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Episode #23: Craig recaps the explosive Figma and Bullish IPOs and shares his IPO allocations in each deal.

In IPO Radar news. Klarna and StubHub are reviving their IPO ambitions in September.

CEO Tom Farley Interview with CNBC

(0:00) Intro

(0:43) Exploding IPOs

(1:00) Retail IPO Access

(1:29) Flipping Frustrated

(2:15) My Recent Vacation

(3:58) Figma in Scotland

(4:29) Starved Investors

(5:27) Figma IPO Recap

(7:03) Figma IPO Broker Allocations

(9:15) Flipping Policies

(11:00) Bullish IPO Recap

(12:00) CEO Tom Farley on CNBC

(12:44) Bullish IPO Broker Allocations

(14:20) ETRADE Denied

(14:53) My Bullish Allocations

(16:43) No SoFi

(17:26) 20% Retail Standard

(17:58) Unhealthy IPOs

(19:00) IPO Radar News

(19:34) Ubiquitous Tech News

(20:48) Klarna IPO Revival

(23:35) StubHub IPO Revival

(25:45) Time to Shine

(26:45) Cerebras IPO Postponed

(27:30) IPO Pipeline

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Craig provides 8 tips for investing in IPOs after 10+ years of participating in deals like the LendingClub IPO, Circle IPO, ARM IPO, Instacart IPO, and Robinhood IPO.

Learn how to invest in a profit from high-demand IPOs.

(0:00) Intro

(0:40) IPO Arbitrage

(1:38) Circle IPO Profit

(1:55) Access, Not Trading

(2:42) Ordinary Investors

(2:53) #1 Monitor the Pipeline

(4:21) Upcoming IPOs Resource

(5:04) #2 Invest Pre-IPO

(7:14) #3 Multiple Brokerage Accounts

(10:27) #4 Cash Ready to Deploy

(11:59) #5 Request More Shares

(15:31) #6 Mind the Flipping Policy

(17:53) #7 Be a Customer

(21:22) #8 No Access, No Investment

(24:28) Outro

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Episode #21: When is the Stripe IPO date? Unfortunately for retail investors, it's nowhere in sight.

In this episode, Craig talks about previous (2022) Stripe IPO ambitions and the potential for a future IPO.

Plus, five reasons why Stripe is staying private. and how to invest in Stripe stock pre-IPO.

Link: Collison Brothers on the All-In Podcast

(0:00) Intro

(0:50) Why Go Public?

(1:48) Video Overview

(2:36) Early Timeline

(4:17) 2022 Stripe IPO Ambitions

(7:04) IPO Window Closed

(7:23) Inflection Point

(8:23) Tender Offers Begin

(9:47) SpaceX Tender Offers

(10:10) More Tenders

(12:01) Cap Table Cleaning

(12:22) What's a Cap Table?

(12:49) SEC Ownership Rules

(14:06) Stripe Founders All-In Podcast

(14:24) 5 Reasons Stripe Stays Private

(16:59) Stripe IPO Optimism

(19:22) How to Invest In Stripe Pre-IPO

(19:41) Secondary Platforms (Accredited)

(21:06) Non-Accredited Investors

(21:16) Fundrise Innovation Fund

(23:18) Tokenization

(24:41) More IPOs!

(26:01) Outro

Stripe IPO, Stripe stock, how to invest in Stripe, Stripe IPO date.

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What private company will be the first to reach a trillion-dollar valuation? Craig names his top five potential "Teracorns".

In IPO Radar news, AI talent competition is a sign of frothiness. Plus, Cerebras is diversifying its customer base to reduce concentration risk.

(0:00) Intro

(0:30) First Trillion-Dollar Startup?

(1:24) The Teracorn

(1:59) Trillion-Dollar Public Companies

(2:49) Why Now?

(4:02) AI Hype Cycle

(4:34) A Trillion if Public

(5:40) Top 5 Potential Teracorns

(6:33) #1 OpenAI

(9:18) #2 ByteDance (TikTok)

(12:02) #3 xAI

(14:48) #4 Anthropic

(17:26) #5 SpaceX

(19:55) IPO Radar News

(20:19) AI Talent Competition

(23:49) Cerebras Partnerships

(28:33) Outro

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Episode 19: Republic and Robinhood have launched pre-IPO stock tokens.

