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2021 IPO Calendar: These are the IPOs you need to watch

Here’s a collection of some of the most talked-about public offerings for the year ahead.

Updated Jul 25, 2021. What changed?

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Last year was reportedly the biggest year for IPOs since the dot-com boom, and 2021 may surpass it. Below you’ll find the available details for some of the year’s potentially hottest initial public offerings.

Note that we’re not recommending these IPOs. Use this guide for your own research and due diligence before making any investment decisions.

Most anticipated IPOs for 2021

Below, you’ll find some of the most anticipated initial public offerings for the coming year. We expect these IPOs to generate a lot of buzz, and several of them have done so already.

Nextdoor

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Nextdoor, a neighborhood-oriented social network, is reportedly targeting an IPO in 2021 and seeking a company valuation between $4 to $5 billion. But no official plans have been released and no date has been set.

Expected to go public: 2021
Valuation: $4-$5 billion

Instacart

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The ubiquitous Instacart connects clients with surrogates who shop for and deliver groceries to your door — all through an app. With so many Americans home due to COVID, its sales hit an estimated $35 billion in 2020, putting the company in third place behind Amazon and Walmart.

Expected to go public: 2021
Valuation: $30-$40 billion

Robinhood

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The brokerage firm that introduced no-commission trading benefited from quarantine as millennials and novice traders began using their federal stimulus checks to play the market. Robinhood became the place to trade, gamifying investing and using its appeal to attract tech enthusiasts to the financial services company.

Expected to go public: 2021
Ticker symbol: HOOD
Valuation: As high as $11.7 billion

Stripe

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Payment processing and e-commerce giant Stripe has yet to announce plans for an IPO, but speculation abounds and the name appears on several publications’ lists of offerings to watch for in 2021. If it goes it would be one of the biggest of the year.

Expected to go public: late 2021
Valuation: $95 billion

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2021 IPO calendar

Here are some of the other high-profile IPOs our editors are watching. (This is not a complete list of upcoming IPOs.)

Scheduled IPOs

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Name	Symbol	Exchange	Status	Price	IPO Date
8i Acquisition 2 Corp.	LAXXU.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 10 to USD 10	2021-07-29
TGPX Holdings I LLC	COOK.US	NYSE	Expected	From USD 16 to USD 18	2021-07-29
Software Acquisition Group Inc. III Unit	SWAGU.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 10 to USD 10	2021-07-29
Rallybio Corporation Common Stock	RLYB.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 13 to USD 15	2021-07-29
Nuvalent, Inc. Class A Common Stock	NUVL.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 16 to USD 18	2021-07-29
Preston Hollow Community Capital, Inc.	PHCC.US	NYSE	Expected	From USD 18 to USD 20	2021-07-29
Field Trip Health Ltd. Common Shares	FTRP.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-29
International Media Acquisition Corp. Unit	IMAQU.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-29
Robinhood Markets, Inc. Class A Common Stock	HOOD.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 38 to USD 42	2021-07-29
AxonPrime Infrastructure Acquisition Corp	APMIU.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 10 to USD 10	2021-07-29
Riskified Ltd.	RSKD.US	NYSE	Expected	From USD 21 to USD 21	2021-07-29
Dole plc	DOLE.US	NYSE	Expected	From USD 16 to USD 17	2021-07-29
Icosavax, Inc. Common Stock	ICVX.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 14 to USD 16	2021-07-29
Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. Common Stock	KAVL.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-29
Metals Acquisition Corp	MTALU.US	NYSE	Expected	From USD 10 to USD 10	2021-07-29
Tenaya Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock	TNYA.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 14 to USD 16	2021-07-30
Summit Healthcare Acquisition Corp. Class A Ordinary Share	SMIH.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-30
Global Consumer Acquisition Corp. Warrant	GACQW.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-30
Golden Path Acquisition Corporation Ordinary Shares	GPCO.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-30
Rani Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock	RANI.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 14 to USD 16	2021-07-30
Summit Healthcare Acquisition Corp. Warrant	SMIHW.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-30
Golden Path Acquisition Corporation Warrant	GPCOW.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-30
XPAC Acquisition Corp. Unit	XPAXU.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-30
RxSight, Inc. Common Stock	RXST.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 16 to USD 18	2021-07-30
IN8bio, Inc. Common Stock	INAB.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 10 to USD 12	2021-07-30
Ocean Biomedical, Inc.	OCEA.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 7 to USD 9	2021-07-30
Immuneering Corporation Class A Common Stock	IMRX.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 14 to USD 16	2021-07-30
Omega Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock	OMGA.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 16 to USD 18	2021-07-30
Global Consumer Acquisition Corp. Common Stock	GACQ.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-30
Worksport, Ltd. Common Stock	WKSP.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-30
Golden Path Acquisition Corporation Rights	GPCOR.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-30
Clarios International Inc.	BTRY.US	NYSE	Expected	From USD 17 to USD 21	2021-07-30
Teads N.V. Class A Common Shares	TEAD.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 18 to USD 21	2021-07-30
Riverview Acquisition Corp. Unit	RVACU.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-30
Worksport, Ltd. Warrant	WKSPW.US	Nasdaq	Expected	-	2021-07-30
MAXCYTE, INC.	MXCT.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 11.5 to USD 13.5	2021-07-30
BETTER BEING CO., LLC	BBCO.US	NYSE	Expected	From USD 15 to USD 17	2021-08-04
Cadre Holdings, Inc.	CDRE.US	NYSE	Expected	From USD 16 to USD 19	2021-08-05
European Wax Center, Inc.	EWCZ.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 15 to USD 18	2021-08-05
Weber Inc.	WEBR.US	NYSE	Expected	From USD 15 to USD 17	2021-08-05
WCG Clinical, Inc.	WCGC.US	Nasdaq	Expected	From USD 15 to USD 17	2021-08-05

Here are some of the other high-profile IPOs our editors are watching. (This is not a complete list of upcoming IPOs.)

Expected IPOs

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Stock	Tentative date	Status	Exchange	Symbol
Instacart	2021	Rumor	-	-	Learn more
Rivian	Fall 2021	Rumor	-	-	Learn more
Nextdoor	2021	Rumor	-	-	Learn more
eToro	Q2 2021	Rumor	Nasdaq	-	Learn more
Nerdwallet	-	Rumor	-	-	Learn more
Joby Aviation	-	Rumor	-	-	Learn more
EVgo	-	Rumor	NYSE	EVGO	Learn more

What’s an IPO?

Companies stage an initial public offering (IPO) to raise capital and to reward early investors, officers and workers who’ve been given ownership shares. In a public offering, shares are sold via an underwriter, with most going to large institutional investors and select high-net worth investors.

In rare cases, the average retail investor may be invited to participate, but most will have to wait until shares are trading on an exchange.

On this page you’ll see two other kinds of initial offerings:

Direct listings: In a direct listing, a private company sells existing shares held by employees or private shareholders on an exchange with no intermediary. The price per share depends upon how willing existing shareholders are to part with their shares.
SPACs: In a SPAC merger, a company seeking to go public merges with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), a blank check company with no operations other than to bring a private company public. This saves the private company time and effort, and it may increase its eventual share price. Public investors can buy into SPACs before the merger, but they rarely know what company a SPAC will take public.

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To buy into an IPO stock after it hits the market, you’ll need to establish and fund a trading account.

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Pros and Cons

If you can get in before a stock is traded on the exchange, you get a fixed price that often moves up quickly when the stock enters the market.
You get in early on new companies with big plans for growth that can lead to big stock-price gains.
Interest is likely to be high, particularly with a brand-name company, which will raise the stock price.

The share price can be volatile around the time of an IPO, and if you buy on the market, you may be overpaying.
Even the pre-IPO price may be too high, and the price may fall instead of rise.
New companies can be risky as big plans for growth often do not work out.

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2021 IPO Calendar: These are the IPOs you need to watch