Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of IPO & Placements for Aequitas Research. At Aequitas we cover all IPOs and placements across Asia-Pac with a deal size of at least US$100m. 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%. 
Prior to Aequitas. I was heading Content Strategy for Smartkarma, along with covering IPOs & Placement. In an earlier life I have covered ASEAN property and the banking space in India.

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/knowledge-atlas-technology-joint-stock-company-limited-class-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44500:1" rel="noopener">Knowledge Atlas Technology (2513 HK)</a> (Zhipu) raised around US$640m in its Hong Kong IPO in January 2026. The lockup on its cornerstone investors is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>Zhipu is one of the leading players in China’s domestic LLM space. As per media reports, the company could look to undertake an H-share offering as well.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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Knowledge Atlas Technology (2513 HK) (Zhipu) raised around US$640m in its Hong Kong IPO in January 2026. The lockup on its cornerstone investors is set to expire soon.
Zhipu is one of the leading players in China’s domestic LLM space. As per media reports, the company could look to undertake an H-share offering as well.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) (2476 HK)

Aequitas: Zhipu Lockup Expiry - US$7bn Release After 19x Gains, US$1bn+ H-Share Offering

Z.AI

Aequitas: Zhipu Lockup Expiry - US$7bn Release After 19x Gains, US$1bn+ H-Share Offering