Shares of Safello Group are expected to start trading on Nasdaq First North Growth Market under the ticket SFL on May 12, 2021.
Safello Group, the Swedish cryptocurrency broker, has announced that its initial public offering (IPO) has recorded an oversubscription of 1,240%. The company’s initial offering of new shares worth 40.5 million Swedish kronor (almost $4.8 million) was met with subscription bids of up to 502 million kronor ($59 million) worth of shares.
Safello Group also announced that, regardless of the insanely high demand for the company’s shares, it will only allow $4.8 million worth of shares to ‘some’ 1,500 new shareholders and will issue total proceeds of 40.5 million Swedish krona ($4,771,714) before deductions for issue costs, which are estimated to amount to approximately 4.8 million Swedish krona ($565,598).
Safello Group received subscriptions from a total of 15,622 accounts and had subscription commitments amounting to 32.4 million Swedish krona ($3,820,034) from both new and existing owners even before the subscription period began. Frank Schuil, co-founder and CEO of Safello Group, speaking after the announcement expressed their delight to see the unprecedented interest in Safello’s shares and what it signals for the future of the industry.
“The future of a cryptocurrency-based financial system has gained grounds, maturity, and validation in the established financial industry in Sweden as well as across the globe. Companies that are well-positioned to work with traditional players will have a great advantage in facilitating and driving the transition. We look forward to executing our plans to accelerate the transformation, as well as create long-term value for our existing and new shareholders,” Schuil stated.
Shares of Safello Group are expected to start trading on Nasdaq First North Growth Market which is an alternative stock exchange for relatively smaller and medium-sized growth companies in Europe, under the ticket SFL on May 12, 2021. The firm first announced its plans to go public on February 16 and received preliminary approval from Nasdaq Stockholm for listing on Nasdaq First North. The Safello IPO subscription opened on April 19 and closed on April 30. The firm boasts of strong investors including White Star Capital, Northzone, and Currency Group, the parent company of CoinDesk.
Safello group now adds to the already standing list of crypto exchange or brokers going public via a direct listing. Coinbase, the US crypto exchange went public last month on Nasdaq through a direct listing, making it the largest direct listing in history. Kraken and Gemini, both rivals of Coinbase could also go public with Kraken planning on doing it through direct listing in 2022.
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