Reddit mascot Snoo rings the New York Stock Exchange opening bell, prior to the company's IPO, Thursday, March. 21, 2024. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption
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After a long lull since 2021, companies from Birkenstock to Instacart are pursuing IPOs. First up is Arm Holdings, a designer of chips, which is making its market debut on Thursday. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Birkenstock sandals are on display in the window of a store in Berlin. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
Lynn Martin started as the new CEO of the New York Stock Exchange in January. Kholood Eid for NPR hide caption
In this image from video provided by the House Financial Services Committee, Vlad Tenev, chief executive officer of Robinhood, testifies during a virtual hearing on GameStop in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 18. Robinhood is facing a range of lawsuits and potential regulary action as it gears up to make its Wall Street debut. Provided by House Financial Services Committee/AP hide caption
The Robinhood IPO Is Here. But There Are Doubts About Its Future
A general view inside the Dr. Martens central London store in 2010. The company sells more than 11 million pairs a year in more than 60 countries. Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images hide caption
The SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company, has become the hottest trend on Wall Street this year. It allows a company to go public without all the paperwork of a traditional initial public offering. Above, the Charging Bull statue in New York City's Financial District. Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
The Spectacular Rise Of SPACs: The Backwards IPO That's Taking Over Wall Street
People visit a showroom of the mobile payment powerhouse, Ant Financial, in China in 2018. Ant Financial, a spinoff from the Alibaba Group, was set to raise $37 billion in an IPO that regulators abruptly halted. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In the run-up to Airbnb's imminent IPO filing, it has implemented a series of policies to help repair the company's reputation within communities that oppose the constant turnover of strangers in their neighborhoods. Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images hide caption
Casper changed mattress shopping with the promise of a 100-night "risk-free" trial and easy returns. Now the cost of those returns is being scrutinized as the online company prepares to go public. Yana Paskova/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
The Cost Of Free: Casper Pays A Price For Generous Mattress Returns
Uber, which has never turned a profit, raised $8.1 billion in this week's IPO. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
Levi Strauss & Co. said on Wednesday that it has filed paperwork for an initial public offering. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Spotify officials plan to make the company's IPO available only to institutional investors. iStockphoto hide caption
Spotify's Unusual IPO Model Will Test The Company's Strength
Square CEO Jack Dorsey outside the New York Stock Exchange before his company went public on Thursday. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Do Underwhelming Square, Match IPOs Mean Bubble Trouble?
Fitbit stock begins trading publicly Thursday. The Fitbit Force is shown at the 2014 International CES, the consumer technology trade show, in Las Vegas. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
As Fitbit Goes Public, It Will Have To Outrun Competition
A sign at Etsy's Brooklyn office in 2007 encapsulated the company's ambitious goal: Take down big-box retailers by selling handmade goods. Now Etsy, which in 2012 began allowing some mass-produced goods on its e-commerce site, is filing for an IPO, and trying to maintain its values as it expands. Amit Gupta/Flickr hide caption
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Yahoo will gain nearly $8 billion from the Alibaba IPO because of its $1 billion investment in Alibaba 2005. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption
With Alibaba IPO, Yahoo Reaps A Big Reward From Risky Bet
Alibaba founder and CEO Jack Ma has much to laugh about. Shares in the company opened Friday at $92.70 on the New York Stock Exchange. The company is now valued at more than $200 billion — that's bigger that Amazon and Facebook. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
Twitter announced that it has set a price range for its initial public offering between $17 and $20 per share and hopes to sell 70 million shares. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption