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2026
January
- Why Elon Musk Is Racing to Take SpaceX Public (WSJ)
- SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic prepare to launch landmark IPOs (FT)
2025
December
- SpaceX to Pursue 2026 IPO Raising Far Above $30 Billion (Bloomberg)
- SpaceX in Talks for $800 Billion Valuation Ahead of Potential 2026 IPO (WSJ)
- Anthropic taps IPO lawyers as it races OpenAI to go public (FT)
November
October
- Exclusive: OpenAI lays groundwork for juggernaut IPO at up to $1 trillion valuation (Reuters)
- OpenAI’s Promise to Stay in California Helped Clear the Path for Its IPO (WSJ)
- Google Translate Rival DeepL Explores US IPO (Bloomberg)
September
August
- Crypto Firm Bullish Soars 84% in Debut After $1.1 Billion IPO (Bloomberg)
- Figma’s Pursuit of Long-Term Backers Kept IPO Price in Check (Bloomberg)
- Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny (TechCrunch)
July
June
- Chime pops 37% in Nasdaq debut after pricing IPO above expected range (CNBC)
- Stablecoin issuer Circle soars 168% in NYSE debut after pricing IPO above expected range (CNBC)
May
- Stablecoin Giant Circle File for IPO on NYSE (CoinDesk)
- OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft to unlock new funding and future IPO (FT)
April
- Figma confidentially files for IPO more than a year after ditching Adobe deal (CNBC)
- Stablecoin issuer Circle files for IPO as public markets open to crypto (CNBC)
- CoreWeave shares rip nearly 42% higher, rising above IPO price (CNBC)
March
- CoreWeave prices IPO at $40 a share, below expected range (CNBC)
- CoreWeave’s Shaky IPO Signal (The Information)
- EToro Files for IPO Showing Commissions Jumped 46% Last Year (Bloomberg)
- Ticket reseller StubHub files for an IPO (Axios)
- CoreWeave serves as bellwether for AI in soft IPO market (Semafor)
- Klarna to File for $1 Billion-Plus IPO as Soon as Next Week (Bloomberg)
- AI cloud provider CoreWeave files for IPO (CNBC)
February
- Can AI Predict the Next Big IPO? Crunchbase Thinks So. (WSJ)
- Shein IPO plans hit by Trump’s low-cost parcels crackdown (FT)
January
2024
November
October
July
- Honeywell Weighs Quantinuum IPO at $10 Billion Valuation (Bloomberg)
- Wiz walks away from $23 billion deal with Google, will pursue IPO (CNBC)
March
- IPO Window Cracks Open and Silicon Valley Sees Some Daylight (Bloomberg)
- Reddit prices IPO at $34 per share in first major social media offering since 2019 (CNBC)
- Can Reddit Survive Its Own IPO? (Wired)
- Reddit to raise nearly $750 million in upcoming IPO (CNBC)
- Telegram hits 900mn users and nears profitability as founder considers IPO (FT)
February
- Reddit files to list IPO on NYSE under the ticker RDDT (CNBC)
- Reddit Plans to Sell Stock to Loyal Users in Unusual IPO Wager (WSJ)
- Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO (Bloomberg)
January
2023
November
- Stablecoin Issuer Circle Internet Considering 2024 IPO (Bloomberg)
- Shein Targets Up to $90 Billion Valuation in US IPO, Sources Say (Bloomberg)
September
- Startup That Lets You Instantly Talk in Foreign Language Targets a Nasdaq IPO at $1 Billion Value (Bloomberg)
- Chip giant Arm raises nearly $5 billion in year’s largest IPO (Axios)
- Instacart targets up to $9.3 bln valuation for much-awaited US IPO (Reuters)
- Exclusive: Arm signs up big tech firms for IPO at $50 billion-$55 billion valuation (Reuters)
August
- Klaviyo files to go public in latest sign of life for IPO market (CNBC)
- Silicon Valley start-ups revive listing plans as Arm reignites IPO market (FT)
