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SpaceX founder Elon Musk speaks at a news conference following the first launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 2018.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 21, 2026
Musk’s SpaceX tries to woo Wall Street with analyst meetings this week, sources say
The company is looking to raise $75 billion, in what would be the world's ?biggest-ever initial public offering, with executives targeting a late June trading debut.
Go runs the most widely used taxi hailing app in Japan in terms of user numbers, according to a survey in 2024 by ICT Research and Consulting.
BUSINESS
Apr 9, 2026
Goldman-backed Go taxi app said to plan Japan IPO this year
Discussions on the IPO are ongoing and details such as the target valuation and timing are subject to change.
Seven & I Holdings will delay a public listing of its U.S. convenience-store business planned for later this year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 9, 2026
Seven & I delays U.S. unit IPO, saying revamp will take longer
The goal is to strengthen performance and maximize valuation before listing the unit in the current fiscal year, which lasts until February 2027.
SpaceX intends to earmark a large portion of shares for retail ?investors in its highly anticipated initial public offering planned for later this year.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 7, 2026
SpaceX lays out IPO details, targets early June roadshow, sources say
SpaceX is rewriting the initial public offering playbook with a large portion of shares earmarked for retail investors.
SmartHR is working on a potential listing in Tokyo with a market capitalization  target of about ?160 billion, sources said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2026
KKR-backed SmartHR said to be mulling Tokyo IPO later this year
The Japanese human resources platform operator is among the country's few unicorns, or unlisted startups that have been valued at more than $1 billion.
Tokyo-based PayPay priced the initial public offering of American depositary receipts at $16 apiece for its U.S. stock exchange debut.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 12, 2026
PayPay and SoftBank raise $879.8 million in payments firm’s U.S. IPO
It is the biggest listing for a Japanese company on a U.S. stock exchange in a decade.
PayPay and a SoftBank Group unit aim to raise up to $1.1 billion in what would be the largest-ever U.S. IPO by a Japanese company.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 3, 2026
PayPay and SoftBank seek $1.1 billion in payments firm’s U.S. IPO
The digital payments firm’s initial public offering is expected to price on March 11.
PayPay's Nasdaq listing could be the largest ever by a Japanese company.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 13, 2026
PayPay files for U.S. IPO and Nasdaq listing
The biggest mobile payments service in Japan is also seeking to expand its business in the U.S.
Shares of Next Generation Technology Group, which focuses on buying manufacturing firms without a clear succession plan, rose 202% since their listing last February.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 30, 2026
Japan’s succession crisis yields country’s best-performing IPO
Shares of Next Generation Technology Group, which focuses on buying manufacturing firms without a clear succession plan, rose 202% since their listing last February.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange is offering help in fundraising and initial public offering preparations with partners in Asia.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 22, 2026
TSE pitches itself as cross-border listing venue for Asian startups' IPOs
The exchange is offering help in fundraising and IPO preparations with partners including banks, auditors and venture capital funds in Asia.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s plans to push for stronger growth in the startup market section resulted in fewer small-sized initial public offerings.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 19, 2026
Flipping Japan IPOs loses luster as small share sales disappear
IPO buyers received a median return of 26.3% in 2025 if they sold at the opening price, the lowest profit since 2012.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Chuo Ward. The exchange has announced a higher bar for companies to remain listed on its startup market.
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 26, 2025
Japan’s small IPOs fall to 12-year low amid market reforms
There were 43 initial share sales this year with offering sizes below $50 million, the fewest since 2013.
A 7-Eleven store in Chicago. Seven & I’s success in making food central to its Japan business should help improve U.S. prospects, Seven & I Holdings CEO Stephen Dacus says.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 22, 2025
Seven & I’s IPO of U.S. arm hinges on faster turnaround, CEO says
The timing of an initial public offering will depend on execution and the market, says Stephen Dacus, who took over as head of the company six months ago.
Two blockbuster trading debuts in Shanghai have signaled insatiable demand for future national champions in China's chip sector.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 22, 2025
Chinese chipmakers race to IPO market after back-to-back listings surge
The surge in listings is coming on the back of two blockbuster trading debuts in Shanghai.
A selection process, or "bake-off," for the SpaceX IPO is underway, with a select group of banks, including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, vying for roles, four people familiar with the matter said.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 20, 2025
Morgan Stanley seen as front-runner for SpaceX IPO
Elon Musk's ties to Morgan Stanley run deep, dating back at least 15 years, leaving it widely viewed as ?the leading ?contender to run the syndicate of underwriters.
The SBI Shinsei Bank head office in Tokyo
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 17, 2025
SBI Shinsei Bank shares jump 16% in Tokyo trading debut
It had raised raised ?322 billion in Japan’s second-biggest initial public offering of the year.
A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft lifts off during a test flight in Starbase, Texas, on Oct. 13.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2025
Musk's Mars mission adds risk to red-hot SpaceX IPO
SpaceX is targeting a listing next year that could raise more than $25 ?billion at a valuation exceeding $1 ?trillion.
TBM has begun preparations for an IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Growth Market, with an offering as early as 2027 “not off the table.”
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2025
Japan carbon-capture startup’s IPO in 2027 ‘not off the table’
TBM has started preparatory work for an initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Growth Market.
SpaceX is targeting a valuation of about $1.5 trillion for the entire company in a planned initial public offering, which would leave it near the market value that Saudi Aramco established during its record 2019 listing.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 10, 2025
SpaceX to pursue 2026 IPO raising far above $30 billion
Such a transaction would make it the biggest listing of all time, exceeding the $29 billion that Saudi Aramco raised in 2019.
Nigo in Tokyo in 2021
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 17, 2025
Nigo’s streetwear brand Human Made prices Tokyo IPO at top end
The company sold shares at ?3,130 apiece, according to a regulatory filing on Monday.

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