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Chime Financial waited for years to go to the stock exchange and ended his first trading day on Thursday with an evaluation of $ 16.1 billion. That is 36% lower than the 25 billion dollars -evaluation chims that were caught in 2021 when it was a tedious fintech -inhorn.
Nevertheless, the Chime IPO is celebrated as a victory for the company – and what is even more important than a clear signal that the market for public shares has cracked for new topics, especially for those in the fintech category.
Dan Dolev, Senior Analyst in FinTech Equity Research at Mazuho Securities, said that the IPO market was open to FinTechs. “There is a lot of thirst for Fintech -Pos. If you do a fintech exchange, this is the carillon,” joked Dolev.
Chime’s shares were opened by $ 43 on Thursday, which rose an offer price of $ 27 compared to the offer of $ 27. The share rose to an intra -high high of $ 44.94 before losing dynamics and closing $ 37.11.
Shawn Carolan, a partner at Menlo Ventures who led the risk of risk in Chime, said he was proud of the performance of FinTech. “Every time you praise and swap the reach, it is a good day,” said Carolan.
Together with Chime’s Management, Menlo Ventures does not sell shares in the IPO. “The companies that are good want to hold on,” he said.
Chime was founded in 2012 and offers traditional financial services such as free check accounts and savings accounts to reduce US consumers who earn up to $ 100,000 per year. The startup had 8.6 million active members on March 31, with two thirds of the chime being dependent on Chime as their primary bank regulatory submission. About 70% of its members use the carillon to buy food, food, gas and supply companies.
Chime is building a company for financial services for generations, said Coo Mark Troughton, with whom Assets From the Nasdaq. “We knew from day one we wanted to be public. It is time to run on the public market,” he said.
Chime is one of several companies, including Etoro, Health and Mntn, which recently made strong debuts. Many kept these profits in the aftermarket. However, it is the outbreak of the crypto company Circle that renewed investor’s appetite to high -growth technology. Last week circle shaken 168% in her debut on the New York stock exchange after collecting $ 1.05 billion with his IPO. Circle’s shares continued to receive later trading sessions and currently rose by 243% compared to the offer price of $ 31.
Chime’s more modest pop came on the first day after the Neobank had collected $ 864 million late Wednesday. The fintech sold 32 million shares of 27 US dollars each, 1 USD above the price range of 24 to 26 US dollars. Of the 32 million shares, around 6.1 million of shareholders come, while the company provides the rest.
The Chime could have “go to the stock exchange much earlier”, but had to wait for the markets to settle for the IPO window to open up, said Carolan von Menlo Ventures. IPOS have been largely in the waiting loop since the GO-GO days of 2021 when 397 companies went to the stock exchange with a traditional IPO. However, their gloomy performance, around 80% of the 2021 class, still act under their offer price and have a pall for new editions. Since the end of 2021, the number of stock markets has slowed down considerably.
Carolan believes that the IPO market is open to great companies. Strong companies like Chime can go to the stock exchange in any market, he said. “It remains to be seen whether the market is receptive to much smaller companies that are less profitable or slower,” he said.
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