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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 October 2020 and 1 October 2021
- 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
Before entering the nomination site please ensure you have:
1. Selected the most appropriate category(s) you'll be entering and check for validity of entry
2. Identified your lead applicant / internal champion who will respond to any correspondence from the ELA team
3. Pre-prepared your submission in accordance with the category criteria, spending time crafting your detailed submission.
4. A company logo and your website URL that you can upload alongside your submission
