Financing/IPO Transactions – May 2020
The financing and Initial Public Offering transactions for the month of May 2020 are posted below. These transactions were filed as S-1, F-1, and 1-A filings. To learn more about our IPO services, contact us.
| Date | Form Type |
Company Name | Underwriter | Legal Counsel | Price | Shares | Offering Amount | ||
| 5/4/2020 | F-1 | uCloudlink Group Inc. | I-Bankers Securities, Inc. | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP | N/A | N/A | $50,000,000 | ||
| 5/8/2020 | F-1 | Globus Maritime Ltd | Maxim Group LLC | Watson Farley & Williams LLP, New York, Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York | N/A | N/A | $5,750,000 | ||
| 5/12/2020 | F-1 | Dada Nexus Ltd | Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., BofA Securities, Inc. and Jefferies LLC | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP, Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP, Haiwen & Partners. Skadden, Arps | N/A | N/A | $100,000,000 | ||
| 5/13/2020 | F-1 | Legend Biotech Corp | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Jefferies LLC | Cooley LLP, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, JunHe LLP, Jingtian & Gongcheng | N/A | N/A | $100,000,000 | ||
| 5/14/2020 | F-1 | Calliditas Therapeutics AB | Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Jefferies LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company | Advokatfirman Vinge, Stockholm, Sweden, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, Cooley LLP, New York, and Baker & McKenzie Advokatbyrå KB, Stockholm, | N/A | N/A | $75,000,000 | ||
| 5/20/2020 | F-1 | Check-Cap Ltd | N/A | McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York, Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co., Tel Aviv | $0.544 | 20,508,337 | $11,156,535.33 | ||
| 5/22/2020 | F-1 | Burning Rock Biotech Ltd | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and Cowen and Company, LLC | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP, Shihui Partners, Jingtian & Gongcheng | N/A | N/A | $100,000,000 | ||
| 5/26/2020 | F-1 | Fiverr International Ltd. | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | Meitar — Law Offices, Latham & Watkins LLP, Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | N/A | N/A | $115,000,000 | ||
| 5/1/2020 | S-1 | VerifyMe, Inc. | N/A | Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, Rochester | $0.09 | 50,760,359 | $4,568,432.31 | ||
| 5/1/2020 | S-1 | Dare Bioscience, Inc. | Lincoln Park | Breakwater Law Group, LLP, Solana Beach | $1.17 | 7,500,000 | $8,775,000 | ||
| 5/1/2020 | S-1 | My Size, Inc. | N/A | McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York | $2.60 | 545,689 | $1,418,791.40 | ||
| 5/1/2020 | S-1 | Longview Acquisition Corp. | Cowen and Company, LLC and UBS Securities LLC | Ropes & Gray LLP, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | $10 | 30,000,000 | $300,000,000 | ||
| 5/1/2020 | S-1 | Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc | N/A | Latham & Watkins LLP | $17.52 | 150,464,840 | $2,636,143,997 | ||
| 5/1/2020 | S-1 | Equitable Mineral & Development, Inc. | Self | Franklin Ogele, P.A. | $7.50 | 2,000,000 | $15,000,000 | ||
| 5/1/2020 | S-1 | Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc | N/A | Maslon LLP, Minneapolis | $1.98 | 2,316,356 | $4,586,384.88 | ||
| 5/4/2020 | S-1 | DermTech, Inc. | N/A | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., San Diego, California | $12.55 | 6,627,685 | $83,177,446.75 | ||
| 5/4/2020 | S-1 | Kaleyra, Inc. | N/A | Crowell & Moring LLP | $6.67 $11.50 |
19,288,478 11,154,938 |
$128,654,149 $128,281,787 |
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| 5/6/2020 | S-1 | Digital Ally Inc | N/A | Sullivan & Worcester LLP, New York | N/A | 2,784,427 | $3,239,051 | ||
| 5/6/2020 | S-1 | DraftKings Inc. | N/A | Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York | $18.65 | 262,477,485 | $4,896,204,628.85 | ||
| 5/8/2020 | S-1 | Dynamic Shares Trust | N/A | Malik Law Group LLC | N/A | N/A | $100,000,000 | ||
| 4/9/2020 | S-1 | Pharmagreen Biotech Inc. | N/A | W.L. Macdonald Law Corporation | $0.08 | 31,908,609 | $2,552,688.72 | ||
