Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

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Midea Group Co., Ltd. manufactures and distributes home appliances. The Company produces water heaters, air conditioners, ventilation equipment, and consumer appliances. Midea Group also develops robotics and automation systems.

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<li>In this note, we will take a look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2025, starting with Hong Kong.</li>
<li>This list has been compiled on a best effort basis from tracking the company filings and through various other sources.</li>
<li>The deals you see in this note are only a part of our full IPO pipeline tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on these IPOs.</li>
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In this note, we will take a look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2025, starting with Hong Kong.
This list has been compiled on a best effort basis from tracking the company filings and through various other sources.
The deals you see in this note are only a part of our full IPO pipeline tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on these IPOs.


Aequitas 2025 Asia IPO Pipeline - Hong Kong

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Nicholas Tan

APAC IPOs & Placements

Beijing Geekplus Technology Co Ltd manufactures and distributes intelligent robotics products. The Company produces picking systems, moving systems, sorting systems, storage retrieval systems, and other robotic systems for intelligent logistics automation solutions. Beijing Geekplus Technology markets its products overseas.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-geekplus-technology-co-ltd-geek" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35636:1" rel="noopener">Geek+ (1678559D CH)</a> is looking to raise up to US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.  The deal will be run by CICC, Morgan Stanley, CMBI and Deutsche Bank.</li>
<li>It is a leader in the global AMR market and offers a series of AMR solutions to empower warehouse fulfillment and industrial material transport.</li>
<li>It was the world’s largest warehouse fulfillment AMR solution provider in terms of revenue in 2023.</li>
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Geek+ (1678559D CH) is looking to raise up to US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.  The deal will be run by CICC, Morgan Stanley, CMBI and Deutsche Bank.
It is a leader in the global AMR market and offers a series of AMR solutions to empower warehouse fulfillment and industrial material transport.
It was the world’s largest warehouse fulfillment AMR solution provider in terms of revenue in 2023.


Beijing Geekplus Technology Pre-IPO Tearsheet

CaoCao Inc (CaoCao) is a ride-hailing firm incubated by the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely).

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/caocao-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:42803:1" rel="noopener">CaoCao Inc (1646553D CH)</a> is looking to raise up to US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>It is a ride hailing platform in China originally incubated by Geely Group connecting passengers and drivers to deliver consistent and high-quality ride experiences.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the firm's past performance.</li>
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CaoCao Inc (1646553D CH) is looking to raise up to US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
It is a ride hailing platform in China originally incubated by Geely Group connecting passengers and drivers to deliver consistent and high-quality ride experiences.
In this note, we look at the firm's past performance.


CaoCao Pre-IPO: Scaling up but a Cash Infusion Is Required

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Bloks Groups (Bloks) operates in the toy segment where it primarily assembles character toys.

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<li>Bloks Group, a founder-led toy maker and owner of trusted brand “Blokees”, will price its IPO this week. Shares are set to begin trading on January 10, 2025.</li>
<li>I would expect strong first trading-day return as HK public offering was already 5,000+ times oversubscribed at high end of marketed price range.</li>
<li>I believe investors are rationally optimistic about the company. Bloks Group IPO attracted a surge of retail investors, and the stock may skyrocket above IPO price on first trading-day.</li>
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Bloks Group, a founder-led toy maker and owner of trusted brand “Blokees”, will price its IPO this week. Shares are set to begin trading on January 10, 2025.
I would expect strong first trading-day return as HK public offering was already 5,000+ times oversubscribed at high end of marketed price range.
I believe investors are rationally optimistic about the company. Bloks Group IPO attracted a surge of retail investors, and the stock may skyrocket above IPO price on first trading-day.


Bloks Group Likely To Price IPO at High End of Range: What To Expect From First Trading-Day?

Clarence Chu

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bloks-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43648:1" rel="noopener">Bloks Group (1850960D CH)</a> is looking to raise US$187m in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Bloks Groups (Bloks) operates in the toy segment where it primarily assembles character and brick-based toys.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the firm’s past performance. In this note, we undertake a peer comparison and discuss our thoughts on valuation.</li>
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Bloks Group (1850960D CH) is looking to raise US$187m in its Hong Kong IPO.
Bloks Groups (Bloks) operates in the toy segment where it primarily assembles character and brick-based toys.
In our previous notes, we looked at the firm’s past performance. In this note, we undertake a peer comparison and discuss our thoughts on valuation.


Bloks Group IPO - Outgrowing Its Peers, Decent Valuation

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Aequitas 2025 Asia IPO Pipeline - Hong Kong

In this note, we will take a look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2025, starting with Hong Kong where the number of filings have been...

Sumeet Singh

Beijing Geekplus Technology Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Beijing Geekplus Technology (BGT) is looking to raise up to US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. It is a leader in the global AMR market.

Nicholas Tan

CaoCao Pre-IPO: Scaling up but a Cash Infusion Is Required

CaoCao (CC) is looking to raise up to US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. It is a ride hailing platform in China. In this note, we look at the...

Nicholas Tan

Bloks Group Likely To Price IPO at High End of Range: What To Expect From First Trading-Day?

Bloks Group will go public this week. In my insight, I discuss expectations from first trading-day and how far Bloks Group stock may go up in a...

Andrei Zakharov

Bloks Group IPO - Outgrowing Its Peers, Decent Valuation

Bloks Group (1850960D CH) is looking to raise US$187m in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we undertake a peer comparison and discuss our thoughts...

Clarence Chu