Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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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.

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<li>Cloud Village Inc. (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, plans to raise around US$450m in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>The company has also obtained investments from Baidu and Alibaba, along with other investors.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about valuations.</li>
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Cloud Village Inc. (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, plans to raise around US$450m in its Hong Kong IPO.
The company has also obtained investments from Baidu and Alibaba, along with other investors.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about valuations.


Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO - Cornered Deal but Offers Limited Upside

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cloud-village-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33412:1" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (CLV HK)</a> is the second-largest online music platform after <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-music-entertainment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27255:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Music (TME US)</a> as measured by revenue in China. Cloud Village is seeking to raise $500 million. </li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cloud-village-netease-music-ipo-initiation-musical-shares" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:52266" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO Initiation: Musical Shares</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/cloud-village-netease-music-ipo-play-list" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:55506" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO: Play List</a> we stated that it is combining high growth with an improving cost structure. </li>
<li>The 9M21 update is underwhelming with slowing growth and a marginal decline in losses. The update is unlikely to win over investors wary of Chinese IPOs due to weak debuts.   </li>
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Cloud Village (CLV HK) is the second-largest online music platform after Tencent Music (TME US) as measured by revenue in China. Cloud Village is seeking to raise $500 million. 
In Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO Initiation: Musical Shares and Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO: Play List we stated that it is combining high growth with an improving cost structure. 
The 9M21 update is underwhelming with slowing growth and a marginal decline in losses. The update is unlikely to win over investors wary of Chinese IPOs due to weak debuts.   


Cloud Village (NetEase Music) IPO: Not yet a Sound Investment

<ul>
<li>Cloud Village Inc. (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, now plans to raise around US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>The company has also obtained investments from Baidu and Alibaba, along with other investors.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the updates from the revised PHIP filing and relook at valuations.</li>
</ul>


Cloud Village Inc. (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, now plans to raise around US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO. 
The company has also obtained investments from Baidu and Alibaba, along with other investors.
In this note, we will talk about the updates from the revised PHIP filing and relook at valuations.


Cloud Village (NetEase Music) Pre-IPO - Revised PHIP Updates, Along with Revised Valuation

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