R to L: Yusuke Umeda (Uzabase Co-CEO), Norihiko Sasaki (Managing Director & NewsPicks Editor-in-Chief) Tokyo-based Uzabase, the startup behind curated news app NewsPicks and company/industry database service Speeda, announced today hat its IPO application to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) has been approved. The company will be listed on the TSE Mothers Market on 21 October with plans to offer 543,000 shares for public subscription and to sell 114,000 shares in over-allotment options for a total of 193,300 shares. It expects an initial market cap of 17.78 billion yen (about $177 million). The underwriting will be led by Mizuho Securities while Uzabase's ticker code will be 3966. Founded in 2008, Uzabase started offering the NewsPicks app back in September 2013.