SoftBank's PayPay Opens at $19 in IPO Debut

SoftBank's payments app operator made its public debut last week, with PayPay beginning trade above its $16 IPO price.LATEST IPOS AND DIRECT LISTINGS:SoftBank Group'spayments app operator, PayPay, opened on March 12 at $19, IPO priced at $16 per share. The company priced its initial public offering of 55M American depositary shares at $16.00, below the $17.00-$20.00 target range.RECENT SPAC IPOS:SUMA Acquisitionopened on March 11 at $9.99. The blank check company may pursue an initial business combination target in any industry or geographical location, but intends to focus its search on the United States and other developed markets across several technology-enabled sectors.PERFORMANCE:Prices as of 11 am ET on Monday, March 16PayPay – down over 4% at $20.24.RECENT IPOS TO WATCH:Rank One Computing, 20/20 BioLabs, and SharonAIare among stocks that could see new coverage this week as the quiet periods for banks that underwrote the companies' IPOs expire.UPCOMING IPOS:Upcoming IPO and direct listings expected include Pershing Square USA, Studend Living EduVation, Liftoff, Cerebras Systems, and OpenAI.Clickto see upcoming IPO calendar on TipRanks.Pershing Square USA, or PSUS, a closed end investment company managed by Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P., announced that it has publicly filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form N-2 relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common shares of beneficial interest. Concurrently with the filing of the N-2 Registration Statement, Pershing Square Inc., the prospective parent company of PSCM, publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The PSUS Shares are being offered at a price of $50.00 per PSUS Share and investors in the PSUS IPO will receive, for no additional consideration, 20 PSI Shares for every 100 PSUS Shares purchased. PSUS is seeking an aggregate offering size of at least $5B, inclusive of the gross commitments of $2.8B from a private placement which will be settled concurrently with, and will be contingent upon, the closing of the combined IPO. PSUS does not intend to increase the aggregate offering size such that the gross proceeds from the PSUS IPO and the private placement would be in excess of $10B, before any exercise of the underwriters' overallotment option. PSUS intends to invest the net proceeds of the PSUS IPO in accordance with its investment objective and policies. All of the net proceeds of the combined IPO will be received by PSUS and the combined IPO will not result in any proceeds to PSI. If the combined IPO is completed, it is expected that both the PSUS Shares and the PSI Shares will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols "PSUS" and "PS," respectively. The combined IPO is subject to market and other conditions and the completion of the SEC's review process of the Registration Statements and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the combined IPO may be completed or as to the actual size or other terms of the combined IPO. Citigroup Global Markets, UBS Investment Bank, BofA Securities, Jefferies and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as global coordinators and bookrunners for the combined IPO.Student Living EduVationfiled with the SEC for an initial public offering by the company of 3.75M ordinary shares. The company stated, "We are offering 3,750,000 Ordinary Shares on a firm commitment basis. We anticipate that Offering price of the Ordinary Shares will be between $4.00 and $6.00 per Ordinary Share. The Resale Shareholders are also offering 5,880,000 Ordinary Shares to be sold pursuant to the Resale Prospectus. We are registering the Resale Shares pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreements we entered into with the Six Pre-IPO Investors on September 19, 2025... We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the Ordinary Shares by the Resale Shareholders. Prior to this Offering, there has been no public market for our Ordinary Shares. We intend to apply to list our Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol 'SDLV'... We are a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability with a principal place of business in Hong Kong through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Student Living Culture Technology Limited. We are a student living and referral of education advisory services provider operating under the "Student Living" brand in Hong Kong. Our mission is to transform student dormitories into incubators for learning, collaboration, and self-discovery, as well as fostering an ecosystem that nurtures future global talent, providing more than just a place to live."Liftoff Mobileannounced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The total number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. The offering is subject to market and other conditions and the completion of the SEC's review process.Cerebras Systemshas picked Morgan Stanley to lead its initial public offering, which could raise about $2B in a listing as soon as April, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg's Ryan Gould, Bailey Lipschultz and Anthony Hughes. Cerebras, which withdrew its previous IPO registration in October, has filed fresh paperwork for an IPO and is set to meet with analysts and prospective investors this month, the report added.OpenAIis accelerating its plans for a public listing as rivalry with Anthropic intensifies, now planning on listing in Q4 of this year, Berber Jin, Corrie Driebusch, and Kate Clark of The Wall Street Journal. OpenAI is holding discussions with Wall Street banks about a potential initial public offering and has hired several executives to oversee its finance team, sources told the Journal.Elon Musk is targeting mid-June for the timing ofSpaceX's initial public offering, IPO, Ivan Levingston, Stephen Morris, and Mercedes Ruehl of The Financial Times, citing five people familiar with the matter. The company is looking to raise $50B at a valuation of $1.5T, the sources added.Opening Day" is The Fly's recurring series of stories on the latest initial public offerings, their performance, and upcoming IPOs.