Fluidigm will offer 5.17 million common shares when it floats on the Nasdaq stock exchange at between $13.50 and $15.50 per share.

Fluidigm, a US-based provider of integrated fluidic circuits for the life sciences market, plans to raise $80.2m at the upper end of its flotation range.

Fluidigm will offer 5.17 million common shares when it floats on the Nasdaq stock exchange at between $13.50 and $15.50 per share. Investment banks Deutsche Bank and Piper Jaffray are co-lead underwriters of the initial public offering (IPO) and can sell a further 775,862 shares if demand is strong enough.

The company originally filed…