Nuclear startup Deep Fission says it’s going public, again, and I have questions
Deep Fission, a nuclear startup, has announced plans to go public again through a Nasdaq IPO, seeking to raise $157 million. This follows a previous reverse merger that did not result in actual trading of its stock. The company faces significant financial challenges, including a growing deficit and a warning about its ability to continue operations without completing the IPO.
- ▪Deep Fission is attempting to raise $157 million in a Nasdaq IPO at a valuation of up to $1.66 billion.
- ▪The company previously went public through a reverse merger but its stock never traded.
- ▪Deep Fission's financial position has worsened, with a deficit increasing from $56.2 million to $88.1 million.
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One news headline this week had a whiff of déjà vu about it. Nuclear startup Deep Fission announced that it was going public, hoping to garner investor support to build subterranean reactors to power AI data centers. Wait, didn’t I already write that story? I could have sworn that I did. Oh right, I did. Last September, Deep Fission said that it had gone public via a reverse merger with Surfside Acquisition, a Delaware shell company, a transaction in which a private company acquires an existing publicly listed entity to gain a stock market listing — raising $30 million in a concurrent private placement at $3 a share. Now it’s seeking $157 million in a Nasdaq IPO at $24 to $26 a share. You can see my confusion. Turns out the previous public listing was public in name only.
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