Tokenized representations of SpaceX stock and OpenAI stock are now available for investment in the U.S. (Republic) and E.U. (Robinhood).

But are startup stock tokens legit?

In IPO Radar news euro-startups Revolut and Mistral AI are raising funds, Nvidia challenger Groq is growing, and SpaceX is raising money again, this time at a $400 billion valuation.

Robinhood Memo

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(0:00) Intro

(0:40) Startup Tokenization

(1:10) Tokenization Diagram

(1:35) Thought Leaders

(3:44) Caution

(6:28) IPOs are Better

(7:04) Republic Mirror Tokens

(11:36) Accreditation

(13:22) The Right Product?

(14:56) Robinhood Stock Tokens

(16:10) Robinhood Tokenization Memo

(17:51) Tokenized Public Stocks

(18:22) Retail Advocacy

(19:16) U.S. Regulatory Change

(21:07) IPO Radar News

(21:42) Revolut Raising $1 Billion

(22:49) Mistral AI Raising $1 Billion

(25:20) Groq Raising Funds

(27:40) SpaceX $400 Billion Valuation

(30:18) How to Invest in SpaceX Stock

(31:33) Stripe Preview

(31:06) Outro

Episode #18: The Figma IPO is around the corner. Craig previews the deal, looks at IPO filing highlights, and outlines his investment strategy.

In IPO Radar news, Climeworks raises new funds, Anthropic's revenue is surging, and Perplexity fends off Mag 7 suiters.

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(0:00) Intro

(0:23) Figma IPO

(2:28) Figma S-1 Highlights

(10:20) Figma What's Next?

(12:24) Figma Robinhood

(12:42) IPO Brokers

(13:16) MY Figma Strategy

(13:48) IPO Investing Tips

(16:14) IPO Risk

(16:47) IPO Radar News

(17:13) Climeworks Raises $162 Million

(20:03) Anthropic Accelerated Revenue Growth

(23:30) Perplexity and Apple (Meta)

(27:04) Mag 7 Strong Arming

(29:31) Outro

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Upcoming IPOs List

Craig provides his semi-annual upcoming IPOs update, including the top 10 most likely companies to IPO.

He also discusses some IPO crickets - companies that indicated their interest in an IPO, but we haven't heard from in a while.

Episode #17 also previews a handful of 2026 IPO candidates in the pipeline.

(0:00) Intro

(0:23) Upcoming IPOs 2025

(0:38) Completed IPOs

(1:08) Newsletter

(1:24) #1 StubHub IPO

(4:25) #2 Klarna IPO

(6:30) #3 Gemini IPO

(8:20) #4 Figma IPO

(10:50) #5 Navan IPO

(11:57) #6 Cerebras IPO

(13:14) #7 Netskope IPO

(14:55) #8 Medline IPO

(16:29) #9 Genesys IPO

(17:50) #10 Discord IPO

(19:59) AccessIPOs Upcoming Page

(20:15) IPO Crickets

(20:41) Clario

(21:15) Airtable

(22:20) 1Password

(22:59) Quantinuum

(23:55) Cross River Bank

(25:05) Neo4J

(26:24) 2026 IPO Pipeline

(26:51) Kraken IPO

(27:15) Fervo Energy IPO

(28:20) Deel IPO

(28:59) Lime IPO

(29:47) Anduril IPO Speculation

(31:43) Outro

Episode #16: Craig can't ignore the incredible debuts of Circle and CoreWeave. Circle is up more than 600% in just two week. Craig outlines his next steps having invested at the IPO price of $31 per share.

In IPO radar news, TerraPower and Ramp raise new funds. Gusto disappoints retail investors with a tender offer. And would you rather invest in Anysphere Cursor at an $18 billion valuation or xAI at a $120 billion valuation.

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0:00 Intro

0:24 Circle Stock

0:44 Fidelity IPO Flipping Policy

1:13 Selling Circle Shares

1:30 Buy Circle Stock?

1:37 Why is Circle Stock Rising?

