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IPO OF THE YEAR

This award recognises a company that has successfully completed a significant, impactful or transformational IPO on any international exchange.
 
It is open to European life science companies only.

Qualifying criteria

• Must be a public company
• Must have raised the funds in the period between 1 September 2019 to 1 September 2020
• Must be a company with a European headquarters
• Must be an IPO (primary, up-listing or dual-listing) NOT a secondary placement or follow-on 

Judges will be paying particular attention to:

• Amount of funds raised
• Process / speed / allocation fulfilment of securing of significant new funds
• Level / reputation of new investor(s) attracted
• Post-finance allocation / use of proceeds
• Level of value creation / value realisation from raise