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Full coverage: IPO

The SpaceX IPO will be just as unconventional as Musk himself

From the investor meetings to how shares are doled out, the billionaire is navigating his own path, write Corrie Driebusch and Alexander Saeedy, The Wall Street Journal.

The Wall Street Journal.
27th Mar, 2026 - 3 min read

Stripe and the $140bn question: Rewinding the week that was

The country has produced industrial titans and dealmakers. The Collisons have taken a different route, embedding Stripe at the heart of global commerce and thinking in decades, not quarters.

Ian Kehoe
15th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

John Collison on building Stripe, betting on Ireland, and why long-term thinking wins

In a wide-ranging interview, the Stripe co-founder talks about resisting the IPO rush, the returns of long-term vision, and why Ireland’s economic future depends on rediscovering strategic ambition.

Ian Kehoe
15th Apr, 2025 - 11 min read

“Make the Irish equity market great again”: Stamp duty still the bugbear over listings

Settlement house Euroclear and the chief executive of Euronext have again renewed their calls for the abolishing of stamp duty on Irish trades.

Jonathan Keane
19th Feb, 2025 - 3 min read

Dylan Collins: If we can’t IPO the companies, maybe we should IPO the VC funds?

Floating the VC is not a crazy way of thinking. Public market investors get access to private companies, the VC investors in those private companies get to sell their shares, and that money then gets recycled back into more investing.

Dylan Collins
17th Oct, 2024 - 4 min read

Examinership beckons: “No more gas in the tank for HealthBeacon”

The Irish medtech, which has suffered multi-million losses since its IPO in 2021, is seeking court protection from its creditors. Unusually for such a petition, it is so cash poor it can't even fund itself through the 100-day examinership process.

Francesca Comyn
27th Oct, 2023 - 2 min read

Investors to weigh up HealthBeacon’s ten-fold growth predictions as it raises €25m

HealthBeacon helps patients self-administer medications. Now investors must weigh-up its tenfold growth predications, as it seeks to raise €25 million from a stock market flotation.

Tom Lyons
26th Nov, 2021 - 2 min read

Plan for Irish green energy storage company to float in Oslo

Sometimes wind turbines and solar panels produce excess electricity – sometimes not enough. An Irish company is going to the market to store it underground in gas form and release it when peak demand hits.

Tom Lyons
1st Jul, 2021 - 2 min read

Buymie’s Devan Hughes: “Consumer businesses don’t come out of Ireland. It is really unheard of”

Grocery delivery platform Buymie's co-founder and CEO Devan Hughes is preparing to enter new cities in Ireland, the UK and beyond. He discusses bringing workers from the devastated hospitality industry into the gig economy and raising over €10 million from venture capitalists who normally look away from Irish consumer-facing businesses.

Thomas Hubert
27th Jan, 2021 - 24 min read

Project Jailbreak: The inside story of how Dermot Smurfit Jnr floated $400m GAN on the Nasdaq amid a global crisis

Seventeen months ago, Dermot Smurfit’s gambling software business GAN was up for sale. When he could not get the price he believed it was worth, he doubled down and, following a string of corporate moves, listed the company on the Nasdaq in New York.

Tom Lyons
15th May, 2020 - 10 min read
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