AirSculpt Technologies (AIRS) reported earnings on Fri 2 May 25 (b/o)

AirSculpt Technologies provides custom body contouring using proprietary AirSculpt method that removes unwanted fat in a minimally invasive procedure.

• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Medical Care Facilities
• Full Time Employees: 389
• Founded by Aaron J. Rollins in 2012  
• Headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida
• https://airsculpt.com

Ticker: AIRS

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First Quarter 2025 Results

• Case volume was 3,076 for the first quarter of 2025, representing a 17.9% decline from the fiscal year 2024 first quarter case volume of 3,746;
• Revenue declined 17.3% to $39.4 million from $47.6 million in the fiscal year 2024 first quarter;
• Net loss for the quarter was $2.8 million compared to net income of $6.0 million in the fiscal year 2024 first quarter; and Adjusted EBITDA was $3.8 million compared to $7.3 million for the fiscal year 2024 first quarter.

2025 Outlook

The Company projects full year 2025 revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance as follows:

• Revenues of approximately $160 to $170 million
• Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $16 to $18 million

European Wax Center (EWCZ) : 4-year performance

European Wax Center, Inc. operates as the franchisor and operator of out-of-home waxing services in the United States. It offers body and facial waxing services; and pre- and post-service products, including ingrown hair serums, exfoliating gels, brow shapers, and skin treatments, as well as skincare retail products. 

Q1 2025: 1,067 centers in 45 states.

• Sector: Consumer Defensive
• Industry: Household & Personal Products
• Full Time Employees: 124
• Founded in 2004 
• Headquartered in Plano, Texas
• https://waxcenter.com

IPO: August 5, 2021

Ticker: EWCZ

 

Regencell Bioscience (RGC) : 4-year performance

Regencell Bioscience Holdings Ltd. engages in the research, development, and commercialization of traditional Chinese medicine. It seeks the treatment of neurocognitive disorders and degeneration, specifically attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder. 

• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic
• Full Time Employees: 12
• Incorporated in 2014 
• Headquartered in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
• https://www.regencellbioscience.com

IPO: July 16, 2021

 

 

indie Semiconductor (INDI) : 3-year performance

indie Semiconductor, Inc. provides automotive semiconductors and software solutions for advanced driver assistance systems, driver automation, in-cabin, connected car, and electrification applications. 

Sector: Technology

• Industry: Semiconductor Equipment & Materials
• Full Time Employees: 920
• Founded in 2007 
• Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California
• https://www.indie.inc

IPO: June 10, 2021, via business combination with Thunder Bridge Acquisition II, Ltd. (Nasdaq: THBR)

Marqeta (MQ) : 3-year performance

Marqeta, Inc. operates a cloud-based open application programming interface platform that delivers card issuing and transaction processing services. 

• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software - Infrastructure
• Full Time Employees: 854
• Incorporated in 2010 
• founded by Jason M. Gardner in 2010
• Headquartered in Oakland, California
• https://www.marqeta.com

IPO: June 9, 2021

Ticker: MQ

Orion Office REIT (ONL) : 3-year performance

Orion Office REIT, Inc. acts as a real estate investment trust. It engages in the ownership, acquisition, and management of a diversified portfolio of mission-critical and headquarters office buildings located across the U.S. and leased primarily on a single-tenant net lease basis to creditworthy clients. 

• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: REIT - Office
• Full Time Employees: 38
• Founded: Nov 12, 2021
• Headquarters: Phoenix, Arizona
• Spinoff from Realty Income (O); Nov 15, 21
• https://www.onlreit.com

 

 

 

Tuya (TUYA) : 4-year performance

Tuya, Inc. engages in developing smart cloud service and IoT-related software and hardware solutions. It specializes in product, protocol, region, and supplier agnostics. The company was .

• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software - Infrastructure
• Full Time Employees: 1,450
• Founded by Liao Han Chen, Alex Yang, Ruixin Zhou, and Xue Ji Wang on June 16, 2014 
• Headquartered in Hangzhou, China
• https://www.tuya.com

Ticker: TUYA

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPO March 18, 2021

Society Pass (SOPA) : 3-year performance

Society Pass is an acquisitions focused e-commerce company building the next-generation digital ecosystem in SEA and South Asia.

