#030: IPO Shutdown? Or is it?
Will the U.S. Government shutdown lead to an IPO shutdown?
Unfortunately, Craig thinks it will. The 2025 IPO window was already closing for the year, and the politician-induced delay will have a dramatic effect on IPOs, unless it is resolved quickly.
Craig highlights the companies caught “in limbo” and the candidates most likely to push their IPOs to 2026.
In IPO Radar news, Cerebras resurfaces, Kraken keeps crackin’, and the Fervo Energy IPO heats up.
0:00 Intro
0:27 IPO Shutdown
1:51 Government Shutdown
4:28 IPO Implications
6:31 Unhelpful
7:00 Pending Market Conditions
7:58 Narrow Window
8:39 In Limbo Companies
10:27 Medline IPO
11:27 Upcoming IPO in 2026
12:22 Unintended Consequences
13:50 Axios Dan Primack
14:01 Looking Forward
14:44 IPO Radar News
16:10 Cerebras Series G
19:02 Cerebras IPO “Aspiration”
20:30 What is Cerebras?
21:25 Kraken IPO
22:50 Kraken Strategic Investor
25:25 Fervo Energy Fundraise
27:10 Fervo Energy IPO
27:37 Final Raise?
29:02 Next Level
30:55 Outro
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