Exits & Deep Reads

OneStream's shares jump 34% in first day of trading (TWIF 7/28)

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Hello Fintech Friends,

The $500 million IPO of Detroit-based OneStream, a fintech founded in 2010, may be a sign that the public offering window is finally opening back up for large, well-run, profitable fintechs.

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📖 Reads of the Week

☯️ Exits

💻 IPOs & SPACs

OneStream, an enterprise software firm whose products provide financial platforms for businesses – from financial planning to forecasting to analysis – raised $490 million at a $6.2 billion valuation in its IPO, seeing its shares jump 34% in their first day of trading.
Ebury, a UK firm which provides 50,000 clients with services such as international payments, collections, risk management and financing, picked Goldman Sachs for its upcoming £2 billion IPO.

🤝 M&A - Fintech

Payment processor Stripe acquired startup Lemon Squeezy, which acts as the merchant of record for online subscription businesses, to handle their tax compliance burden and subscription payments.
Private equity firm Genstar Capital took a majority stake in Docuspace, a fintech that digitizes back-office operational workflows for RIAs and broker-dealers.
Small business banking platform Rho acquired creator payments company Creative Juice.*
Singaporean fintech, ride-hailing, and food delivery app Grab will acquire restaurant reservation platform Chope.
Sokin, a European provider of international payments tech, received strategic funding from Morgan Stanley.
Media giant Informa announced that it will acquire Ascential, the owner of the Money2020 conference, for a consideration of £1.2 billion.

🏦 M&A - Bank and FinServ

Italian bank UniCredit agreed to buy Polish banking services provider Vodeno and Belgian neobank Aion Bank for about €370 million, to expand into both regions.

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to be fair,

when founding a startup to detect crypto crimes

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— Nik (@NikMilanovic) July 27, 2024