The Best PRE-IPO Companies of 2021 📃Part 3

So far in 2021 there have been quite a few Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) available on the market. There are a number of major upcoming IPOs that you need to watch out for the next 2 quarters. Many companies will not be known to everyone, since so far only those who are involved in the secondary market are talking about them often.

👀Previously ➡️ Part 1️⃣, Part 2️⃣

Over ~170 companies are expected to go public in 2021

Here are the ones to watch 👇

✅Confluent IPO (Forecast June 2021)

• Founded Date — 2014 (SF, CA, US)
• Founders — Jay Kreps, Jun Rao, Neha Narkhede

Funding traction, total raised ~$456M

• Series A — 2014 at val. $24M, $0.20 pps
• Series B — 2015 at val. $149M, $0.964 pps
• Series C — 2017 at val. $500M, $2.6798 pps
• Series D — 2019 at val. $2.57B, $10.32 pps
• Series E — 2020 at val. $4.5B, $14.9687 pps

1) LinkedIn-backed Confluent files for U.S. IPO (source)

2) Confluent Files Confidentially for U.S. IPO (source)

Trading at $32— $38 in the secondary market (April ‘21)

GoPuff IPO (Forecast Q4 2021 or Q1 2022)

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1) After a Boost In Capital, Investors Wonder When goPuff Will Go Public (source)

2) GoPuff raises $1.15 billion at nearly $9 billion valuation from SoftBank, others (source)

SNYK IPO (No Forecast, Just Rumors)

• Founded Date — 2015 (Reading, United Kingdom)
• Founders — Assaf Hefetz, Danny Grander, Guy Podjarny

Funding traction, total raised ~$712M

• Series A — 2018 at val. $27M, $0.31 pps and Series A+ at $1.29
• Series B — 2018 at val. $99M, $4.15 pps
• Series B1— 2019 at val. $264M, $10.69 pps
• Series C — 2020 at val. $1.9B, $32 pps
• Series D — Unkown
• Series E — 2020 at val. $4.7B

1) Boston unicorn Snyk raises $200M, eyes IPO (source)

2) Snyk Closes $200M to Modernize Security Industry (source)

3) Developer Security Firm Snyk Raises $300 Million at $4.7B Valuation (source)

Trading at $65— $68 in the secondary market (April ‘21)

WorldRemit IPO via SPAC (Forecast Oct or Nov 2021)

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1) London fintech WorldRemit mulls taking $1.5bn Spac listing to US (source)

2) WorldRemit Adds Spotify CFO Vogel to Board as It Mulls 2021 IPO (source)

GOAT IPO via SPAC (No Forecast, Just Rumors)

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Sneaker Platform GOAT Raises $100 Million To Kick-Start Expansion (source)

Tempus IPO (Forecast Q4 2021)

• Founded Date — 2015 (Chicago, US)
• Founders — Eric Lefkofsky

Funding traction, total raised ~$1.1B

• Series A — 2015 at val. $85M, $1 pps
• Series B — 2016 at val. $414.2M, $1.86 pps
• Series C — 2017 at val. $799M, $7.15 pps
• Series D — 2018 at val. $1.03B, $9.37 pps
• Series E — 2018 at val. $2.17B, $16.74 pps
• Series F — 2019 at val. $3.17B, $24.76 pps
• Series G — 2020 at val. $5.02B, $38.35 pps
• Series G1- 2020 at val. $8.3B, $57.30 pps

Tempus Announces $200 Million Series G-2 Financing (source)

Trading at $79–93 in the secondary market (April ‘21)

Harry’s IPO via SPAC (No Forecast, Just Rumors)

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1) Harry’s Labs looks to M&A as it launches new brand (source)

2) The Founders of Harry’s Got a $1.37 Billion Offer to Sell. (source)

3) Harry’s Raises A $155 Million Series E At $1.7 Billion, A Year After The FTC Blocked Its Billion-Dollar Sale To Edgewell (source)

Kraken DPO (Forecast Q4 2021 or Q1 2022)

• Founded Date — 2011 (SF, CA,US)
• Founders — Jesse Powell

Funding traction, total raised ~$118.5M

• Series A — 2016 at val. $26M, $0.1731 pps
• Series B — 2020 at val. $4.02B, $19.84 pps
• Series C (not closed yet)— 2021 at val. $10B, $52.65 pps

1) Bitcoin exchange Kraken considers going public after record trading volumes in the first quarter (source)

2) Multi-billion-dollar investment trust backs Kraken ahead listing (source)

3) Kraken said to be raising new funding at over $10 billion valuation (source)

Trading at $59— $69 in the secondary market (April ‘21)

About the Author

Mr. Koch — a serial entrepreneur and late-stage investor specializing in secondary shares.

Previously: Twilio, Xiaomi, iQiyi, PinDuoDuo, Tilray, Livongo, Agora, Bandwidth, Hims.

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