Through the first two months of 2019, there have only been a handful of tech startups that have taken official steps toward going public. Some of the most highly-anticipated startups have made their first moves already Uber and Lyft are dueling it out to be the first of the two multi-billion dollar ride-hailing platforms to go public.
Here are the tech startups that have taken steps toward going public, and those that are rumored to make their first moves in 2019:
Beyond Meat
Company role: Animal-free meat products
Headquarters location: El Segundo, California
Total funding raised: $192.8 million
Reported revenue: $56.4 million in first nine months of 2018 ( MarketWatch )
Lyft
Company role: Ride-hailing app
Headquarters location: San Francisco, California
Total funding raised: $4.91 billion
IPO status: Lyft confidentially filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission in December. Multiple news outlets have reported Lyft is readying to make its filing public as soon as the end of February, with a roadshow beginning the week of March 18.
PagerDuty
Company role: IT incident management platform
Headquarters location: San Francisco, California
Total funding raised: $173.7 million
Reported revenue: $100 million in "annual recurring revenue" as of September 2018 ( Forbes )
Pinterest
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Company role: Social content-sharing platform
Headquarters location: San Francisco, California
Total funding raised: $1.47 billion
Reported revenue: On track to hit nearly $1 billion in ad revenue anticipated in 2019 ( Cheddar )
IPO status: Pinterest reportedly confidentially filed go to public in February, and has its eye on a June IPO.
Postmates
Company role: On-demand food delivery app
Headquarters location: San Francisco, California
Total funding raised: $680 million
Reported revenue: $250 million in 2017 ( Recode )
Slack
Company role: Workplace messaging and communication platform
Headquarters location: San Francisco, California
Total funding raised: $1.22 billion
Reported revenue: $221 million in 2017 fiscal year ( CNBC )
Uber
Company role: Ride-hailing service
Headquarters location: San Francisco, California
Total funding raised: $19.94 billion
Reported revenue: $11.4 billion in net revenue in 2018 ( Bloomberg )
IPO status: Uber reportedly confidentially filed to go public in December. But in an interview with the Wall Street Journal in January, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the company is in no rush to go public, and will "do it when we're ready."
Zoom
Company role: Video conferencing software
Headquarters location: San Jose, California
Total funding raised: $160.8 million
Reported revenue: Does not report financials, but reported 150% growth in revenue for 2017 ( Zoom press release )
IPO status: Zoom is aiming to file to go public by the end of March, and could go public as soon as April, Business Insider first reported. Zoom filed confidentially with the SEC during the government shutdown in early 2019, which delayed its listing process.
While the above companies have all taken steps toward filing to go public, there are other tech startups that are anticipated to soon follow. Here are some of the startups rumored to go public in 2019:
Airbnb
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Company role: Short-term property rental marketplace
Bumble
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Company role: Dating app and networking app known for its feature where women make the first move to message matches.
CloudFlare
Company role: Content delivery network services provider
CrowdStrike
Company role: Cloud-based cybersecurity platform
Grail
Company role: Cancer detection testing
Medallia
YouTube/CallidusCloudVideos
Company role: Enterprise customer experience software
Palantir
Company role: Data analytics platform
Peloton
Company role: At-home fitness equipment and programming
Robinhood
Company role: Stock investment platform
The We Company (WeWork)
Company role: Co-working space provider
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