This edition of my market recap covers the first quarter of 2025. For a review of November and December 2024 see HERE and for October 2024 see HERE.
Forty-two small cap ($30,000,000 and under) IPOs priced in the first quarter of 2025 (13 in January, 15 in February and 14 in March) – a large uptick from 2024. Below is a chart of relevant deal information for the first quarter IPOs.
| Exchange | Offer Amount | Domestic/Foreign Issuer | Banker(s) |
| Nasdaq Capital | $8,000,000 | Foreign | AC Sunshine Securities, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $6,000,000 | Foreign | Kingswood Capital Partners, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $5,000,000 | Foreign | Craft Capital Management, LLC and Boustead Securities, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $7,000,000 | Foreign | Benjamin Securities, Inc. and Prime Number Capital, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $8,400,000 | Foreign | R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. |
| Nasdaq Capital | $5,614,740 | Foreign | Bancroft Capital, LLC and Eddid Securities USA |
| Nasdaq Capital | $7,000,000 | Foreign | Benjamin Securities, Inc. and Prime Number Capital, LLC |
| NYSE MKT | $10,000,000 | Domestic | Alliance Global Partners |
| Nasdaq Capital | $9,225,000 | Foreign | Dominari Securities and Revere Securities |
| Nasdaq Capital | $8,000,000 | Foreign | R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. and Revere Securities |
| Nasdaq Capital | $5,000,000 | Foreign | Craft Capital Management, LLC and D. Boral Capital, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $6,000,000 | Foreign | Dominari Securities and Revere Securities |
| Nasdaq Capital | $3,315,167 | Domestic | Direct Listing/Maxim Group, LLC Advisor |
| Nasdaq Capital | $5,120,000 | Domestic | Alexander Capital, L.P. and Paulson Investment Company, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $6,000,000 | Foreign | Benjamin Securities, Inc. and D. Boral Capital, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $8,400,000 | Foreign | R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. and Revere Securities |
| Nasdaq Capital | $11,275,000 | Foreign | Cathay Securities, Inc. and Revere Securities |
| Nasdaq Capital | $10,125,000 | Foreign | WallachBeth Capital, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $21,499,998 | Domestic | The Benchmark Company |
| Nasdaq Capital | $15,000,000 | Domestic | Revere Securities |
| Nasdaq Capital | $10,002,000 | Domestic | Bancroft Capital, LLC |
| Nasdaq Global | $8,000,000 | Foreign | AC Sunshine Securities, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $4,000,001 | Domestic | Craft Capital Management, LLC and D. Boral Capital, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $8,820,000 | Foreign | Cathay Securities, Inc. |
| Nasdaq Capital | $5,000,000 | Foreign | Kingswood Capital Partners, LLC |
| NYSE MKT | $10,000,000 | Foreign | Revere Securities and Pacific Century Securities, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $7,200,000 | Foreign | Benjamin Securities, Inc. and EF Hutton, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $8,000,000 | Foreign | Alexander Capital, L.P. and Network1 Securities, Inc. |
| Nasdaq Capital | $8,000,000 | Foreign | Cathay Securities, Inc. |
| Nasdaq Capital | $5,000,000 | Domestic | Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $6,560,000 | Domestic | Craft Capital Management, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $5,900,000 | Domestic | Kingswood Capital Partners, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $5,162,500 | Domestic | Kingswood Capital Partners, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $7,000,000 | Foreign | The Benchmark Company |
| NYSE MKT | $15,500,000 | Foreign | Network1 Securities, Inc. |
| Nasdaq Capital | $8,000,000 | Domestic | American Trust Investment Services |
| Nasdaq Capital | $10,000,000 | Foreign | Cathay Securities, Inc. and Revere Securities |
| Nasdaq Capital | $20,000,003 | Foreign | Roth Capital Partners, Clear Street, LLC, The Benchmark Company and Rosenblatt Securities, Inc. |
| NYSE MKT | $10,000,000 | Foreign | Spartan Capital Securities, LLC |
| Nasdaq Capital | $5,000,000 | Foreign | D. Boral Capital, LLC and Benjamin Securities, Inc. |
| Nasdaq Capital | $8,000,000 | Foreign | Dominari Securities and Revere Securities |
| Nasdaq Capital | $10,500,000 | Foreign | Kingswood Capital Partners, LLC |
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Laura Anthony, Esq.
Founding Partner
Anthony, Linder & Cacomanolis
A Corporate and Securities Law Firm
Securities attorney Laura Anthony and her experienced legal team provide ongoing corporate counsel to small and mid-size private companies, public companies as well as private companies going public on the Nasdaq, NYSE American or over-the-counter market, such as the OTCQB and OTCQX. For more than two decades Anthony, Linder & Cacomanolis, PLLC has served clients providing fast, personalized, cutting-edge legal service. The firm’s reputation and relationships provide invaluable resources to clients including introductions to investment bankers, broker-dealers, institutional investors and other strategic alliances. The firm’s focus includes, but is not limited to, compliance with the Securities Act of 1933 offer sale and registration requirements, including private placement transactions under Regulation D and Regulation S and PIPE Transactions, securities token offerings and initial coin offerings, Regulation A/A+ offerings, as well as registration statements on Forms S-1, S-3, S-8 and merger registrations on Form S-4; compliance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including registration on Form 10, reporting on Forms 10-Q, 10-K and 8-K, and 14C Information and 14A Proxy Statements; all forms of going public transactions; mergers and acquisitions including both reverse mergers and forward mergers; applications to and compliance with the corporate governance requirements of securities exchanges including Nasdaq and NYSE American; general corporate; and general contract and business transactions. Ms. Anthony and her firm represent both target and acquiring companies in merger and acquisition transactions, including the preparation of transaction documents such as merger agreements, share exchange agreements, stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements and reorganization agreements. The ALC legal team assists Pubcos in complying with the requirements of federal and state securities laws and SROs such as FINRA for 15c2-11 applications, corporate name changes, reverse and forward splits and changes of domicile. Ms. Anthony is also the author of SecuritiesLawBlog.com, the small-cap and middle market’s top source for industry news, and the producer and host of LawCast.com, Corporate Finance in Focus. In addition to many other major metropolitan areas, the firm currently represents clients in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, Atlanta, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., Denver, Tampa, Detroit and Dallas.
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