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Arun George

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/weride-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39905:1" rel="noopener">WeRide (WRD US)</a>, a provider of autonomous driving products and services, seeks to raise between US$200 to US$300 million through a Nasdaq IPO.    </li>
<li>WeRide is the most commercially successful L4 autonomous driving company globally, measured by commercialization revenue in 2021, 2022 and 2023.</li>
<li>The bull case rests on a large TAM, strong product capabilities, near-term mass commercialization, articulation of a path to profitability, improving earnings quality and presence of blue-chip investors. </li>
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WeRide (WRD US), a provider of autonomous driving products and services, seeks to raise between US$200 to US$300 million through a Nasdaq IPO.    
WeRide is the most commercially successful L4 autonomous driving company globally, measured by commercialization revenue in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
The bull case rests on a large TAM, strong product capabilities, near-term mass commercialization, articulation of a path to profitability, improving earnings quality and presence of blue-chip investors. 


APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC 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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/weride-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39905:1" rel="noopener">WeRide Corp (WER CH)</a> is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming US IPO.</li>
<li>WeRide provides autonomous driving products and services from L2 to L4 of driving automation.</li>
<li>We had looked at the firm’s past performance in an earlier note. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.</li>
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WeRide Corp (WER CH) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming US IPO.
WeRide provides autonomous driving products and services from L2 to L4 of driving automation.
We had looked at the firm’s past performance in an earlier note. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.


WeRide Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Boasting Partnerships, but Peers Aren't Too Far Behind

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/weride-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39905:1" rel="noopener">WeRide Corp (WER CH)</a> is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming US IPO.</li>
<li>WeRide provides autonomous driving products and services from L2 to L4 of driving automation.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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WeRide Corp (WER CH) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming US IPO.
WeRide provides autonomous driving products and services from L2 to L4 of driving automation.
In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


WeRide Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Losses Have Widened, Still in the Early Stages of Commercialization

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/weride-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39905:1" rel="noopener">WeRide Corp (WER CH)</a> is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming US IPO.</li>
<li>WeRide provides autonomous driving products and services from L2 to L4 of driving automation.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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WeRide Corp (WER CH) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming US IPO.
WeRide provides autonomous driving products and services from L2 to L4 of driving automation.
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


WeRide Pre-IPO - The Positives - Large Monetisation Opportunity on the Horizon

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pony-ai-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44035:1" rel="noopener">Pony AI (PONY US)</a>, an autonomous mobility solutions provider, is looking to raise up to US$195m in its US IPO.</li>
<li>As per Frost &amp; Sullivan, Pony AI was among the first companies in China to obtain licenses to operate fully driverless robotaxis in all four Tier-1 cities in China.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.</li>
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Pony AI (PONY US), an autonomous mobility solutions provider, is looking to raise up to US$195m in its US IPO.
As per Frost &amp; Sullivan, Pony AI was among the first companies in China to obtain licenses to operate fully driverless robotaxis in all four Tier-1 cities in China.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.


China

WeRide Inc. operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides autonomous driving technology solutions designs to cater to a broad spectrum of scenarios from urban environments to highways. WeRide serves customers worldwide.

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WeRide (WRD US)

WeRide (WRD US) IPO: The Bull Case

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Clarence Chu

WeRide Pre-IPO - The Positives - Large Monetisation Opportunity on the Horizon

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Clarence Chu

Pony AI IPO - Autonomous Valuation

Pony AI (PONY US), an autonomous mobility solutions provider, is looking to raise up to US$195m in its US IPO. In this note, we talk about the IPO...

Sumeet Singh

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