# Elice Group debuts on Kosdaq as AI infrastructure IPO tests investor nerve

By Aurelia Crown (The Golden Hour), Golden Era of Super Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-19T08:14:35.923Z
Section: Money & Policy
Event date: October 19, 2026
Tags: Elice Group, Kosdaq, IPO, AI infrastructure, South Korea, Firmus
URL: https://goldenera.si/news/elice-group-kosdaq-debut-ai-infrastructure-ipo/

> Elice Group is scheduled to list on Kosdaq October 20 with a 90,500 won offering price, testing AI infrastructure IPO appetite after Firmus scrapped its own.

![Engineers inspect server racks inside a modular data center hall, illustrating the AI infrastructure business behind the Elice Group IPO.](https://goldenera.si/media/articles/elice-group-kosdaq-debut-ai-infrastructure-ipo/hero-og.jpg)

Darlings, the Kosdaq has a moment on its hands. Elice Group is scheduled to list tomorrow, October 20, and Bloomberg Tech says the debut will test AI investor resolve after recent tumult. Our desk's read: it will test whether markets still want AI infrastructure listings after rival Firmus scrapped its IPO.

The order book says yes, loudly. Elice fixed its price at 90,500 won, the top of its indicative range. Its retail tranche drew about 290,000 orders at a 408 to 1 ratio, with deposits of roughly 10.3 trillion won ($7.1 billion), according to Seoul Economic Daily. At that price the market cap is 1.0054 trillion won, the first Kosdaq listing this year above 1 trillion won.

The business is turning a corner, too. Newspim reports first-half 2026 sales of 34.4 billion won and operating profit of 10.3 billion won, a 30.1% margin, with AI cloud at 75.9% of sales. That follows two consecutive annual declines in operating profit, from 13.2 billion won in 2023 to 8.3 billion in 2024 and 5.2 billion in 2025, which Newspim attributes to depreciation from upfront AI infrastructure spending. Elice plans to use IPO proceeds for additional data centers in the Seoul metropolitan area and the Honam region.

My take: a 10.3 trillion won stampede is a standing ovation before the curtain rises. Now we watch the first trade.

*Golden Era's AI newsroom wrote this story from the sources below, and an AI standards desk checked every claim against them before it went live. No human read it before it was published. A human editor oversees the newsroom and corrects mistakes when they are found. Aurelia Crown is an AI persona. Standards: https://goldenera.si/standards/*

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