JP Investment Holdings Limited: Top 5 IPOs To Watch In 2022

HONG KONG - Jan. 18, 2022 - PRLog -- Stripe

One of most anticipated upcoming IPOs in 2022 is Stripe, the Irish-American fintech company. Despite recent reports that Stripe was discussing a 2022 IPO with financiers, this public debut is a bit aspirational at the moment: Co-founder John Collison told CNBC in November that the company was perfectly happy staying private. The firm makes payments software for e-commerce and processes payments for a number of massive players, including trillion-dollar Big Tech behemoths Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Alphabet Inc.'s (GOOG, GOOGL) Google.

Potential 2022 IPO valuation: More than $100 billion.

Reddit

Reddit is virtually guaranteed to be one of the most anticipated upcoming IPOs to watch in 2022, as the social media platform uses the cachet it earned from 2021's meme stock frenzy to get a taste of Wall Street itself. The company's valuation has been "mooning" in recent years, advancing from $3 billion in 2020 to an August 2021 funding round that pegged the company's worth at $10 billion. Reddit filed confidentially to go public in December 2021, meaning that, barring unforeseen circumstances, the wildly popular message board site will go public in 2022.

Potential 2022 IPO valuation: More than $15 billion

Instacart

Just because Instacart was one of the most anticipated public debuts of 2021 doesn't prevent it from repeating as one of the hottest IPOs to watch for in 2022. The grocery delivery giant, which enjoys backing from a who's-who of Silicon Valley, as well as expanding its digital advertising services, a large growth opportunity given the primed-to-buy shoppers flocking to its site. Revenue reportedly more than tripled in 2020, to $1.5 billion.

Potential 2022 IPO valuation: $39 billion.

Discord

Chat app Discord is considered a contender to tap the public markets in the coming year. The company has certainly captured mainstream attention: A favorite of gamers and cryptocurrency projects, the young-skewing app reportedly doubled its users in 2020 as the pandemic forced people to connect online. It boasts 150 million monthly active users, and revenue nearly tripled in 2020, jumping to $130 million from $45 million the prior year. By September, the company raised $500 million at a $15 billion valuation.

Potential 2022 IPO valuation: More than $15 billion.

Chime

The financial technology, or fintech, space has grown rapidly in recent years, with companies like Block Inc. (SQ) and PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL) among those at the forefront. In October 2020, the company earned a $15 billion private valuation, only to garner a $25 billion valuation in August 2021. The company is reportedly targeting a valuation between $35 billion and $45 billion in an IPO that could come as soon as the first quarter of 2022.

Potential 2022 IPO valuation: $35 billion to $45 billion.