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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.

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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: First half of 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: First half of 2021
  • Valuation: As high as $11.7 billion

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.)

Stock Tentative date Status Exchange Symbol
In8bio - filed s-1 New York Stock Exchange INAB Learn more
Instacart First half 2021 Rumor - - Learn more
Rivian Fall 2021 Rumor - - Learn more
Robinhood 2021 filed s-1 (confidential) - - Learn more
Nextdoor 2021 Rumor - - Learn more
eToro Q2 2021 Rumor Nasdaq - Learn more
Kaltura - filed s-1 Nasdaq Global Select Market KLTR Learn more
Flora Growth April 2021 filed s-1 NASDAQ Capital Market FLGC Learn more
Muliang Viagoo Technology April 2021 filed s-1 Nasdaq MLVG Learn more
GameWorks - filed s-1 Nasdaq Capital Market GMWX Learn more
Stripe 2021 Rumor - - Learn more
Endeavor Group Holdings - filed s-1 New York Stock Exchange EDR Learn more
Treace Medical Concepts April 2021 filed s-1 NASDAQ TMCI Learn more
FTC Solar April 2021 filed s-1 NASDAQ FTCI 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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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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