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Shugar: Nextracker IPO'd after a 5-to-6-month market freeze

Dan Shugar · Nextracker's blueprint for 100 gigawatts of solar trackers · Mar 26, 2025 · at 25:30

Dan Shugar, CEO of solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker, discusses the macroeconomic and public market environment during Nextracker's early 2023 initial public offering.

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“When we went to go public, the market had been pretty much closed for five or six months. I don't think there was a single IPO, or certainly not a big one.”

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When Nextracker went public, the initial public offering market had been largely closed for five to six months with virtually no major IPOs.

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Assessment

Dan Shugar's characterization is partially true. In the 5 to 6 months leading up to Nextracker's February 9, 2023 IPO (August 2022 through January 2023), the U.S. IPO market was experiencing historic cyclical lows: Renaissance Capital recorded 2022 as the slowest year by proceeds in its 30-plus-year history, with only 16 offerings raising $100M+ all year and Q4 2022 raising just $1.2B. Furthermore, between late October 2022 and Nextracker's February 2023 debut (roughly 3.5 months), there were zero major IPOs raising >$500M. However, Shugar's claim that there was 'virtually no major IPOs' or 'not a single IPO, or certainly not a big one' over the full 5-to-6-month span is inaccurate: the two largest U.S. IPOs of 2022—Corebridge Financial ($1.68B in September 2022) and Mobileye Global ($861M in late October 2022)—both priced within that window.

Renaissance Capital recorded 2022 as the lowest year for U.S. IPO proceeds in over 30 years, with only 71 traditional IPOs raising $7.7B total.
Corebridge Financial priced a $1.68B IPO in September 2022, representing the largest U.S. IPO of 2022.
Mobileye Global priced an $861M IPO in late October 2022, the largest U.S. tech IPO of 2022.
From November 2022 through January 2023, no traditional offerings raising >$500M debuted until Nextracker's $638M IPO on February 9, 2023.

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[1] forgeglobal.com [2] prnewswire.com [3] sec.gov [4] iposcoop.com [5] renaissancecapital.com [6] ai-cio.com [7] cfo.com [8] businessinsider.com

"Corebridge Financial" IPO date proceeds September 2022 "Renaissance Capital" 2022 Annual Review US IPOs Nextracker IPO date amount raised February 2023 "Renaissance Capital" "4Q 2022" "US IPO" review US IPO market drought late 2022 Mobileye Nextracker

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