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Share this After a decent start to the month the last two weeks have seen the FTSE 100 take a bit of a pause, and though we’ve struggled to maintain a foothold above 7,000, the index is still up for the third successive month in a row. It’s also important to note that while the FTSE 100 has underperformed, the FTSE 250 has made new record highs this month. It’s been a similarly choppy and mixed end to the week for the rest of Europe’s markets, with the DAX struggling more than most as i...

Darktrace shares surged by more than 30 per cent after the company floated in London for the first time.  Investors piled into the Cambridge-based cyber-security company yesterday lifting the price of its stock from 250p to 330p, and sending its market value up from £1.7billion to £2.2billion.  The strong opening, under the ticker DARK, was a huge boost for Londons technology sector, and a sign that investors had put the disastrous Deliveroo IPO flop behind them.  On the up: Darktrace, led...

Darktrace Shares Surge 44% in Trading Debut After London IPO Swetha Gopinath and Amy Thomson, Bloomberg News Computer code displayed on screens arranged in Danbury, U.K., on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. In the spring, hackers managed to insert malicious code into a software product from an IT provider called SolarWinds Corp., whose client list includes 300,000 institutions. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Cybersec...

solar Darktrace’s IPO will be London’s first major listing since Deliveroo’s [ROO] disappointing public debut. The Cambridge-based cybersecurity company is looking to list on the London Stock Exchange in a move that could value it at £3bn, the Financial Times reports. Unlike Deliveroo [ROO], Darktrace will list on the premium segment of the LSE, making it eligible for FTSE indexes. Del...

D ELIVEROO’S FLOTATION in March did nothing to enhance London’s prospects of becoming a tech-listing magnet. Shares in the meal-delivery startup are trading at two-fifths below their offer price. Now London’s hopes hang on Darktrace, a cyber-security firm which this week confirmed its plan to list on the London Stock Exchange in early May. Listen to this story Enjoy more audio and podcasts oniOSorAndroid. Darktrace is expected to seek a valuation of around £3bn—modest, compared with De...

By Aidan Gregory 20 Apr 2021 The corporate governance issues surrounding Darktrace, the UK AI cyber security company that confirmed its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange this week, can be generously described as unusual but they are not a shock to the market, and are unlikely to put investors off completely, providing the company seeks a sensible valuation. Founded in Cambridge in 2013, Darktrace uses AI to target cybersecurity threats as they are automatically detected in systems...

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Stake: up to £140m  Romi Savova, the boss and co-founder of PensionBee could see her stake valued at more than £100m when it floats this month.  The smartphone app business has revealed a price range that could see it valued at up to £384m.  It means Savovas 36 per cent holding could be worth as much as £140m when it goes public.  Born in Bulgaria and raised in South Africa, the former Morgan Stanley investment banker had the idea for her business after struggling to move a pension pot ...

Share this In a welcome boost for the London IPO market after the Deliveroo flop, UK cyber security company Darktrace has announced its intention to list in London in the coming weeks. This is great news, and an opportunity for London bankers to showcase it has the expertise to price an IPO correctly, as well as for the companys management to set expectations around the Darktrace IPO accordingly. Darktrace IPO coming to London Darktrace was founded in 2013, and uses Artificial Intelligence (...

And it is set to call on a string of City grandees and former government ministers to press the flesh on its behalf. Former universities and science minister David Willetts, 65, was recently appointed to the board, and ex-BT boss Sir Peter Bonfield is a director who has served on the boards of firms such as Sony and Ericsson. Other advisers include former MI5 director Lord Evans, senior CIA veteran Alan Wade and former UK home secretary Amber Rudd. They could be key to keeping investors on-side...