| 5/8/2020 | S-1 | Cellectar Biosciences, Inc. | Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. | Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Madison, Wisconsin and Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York | N/A | N/A | $17,500,000 | ||
| 5/8/2020 | S-1 | Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. | Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and BofA Securities, Inc | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York | $10 | 75,000,000 | $750,000,000 | ||
| 5/11/2020 | S-1 | Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. | Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Cowen and Company, LLC and Piper Sandler & Co | Goodwin Procter LLP, Redwood City, Morrison Foerster LLP, San Francisco, Cooley LLP, San Francisco | N/A | N/A | $86,250,000 | ||
| 5/11/2020 | S-1 | Kiromic Biopharma, Inc. | ThinkEquity, a division of Fordham Financial Management, Inc. | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, New York, Venable, LLP, New York | N/A | N/A | $20,000,000 | ||
| 5/11/2020 | S-1 | Ping Identity Holding Corp. | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc. | Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, Cooley LLP, Broomfield, Colorado | $23.19 | 9,775,000 | $226,682,250 | ||
| 5/11/2020 | S-1 | Axcella Health Inc. | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and SVB Leerink LLC | Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, Latham & Watkins LLP | N/A | 11,000,000 | $92,724,500 | ||
| 5/12/2020 | S-1 | Coro Global Inc. | Aegis Capital Corp. | Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP, New York, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP | N/A | N/A | $11,500,000 | ||
| 5/12/2020 | S-1 | Amyris, Inc. | N/A | Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View | $2.34 | 35,507,428 | $83,087,381.52 | ||
| 5/12/2020 | S-1 | Acer Therapeutics Inc. | Lincoln Park | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Diego | $2.23 | 1,840,148 | $4,098,193.94 | ||
| 5/12/2020 | S-1 | Oyster Point Pharma, Inc. | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC and Piper Sandler & Co. | Cooley LLP, New York, Latham & Watkins LLP, Menlo Park | $30.57 | 2,875,000 | $87,888,750 | ||
| 5/12/2020 | S-1 | Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc. | N/A | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, Palo Alto | $8.22 | 44,829,952 | $368502205.44 | ||
| 5/12/2020 | S-1 | Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. | N/A | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco | $2.11 | 1,841,544 | $3,885,657.84 | ||
| 5/13/2020 | S-1 | Propanc Biopharma, Inc. | N/A | Lucosky Brookman LLP | $0.04 $0.20 |
7,50,00,000 7,50,00,000 |
$30,00,000 $1,50,00,000 |
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| 5/13/2020 | S-1 | InspireMD, Inc. | A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners | Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, New York | N/A | N/A | $11,500,000 | ||
| 5/15/2020 | S-1 | US 12 Month Oil Fund, LP | N/A | Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP | $11.06 | 200,000,000 | $2,212,000,000 | ||
| 5/15/2020 | S-1 | Brickell Biotech, Inc. | Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Indianapolis, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, New York | N/A | N/A | $17,500,000 | ||
| 5/15/2020 | S-1 | Shift4 Payments, Inc. | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. | Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York | N/A | N/A | $100,000,000 | ||
| 5/15/2020 | S-1 | NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | N/A | Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP | $0.96 | 10,205,644 | $9,797,419 | ||
| 5/15/2020 | S-1 | Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp. | Chardan Capital Markets, LLC | Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC | $10 | 5,000,000 | $50,000,000 | ||
| 5/15/2020 | S-1 | Zomedica Pharmaceuticals Corp. | Wainwright | Lowenstein Sandler LLP, New York, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Calgary, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP | N/A | 55,762,081 | $30,937,500 | ||
| 5/15/2020 | S-1 | Farmhouse, Inc./NV | N/A | N/A | $0.75 | 5,478,439 | $533.334 | ||