It acquires and operates fintech and e-commerce platforms and mobile applications for consumers and merchants in Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Singapore, the United States, Thailand, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. It operates through Online Grocery and Food and Groceries Deliveries, Digital Marketing, Online Ticketing and Reservation, Telecommunications Reseller, e-Commerce, and Merchant Point of Sale segments. 

The company was formerly known as Food Society, Inc. and changed its name to Society Pass Incorporated in October 2018. 

• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software - Application
• Founded by Luan Thuc Nguyen on June 22, 2018
• Headquartered in Singapore
• https://thesocietypass.com

IPO: Tue 9 Nov 21

Ticker: SOPA

 

 

 

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Crown Electrokinetics (CRKN) : 4-year performance

Crown Electrokinetics Corp. develops and sells optical switching films in the United States. 

The company was formerly known as 3D Nanocolor Corp. and changed its name to Crown Electrokinetics Corp. in October 2017.

• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Full Time Employees: 42
• Incorporated in 2015 
• Based in Corvallis, Oregon
• https://www.crownek.com

Crown Electrokinetics (CRKN) went public on January 26, 2021.

 

Jasper Therapeutics (JSPR) : Preliminary Data from the BEACON Study of Briquilimab in Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria

Jasper Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biotechnology company, which engages in enabling cures through hematopoietic stem cell therapy. It focuses on the development and commercialization of safer, stem cell engineering to allow for expanded use of stem cell transplantation and ex vivo gene therapy, a technique in which genetic manipulation of cells is performed outside of the body prior to transplantation. 

• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Biotechnology
• Founded by Judith Shizuru and Susan Prohaska in March 2018 
• Headquartered in Redwood City, California
• Employees: 45
• https://jaspertx.com/

IPO Sept 27, 21: Redwood City-based Jasper Therapeutics debuted on Nasdaq Monday after it raised about $107 million in a merger with blank check company Amplitude Healthcare Acquisition Corp., much less than expected when they announced their deal earlier this year.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Jasper Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: JSPR) (Jasper), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on development of briquilimab, a novel antibody therapy targeting c-Kit (CD117) to address mast cell driven diseases such as chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), chronic inducible urticaria (CIndU) and asthma, today reported positive preliminary data from Jasper’s ongoing BEACON Phase 1b/2a study of subcutaneous briquilimab in adult participants with CSU. Substantial reductions in UAS7 were reported, with a mean change from baseline at 8 weeks of -26.6 in the 240mg single-dose cohort and multiple dosing regimens at or above 120mg demonstrating UAS7 changes of more than -25 points.  

DatChat (DATS) : 3-year performance

DatChat Messenger allows users to change how long their messages can be viewed before or after they send them, completely prevent screenshots and hide encrypted messages in plain site on their camera roll. DatChat's patent pending technology offers users a traditional texting experience while providing control and security for their messages. With DatChat Messenger a user can decide how long their messages lasts on the recipients device, while feeling secure that at any time, they can delete a message or entire conversations, making it like the conversation never even happened.

• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software - Application
• Full Time Employees: 12
• Founded by Darin M. Myman and Peter Shelus on December 4, 2014 
• Headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey
• https://www.datchat.com

 

 

U.S.-listed IPOs, annual deal count and value

The value of new U.S. stock listings has only ticked up modestly from 2022, when rapidly rising interest rates and COVID-related distortions in some industries depressed IPO activity.

As of December 31, 2024. Source: Bloomberg Finance L.P.

Palladyne AI (PDYN) : 3-year performance

Palladyne AI Corp. is an American company known for most of its existence primarily as a developer of robots. 

• Palladyne was founded in 1983 as Sarcos Research Corporation. 

• Sarcos Research (STRC) went public on Sept 27, 2021 via business combination with Rotor Acquisition Corp.
• 
  In 2023, Sarcos "pivoted" to become a developer of artificial-intelligence software, specifically for robotic applications. This pivot was accompanied by a cessation of all operations involving hardware. 
• In March 2024, Sarcos changed its name to Palladyne AI.  The company’s ticker symbols have changed from Nasdaq: STRC to Nasdaq: PDYN.

Sector: Technology

Industry: Software - Infrastructure

Full Time Employees: 70

Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah

https://www.palladyneai.com