AnalytixInsight

We had a busy week in Canadian capital markets, marked by fundraising in public and private markets, as well as M&A activity. Public markets interest seems focused on the crypto, healthcare tech, esports/sports betting and ESG sectors. In the USA, high profile SaaS companies issued converts & bonds. High profile IPOs performed well, with the Visa-Plaid acquisition called off, with some speculating the company could choose to go public in an enthusiastic public market.

2021 is off to a busy start in Canadian capital markets, with regards to public equity offerings, private financings and M&A. Specifically, in the small-medium cap space, Emerge Commerce & Converge appear to be executing very rapidly on their M&A plan. We’re looking forward to additional details for mobile sports betting in New York, which bodes well for theScore and eventually Sophic Client, Luckbox. In the USA, we’re also excited to watch the potential public market debut of Roblox, Affirm, Bakkt and SoFi, among others.

We wish you and your family a happy, healthy and prosperous 2021. Canadian capital markets were relatively quiet this past holiday week, following a busier than usual December, we expect activity to pick up in January, with a focus on technology, which appears to have more robust activity in the past few months. As expected, heightened activity also benefited global investment banking, according to Refinitiv. In the near term, we expect headlines pertaining to NYSE – China telco delisting and Bitcoin momentum to dominate.