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2025 ("Year of the Snake") Major IPOs Pipeline in Korea

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Douglas Kim
Dec 11, 2024
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  • This is our 10th "Annual Edition of the Major Korean IPOs Pipeline Preview" at Smartkarma.

  • This insight will feature 50 of the biggest potential IPOs in Korea in 2025.

  • These 50 IPOs in Korea are likely to represent more than 80% of all capital raised through IPOs in Korea next year.

Despite the ongoing local political turmoil involving the declaration and cancellation of martial law in Korea, there are expected to be numerous large/mid sized IPOs are expected to be completed in Korea in 2025, the "Year of the Snake."

Some of these potential IPOs are ones that are repeat contenders from previous years. After the peak in the IPO market in Korea in 2021, the overall IPO market has levelled off and there have been numerous IPOs that have been cancelled or delayed in the past couple of years.

The following are expected to be top 10 IPOs that could be completed in Korea in 2025:

  • Dunamu

  • Viva Republica

  • LG CNS

  • CJ Olive Young

  • K Bank

  • DN Solutions

  • Rebellion

  • Megazone Cloud

  • Sono International

  • Bithumb Korea

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