9%) warrants FY27 P/S of 55.1x, up from 48.8x as its peer Moore Threads (688795 CH) rallied. 
Our fair value of MiniMax (100 HK) equals a 45% premium to Knowledge Atlas Technology (2513 HK), justified by its above-sector momentum and "winner-take-all" characteristics.


Knowledge Atlas (2513 HK) & MiniMax Group (100 HK): Comparison, Debuts and Implications

China

Biren Technology is a Chinese fabless semiconductor design company that develops general-purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs) and intelligent computing solutions. Its products, such as the BR100 series, are aimed at artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), and cloud applications. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

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Aequitas: GigaDevice A/H Trading - Strong Momentum and Demand, Expensive Valuations

GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH) (GD), an IC design house, raised around US$690m in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: ECM Weekly (12 January 2026) - Biren, MiniMax, Gigadevice, Omnivision, Busy Ming, HPSP, GF

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group A/H Trading -Weak Retail and Mediocre Insti Demand

OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group (501 HK) (OVIC, 603501 CH), a semiconductor company, raised around US$600m in its H-share listing. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: MiniMax IPO Trading - Highest AI Linked Coverage so Far

MiniMax Group (100 HK), a global AI foundation model company, raised around US$700m in its Hong Kong listing. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Knowledge Atlas (2513 HK) & MiniMax Group (100 HK): Comparison, Debuts and Implications

Debut of Knowledge Atlas is lukewarm, trading close to fair value at 37.8x P/S for FY27, while MiniMax's B2C focus and strong revenue growth...

Osbert Tang, CFA

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Aequitas: GigaDevice A/H Trading - Strong Momentum and Demand, Expensive Valuations

GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH) (GD), an IC design house, raised around US$690m in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: ECM Weekly (12 January 2026) - Biren, MiniMax, Gigadevice, Omnivision, Busy Ming, HPSP, GF

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group A/H Trading -Weak Retail and Mediocre Insti Demand

OmniVision Integrated Circuits Group (501 HK) (OVIC, 603501 CH), a semiconductor company, raised around US$600m in its H-share listing. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: MiniMax IPO Trading - Highest AI Linked Coverage so Far

MiniMax Group (100 HK), a global AI foundation model company, raised around US$700m in its Hong Kong listing. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Knowledge Atlas (2513 HK) & MiniMax Group (100 HK): Comparison, Debuts and Implications

​Debut of Knowledge Atlas is lukewarm, trading close to fair value at 37.8x P/S for FY27, while MiniMax's B2C focus and strong revenue growth...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Debut of Knowledge Atlas is lukewarm, trading close to fair value at 37.8x P/S for FY27, while MiniMax's B2C focus and strong revenue growth...