2:32 Funny Money

4:03 CoreWeave Stock

4:18 Investor IPO Appetite

5:58 AI and Crypto

7:19 IPO Radar News

8:44 Ramp Raises $16 Billion Valuation

11:07 Ramp IPO Potential

12:02 Ramp Pre-IPO Access

12:28 Gusto Tender Offer

13:50 Gusto IPO Potential

14:06 Rippling and Deel

15:22 TerraPower Raises $650 Million

18:20 TerraPower IPO Potential

18:33 Tale of Two AIs

19:46 Anysphere Cursor

21:33 xAI News Firehose

22:09 xAI Burning $1 Billion/Month

22:26 xAI Debt Raise

22:53 xAI Equity Raise

23:35 Bet on Elon?

27:13 Outro

CRCL stock, CRWV stock

Episode #15: Craig breaks down the newly released CNBC Disruptor 50 List and highlights trends, omissions, and surprises.

He picks his 6 favorite new-to-him startups, and showcases an opportunity for U.S.-based investors to invest in seven startups on the list.

Plus, the Anduril IPO date could be nearing.

The Circle IPO, Voyager IPO, and Chime IPO were all successful. Craig sees a continued trend in both fintech and the broader IPO window.

In IPO Radar news, Meta has invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI and tempted away its CEO Alexandr Wang.

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0:00 Intro

0:35 Recent IPOs

0:45 Voyager IPO

1:53 Chime IPO vs. Circle

2:26 Chime vs. SoFi Stock

3:43 CNBC Disruptor 50 List 2025

4:56 Radar Companies on the List

6:14 Seed List

6:56 CNBC Disruptor Themes

8:44 Notable Omissions

10:51 The Top 6

11:36 Ben Miller Tweet

11:48 Fundrise Innovation Fund

13:46 New Favorites

15:02 #1 Carbon Robotics

16:27 #2 Saronic Technologies

18:27 #3 GrubMarket

19:50 #4 VAST Data

22:00 Industrial Robotics

23:00 #5 Gecko Robotics

23:38 #6 Exotec

24:24 Runners Up

25:05 Less Exciting Startups

26:46 Anduril IPO Status

28:48 Anduril IPO Date

29:44 IPO Radar News

30:25 Meta Invests in Scale AI

30:57 Meta Hires Alexandr Wang

31:26 What is Scale AI?

33:21 Why Is Meta Buying Scale AI?

33:49 Disturbing Pattern

37:18 Future of Scale AI

38:28 Subscribe and Follow

39:11 Access Club

40:00 Outro

Anduril IPO Date

Episode #14: Fintech IPOs are back after a few years of very little activity. The Circle IPO explosion will encourage the next round of IPOing companies to move forward, including the Klarna IPO, Chime, Gemini, and Kraken.

Craig also launches a new podcast segment called IPO Wish List. This first feature highlights five fintech IPOs we'd love to see go public (but aren't in a hurry to).

In IPO radar news, Netskope takes the next step toward and IPO by hiring Morgan Stanley to lead the deal. Plus, xAI is conducting a tender bender, a bogus maneuver that benefits employees and VCs, but leaves out retail investors.

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0:00 Intro

0:29 Circle IPO Explosion

1:00 Circle Retail Access

2:53 Positive Signals

4:38 Fintech IPO are Back

6:04 Chime IPO Date

7:22 Klarna IPO Update

8:09 Gemini Crypto IPO

9:30 Kraken IPO

10:50 Fintech IPO Wish List

12:08 Ripple IPO Potential

13:55 Brad Garlinghouse IPO Comments

15:33 Cross River Bank IPO

17:50 Revolut IPO Potential

20:00 Plain IPO Potential

21:59 Stripe IPO Potential

25:24 Window is Open

26:42 IPO Radar News

27:22 Netskope Hires MS

28:40 Netskope IPO Timing

30:42 Netskope Valuation

31:06 xAI Tender Bender

36:14 Why Tender Offers Suck

37:18 The Elon Factor

38:18 Support the Show

39:11 Outro

This video is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Mentions are not a recommendation to buy or sell any pre-IPO or public company. Invest in IPOs and private companies at your own risk.