IPO market braces for 14 deals this week — including payment processor Toast — unless Evergrande woes send issuers scurrying

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The biggest deal of the week is expected to come from Freshworks ($FRSH), a California-based customer support software company that is seeking to raise up to $969 million.

The U.S. initial public offering market is bracing for another busy week, with 14 deals on tap, unless fears of contagion from a possible default by Chinese property giant Evergrande lead issuers to postpone plans.

The market was especially strong last week, when 11 deals came to market and averaged a more than 55% return from the offer price, and none finished below their offer price. Top performers included inflammatory-disease biotech Dice Therapeutics DICE, -4.08%, coffee retailer Dutch Bros Inc. BROS, +18.39% and enterprise software company ForgeRock Inc. FORG, -9.12%.

“This week, 14 IPOs are scheduled to raise $5.5 billion, [and] most are software, payments and healthcare IPOs — these have been strong-returning sectors,” she said. Restaurant payment processor Toast Inc. TOST, is seeking to offer 21.7 million shares priced at $34 to $36 each, and it also increased its price range Monday from a previous $30 to $33. It would raise up to $781 million at the high end of the range at a valuation of up to $18 billion. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are lead underwriters.

 

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