- Apple, Samsung to invest in Arm as it eyes September IPO (NikkeiAsia)
- SoftBank’s Arm Targets $60 Billion Value in September IPO (Bloomberg)
May
2022
December
- 2022 will go down as the worst year for U.S. IPOs since 1990. (Axios Pro Rata)
October
- Intel unit Mobileye prices IPO above range to raise $861 mln (Reuters)
- Intel Eyes Significantly Lower Valuation in IPO of Mobileye Unit (WSJ)
September
May
- Instacart Files Confidentially for an IPO That Could Happen This Year (Bloomberg)
- The iPod is dead (TechCrunch)
February
- PrimaryBid raises $190M to double down on making it easier for ordinary people to invest in IPOs and follow-on fundraises (TechCrunch)
- Startup Investors Cut Valuations Amid Tech Stock Rout, Dismal IPOs (WSJ)
2021
December
- Reddit Files Confidentially for IPO (WSJ)
- China to Close Loophole Used by Tech Firms for Foreign IPOs (Bloomberg)
November
- India’s Paytm Tumbles Another 13% After First-Day IPO Flop (Boomberg)
- Paytm falls 27% on first trading day after India’s largest IPO (TechCrunch)
October
- Joe Montana prepares for biggest windfall as a venture capitalist ahead of GitLab’s $10 billion IPO (CNBC)
September
August
July
- U.S. SEC says Chinese IPO hopefuls must provide additional risk disclosures (Reuters)
- China Weighs Unprecedented Penalty for Didi After U.S. IPO (Bloomberg)
- ByteDance Shelved IPO Intentions After Chinese Regulators Warned About Data Security (WSJ)
- Chinese Regulators Suggested Didi Delay Its U.S. IPO (WSJ)
- China’s Big Tech Crackdown Puts Dozens of U.S. IPOs at Risk (Bloomberg)
- Robinhood files for long-awaited IPO (Axios)
- Didi shares fall after China announces cybersecurity review just days after IPO (CNBC)
March
- Deliveroo Hit by Investor, Rider Revolt Ahead of London IPO (Bloomberg)
- Trading App Robinhood Says It Filed Confidentially for IPO (Bloomberg)
- Exclusive: Investors value China’s Ant Group at over $200 billion after IPO halt - sources (Reuters)
- SoftBank-Backed Coupang Prices U.S. IPO Above Target (Bloomberg)
February
January
2020
December
- Qualtrics Files for U.S. IPO Two Years After Sale to SAP (Bloomberg)
- Coinbase announces IPO in a milestone for the crypto industry (Fortune)
- Sizzling Tech IPO Market Leaves Investors Befuddled (WSJ)
- Airbnb shares set to double in IPO — likely to be worth nearly $93 billion (CNBC)
- Airbnb Boosts IPO Price Range to Between $56 and $60 a Share (WSJ)
- Airbnb seeks valuation of up to $35 billion in its IPO (CNBC)
November
- DoorDash seeks valuation of up to $32 billion in IPO, double what it was in June (CNBC)
- Roblox files for its IPO (Axios)
- Jack Ma vs. the Party: Inside the collapse of the world’s biggest IPO (Nikkei Asia)
- Robinhood Seeks Advisers for Potential IPO Next Year (Bloomberg)
- China’s President Xi Jinping Personally Scuttled Jack Ma’s Ant IPO (WSJ)
- China Halts Ant’s Record IPO, Throwing Ma’s Empire Into Turmoil (Bloomberg)
October
- Ant Group to raise $34.5 billion, valuing it at over $313 billion, in biggest IPO of all time (CNBC)
- Facebook Building Neighborhood Feature as Nextdoor Eyes IPO (Bloomberg)
- Airbnb Burned Through $1.2 Billion as IPO Loomed (The Information)
September
- Snowflake IPO Spurs Flood of Wealth for Silicon Valley Elite (Bloomberg)
- Snowflake is largest software IPO ever (Axios)
August
- Jack Ma’s Ant Fuels Tech IPO Frenzy Not Seen Since Dotcom Bubble (Bloomberg)
- The Case of the Top Secret iPod (TidBits)
- Airbnb files confidential IPO paperwork (CNBC)
- Airbnb Files Confidentially for IPO With SEC (WSJ)