| 5/18/2020 | S-1 | Applied Molecular Transport Inc. | BofA Securities, Inc., Jefferies LLC and SVB Leerink LLC | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, Palo Alto, Cooley LLP, San Francisco | N/A | N/A | $100,000,000 | ||
| 5/18/2020 | S-1 | Fastly, Inc. | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Menlo Park | $38.17 | 6,900,000 | $263,373,000 | ||
| 5/18/2020 | S-1 | Avantor, Inc. | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Ropes & Gray LLP, New York | $17.31 | 51,750,000 | $895,792,500 | ||
| 5/18/2020 | S-1 | Transenterix, Inc. | N/A | Ballard Spahr LLP | $0.40 | 50,735,292 | $20,294,116.80 | ||
| 5/18/2020 | S-1 | Vroom, Inc. | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Allen & Company LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York | N/A | N/A | $100,000,000 | ||
| 5/19/2020 | S-1 | ARYA Sciences Acquisition Corp II | Jefferies LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, Ogier, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Palo Alto | $10 | 12,500,000 | $125,000,000 | ||
| 5/20/2020 | S-1 | Jerrick Media Holdings, Inc. | The Benchmark Company, LLC | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, New York, Lucosky Brookman LLP, Woodbridge | N/A | N/A | $9,200,000 | ||
| 5/20/2020 | S-1 | Sphere 3D Corp | N/A | Meretsky Law Firm, Toronto | $1.55 | 13,214,131 | $20,481,903.05 | ||
| 5/21/2020 | S-1 | Gevo, Inc. | N/A | Perkins Coie LLP, Denver, Colorado. Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York | N/A | N/A | $30,000,000 | ||
| 5/21/2020 | S-1 | Hudson Executive Investment Corp. | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | Winston & Strawn LLP, New York, Kirkland & Ellis LLP | $10 | 30,000,000 | $300,000,000 | ||
| 5/21/2020 | S-1 | Quantum Computing Inc. | Oasis | Lucosky Brookman LLP | $0.78 | 12,991,384 | $10,133,279.38 | ||
| 5/21/2020 | S-1 | Document Security Systems Inc | Aegis Capital Corp. | Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP, New York, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP | N/A | N/A | $5,750,000 | ||
| 5/22/2020 | S-1 | Generation Bio Co. | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Jefferies LLC and Cowen and Company, LLC | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, Massachusetts. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York | N/A | N/A | $125,000,000 | ||
| 5/22/2020 | S-1 | Avidity Biosciences, Inc. | Cowen and Company, LLC, SVB Leerink LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | Latham & Watkins LLP, San Diego, Cooley LLP, San Diego | N/A | N/A | $100,000,000 | ||
| 5/22/2020 | S-1 | Cardiff Oncology, Inc. | N/A | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, New York | $2.10 | 5,695,898 | $11,961,386 | ||
| 5/22/2020 | S-1 | Digital Ally Inc | Roth Capital Partners, LLC | Sullivan & Worcester LLP, New York, Pryor Cashman LLP, New York | N/A | N/A | $13,800,000 | ||
| 5/22/2020 | S-1 | Uppercut Brands, Inc. | N/A | Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, New York | $0.3250 | 29,993,750 | $9,747,968.75 | ||
| 5/22/2020 | S-1 | Vaxcyte, Inc. | BofA Securities, Inc., Jefferies LLC and Evercore Group L.L.C | Cooley LLP, San Francisco, California. Latham & Watkins LLP, Menlo Park | N/A | N/A | $100,000,000 | ||
| 5/22/2020 | S-1 | Royalty Pharma plc | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell London LLP. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, Matheson, Dublin | N/A | N/A | $100,000,000 | ||
| 5/22/2020 | S-1 | Boxlight Corp | Maxim Group LLC | Michelman & Robinson, LLP, New York, Pryor Cashman LLP, New York | N/A | $11,500,000 | N/A | ||
| 5/22/2020 | S-1 | Invivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp | N/A | Ballard Spahr LLP, Las Vegas | $1.48 | 1,826,731 | $2,703,563 | ||
| 5/26/2020 | S-1 | Viela Bio, Inc. | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Cowen and Company, LLC | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., Boston, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston | N/A | 3,000,000 | $232,000,000 | ||
| 5/26/2020 | S-1 | Repay Holdings Corp | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities, Barclays Capital Inc. | Troutman Sanders LLP, Atlanta, Ropes & Gray LLP | $22.94 | 9,200,000 | $211,048,000 | ||
