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

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.

Private Capital Markets

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<li>Canva is an Australia based online design and publishing tool with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere.</li>
<li>In Sep 2021, Canva raised US$200m and announced a valuation of US$40bn. The round was led by T. Rowe Price.</li>
<li>It hasn’t announced any plans for listing, but its soaring valuation and involvement of late stage funds means that listing is likely to be in the next year or two</li>
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Canva is an Australia based online design and publishing tool with a mission to empower everyone in the world to design anything and publish anywhere.
In Sep 2021, Canva raised US$200m and announced a valuation of US$40bn. The round was led by T. Rowe Price.
It hasn’t announced any plans for listing, but its soaring valuation and involvement of late stage funds means that listing is likely to be in the next year or two


Canva Tearsheet - The US$40bn Startup that You Have Probably Not Heard Of