- Online Thrift Shop ThredUp Plans IPO Early Next Year (Bloomberg)
- Airbnb Plans to File Confidentially for IPO in August (WSJ) (CNBC)
July
- SoftBank Explores Sale or IPO for Chip Designer Arm Holdings (WSJ)
- Secretive data startup Palantir has confidentially filed for an IPO (TechCrunch)
June
- ZoomInfo aiming to price IPO $1 above revised price range (CNBC)
- Gaming Startup Unity Is Said to Prepare for IPO This Year (Bloomberg)
May
March
February
- DoorDash preps for IPO, confidentially files documents with SEC (CNBC)
- Record labels rush to IPO amid music streaming boom (Axios)
- Airbnb Swings to a Loss as Costs Climb Ahead of IPO (WSJ)
January
- Online mattress retailer Casper IPO to raise $182.4 million (CNBC)
- Casper’s IPO could be a bellwether for unprofitable startups in the post-We-Work era (TechCrunch)
2019
December
- Bill.com’s Stock Takes Off On IPO Day (Forbes)
- Counter-Strike World Champions Aim for First Esport Team IPO (Bloomberg)
October
- Postmates’ new IPO delay says something bigger: Wall Street is turning against Silicon Valley (Recode)
September
- WeWork pulls IPO filing (CNBC)
- Peloton slides after opening below IPO price in market debut (CNBC)
- WeWork delays IPO after frosty investor response (Reuters)
- WeWork’s valuation could fall to below $15 billion in IPO, down from $47 billion private valuation (CNBC)
- SoftBank urges WeWork to shelve IPO (FT)
- WeWork Targets $20 Billion to $30 Billion IPO Value (Bloomberg)
August
- The WeWork IPO (Stratechery)
- WeWork files for long-awaited IPO (Axios)
- Cloudflare Said To Pursue September IPO, We Say Heck Yes (Crunchbase News)
July
- Real estate platform Compass raises another $370M on a $6.4B valuation en route to an IPO (TechCrunch)
April
- Uber unveils IPO with warning it may never make a profit (Reuters)
- Alphabet Is Uber IPO’s Surprise Winner With Potential $5 Billion Stake (Forbes)
- PagerDuty pops more than 50% in debut as tech IPO market heats up (CNBC)
- Exclusive: Uber plans to sell around $10 billion worth of stock in IPO - sources (Reuters)
- Pinterest sets IPO range at $15-17, valuing it at $10.6B vs previous valuation of $12.3B (TechCrunch)
- The biggest winners of Lyft’s $24 billion IPO (Quartz)
March
- Lyft Aims for Valuation Near $20 Billion in Biggest U.S. IPO (Bloomberg)
- Lyft’s financials show a $911 million loss ahead of its IPO (CNBC)
February
- Uber and Lyft drivers will reportedly get stock in the highly anticipated IPOs (CNBC)
- Mining Giant Bitmain Posts $500 Million Loss in IPO Financial Filing (Coindesk)
January
- Uber’s Confidential Documents Show Path to $90 Billion IPO (The Information)
2018
December
- Airbnb and Slack are considering untraditional IPOs that box out bankers like Spotify did (Recode)
- The 2019 IPO class headlined by Uber will create a ton of new wealth. Will the billions go to mansions or missions? (Recode)
- Pinterest Readies Itself for Early 2019 IPO (WSJ)
- Ride-hail firm Lyft races to leave Uber behind in IPO chase (Reuters)
- Tencent Music Moves Forward With IPO After Delay (WSJ)
November
- How to Use an iPod Touch as a Secure Device Instead of a Phone (Motherboard)
- Exclusive: Snap reveals U.S. subpoenas on IPO disclosures (Reuters)
- Newly Public Tech Firms Race Back to Market as IPO Frenzy Continues (WSJ)
October
- Uber Proposals Value Company at $120 Billion in a Possible IPO (WSJ)
- Tencent Music Pauses IPO Amid Market Turmoil (WSJ)
September
- Slack Actively Preparing for Early 2019 IPO (WSJ)
- Lyft Shows Financial Improvement Ahead of IPO Filing (The Information)