| 5/26/2020 | S-1 | ACM Research, Inc. | N/A | K&L Gates LLP, Boston | $53.82 | 1,324,673 | $71,293,900.86 | ||
| 5/26/2020 | S-1 | Morgan Group Holding Co | G.research | Paul Hastings LLP, New York | N/A | 50,000,000 | $8,500,000 | ||
| 5/27/2020 | S-1 | Progenity, Inc. | Piper Sandler & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Irvine, California. Latham & Watkins LLP | N/A | N/A | $100,000,000 | ||
| 5/29/2020 | S-1 | Forma Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. | Jefferies LLC, SVB Leerink LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York | N/A | N/A | $150,000,000 | ||
| 5/29/2020 | S-1 | SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. | N/A | Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., New York | $3.93 | 818,900 | $3,218,277 | ||
| 5/29/2020 | S-1 | CHF Solutions, Inc. | N/A | Honigman LLP, Kalamazoo, Michigan | $0.40 | 1,798,940 | $719,576 | ||
| 5/29/2020 | S-1 | Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | N/A | Dechert LLP | $0.5263 $0.5938 $1.3125 |
5,000,000 250,000 571,429 |
$42,631,500 $148,450 $750,001 |
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| 5/29/2020 | S-1 | Repare Therapeutics Inc. | Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC and Piper Sandler & Co. | Cooley LLP, Boston, Stikeman Elliott LLP, Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston | N/A | N/A | $100,000,000 | ||
| 5/4/2020 | 1-A | Shackelford Pharma Inc. | N/A | N/A | $1 | 7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | ||
| 5/4/2020 | 1-A | Atlis Motor Vehicles Inc | N/A | N/A | $8.24 | 3,033,981 | $25,000,000 | ||
| 5/5/2020 | 1-A | Brazil Potash Corp. | N/A | Greenberg Traurig/Wildeboer Dellelce | $4 | 12,500,000 | $50,000,000 | ||
| 5/6/2020 | 1-A | Cannagistics Inc. | N/A | The Doney Law Firm | $0.25 | 43,000,000 | $10,000,000 | ||
| 5/11/2020 | 1-A | Fundrise For-Sale Housing eFUND – Los Angeles CA, LLC | N/A | Goodwin Procter LLP | $10 | 4,170,027 | $41,700,266 | ||
| 5/12/2020 | 1-A | Fundrise East Coast Opportunistic REIT, LLC | N/A | Goodwin Procter LLP | $11.24 | 1,223,133 | $13,748,012 | ||
| 5/12/2020 | 1-A | Audition Showdown Inc. | Dalmore Group LLC | CrowdCheck Law LLP | $2 | 25,000,000 | $50,000,000 | ||
| 5/12/2020 | 1-A | Masterworks 013, LLC | SDDCO Brokerage Advisors LLC | Anthony L.G., PLLC | $20 | 82,500 | $1,650,000 | ||
| 5/13/2020 | 1-A | Digital Dev Partners, Inc. | N/A | N/A | $0.27 | 20,000,000 | $5,400,000 | ||
| 5/14/2020 | 1-A | Hi-Great Group Holding Co | N/A | McMurdo Law Group, LLC | $0.20 | 29,999,999 | $5,000,000 | ||
| 5/19/2020 | 1-A | Chemesis International Inc. | N/A | Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP | $0.50 | 120,000,000 | N/A | ||
| 5/20/2020 | 1-A | Energea Portfolio 1 LLC | N/A | Lex Nova Law LLC | $1 | 50,000,000 | $50,000,000 | ||
| 5/20/2020 | 1-A | LiquidPiston, Inc. | StartEngine Primary | CrowdCheck Law LLP | $45 | 638,888 | $21,249,978 | ||
| 5/21/2020 | 1-A | Called Higher Studios, Inc. | StartEngine Primary LLC | CrowdCheck Law LLP | $5.52 | 1,006,039 | $5,000,016 | ||
| 5/21/2020 | 1-A | Masterworks 014, LLC | SDDCO Brokerage Advisors LLC | Anthony L.G., PLLC | $20 | 82,500 | $1,650,000 | ||
| 5/22/2020 | 1-A | GEAR Capital Inc. | N/A | FisherBroyles LLP | $1 | 50,000,000 | $50,000,000 | ||
| 5/26/2020 | 1-A | Masterworks 015, LLC | SDDCO Brokerage Advisors LLC | Anthony L.G., PLLC | $20 | 82,500 | $1,650,000 | ||
| 5/28/2020 | 1-A | Quara Devices Inc. | N/A | CrowdCheck Law, LLP | $5.80 | 3,448,276 | $17,880,118 | ||
| 5/28/2020 | 1-A | American Condor Resources, Corp | N/A | Simmons Associates, Ltd. | $5 | 4,000,000 | N/A | ||
| 5/28/2020 | 1-A | Alt 5 Sigma, Inc. | N/A | N/A | $5 | 10,000,000 | $50,000,000 | ||
| 5/28/2020 | 1-A | Masterworks 016, LLC | SDDCO Brokerage Advisors LLC | Anthony L.G., PLLC | $20 | 82,500 | $1,650,000 | ||
| 5/29/2020 | 1-A | Scopus BioPharma Inc. | N/A | Kaufman & Associates, LLC and Greenberg Traurig, LLP | N/A | 1 | N/A | ||
| 5/29/2020 | 1-A | Fisher Wallace Laboratories, Inc. | N/A | Alliance Legal Partners, Inc. | $6.21 | 1,610,305 | $10,000,000 |
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