Daily BriefsECM

Daily Brief ECM: Shift Up IPO – Refiling and Other Updates and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Shift Up IPO – Refiling and Other Updates, Not Ranked at the Top Anymore
  • Clarifying BRV’s Post-Block Deal Lockup Conditions Involving Ecopro Materials
  • Webtoon Entertainment Pre-IPO – Peer Comparison – Relatively Small in Operating Scale as a Platform
  • Enchem Placement- Easily Digestible but a Punt at Best


Shift Up IPO – Refiling and Other Updates, Not Ranked at the Top Anymore

By Sumeet Singh

  • Shift Up (462870 KS) plans to raise up to US$320m in its South Korean IPO.
  • Shift Up is a South Korean games developer, which as released three games so far for the global markets.
  • We have looked at the company’s performance, undertaken a peer comparison and talked about valuations in our past notes. In this note, we talk about the refiling and other updates.

Clarifying BRV’s Post-Block Deal Lockup Conditions Involving Ecopro Materials

By Sanghyun Park

  • In Korea, the lockup period for block deals is set by the seller and underwriters, not by law, and can be adjusted if both parties agree.
  • BRV obtained consent from Goldman, UBS, and KB for a second block deal after assessing that many initial buyers had sold their shares.
  • Understanding this lockup structure provides key insights into predicting when the next block deal might occur.

Webtoon Entertainment Pre-IPO – Peer Comparison – Relatively Small in Operating Scale as a Platform

By Ethan Aw

  • Webtoon Entertainment (WBTN US) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its US IPO.
  • Webtoon Entertainment is a global storytelling platform where a community of creators and users discover, create and share new content.
  • In our previous note, we talked about the company’s historical performance. In this note, we undertake a peer comparison.

Enchem Placement- Easily Digestible but a Punt at Best

By Ethan Aw

  • Woori PE, NH PE and KDB Capital seek to raise around KRW195bn (US$141m) through a secondary block deal, selling 0.71m shares (3.64% of TSO) of Enchem (348370 KS).
  • The deal is a small one to digest at only 1.1 days of three-month ADV. 
  • In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.

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