2018 initial public offerings

Xiaomi (; ) is a Chinese multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Beijing, China. It is best known for its consumer electronics, software, and electric vehicles. It is the third-largest smartphone vendor in the world as of 2025, behind Apple and Samsung, most of which run on the Xiaomi HyperOS (former MIUI) operating system. It has 754.1 million global monthly active users, as of December 2025. The company is ranked 338th and is the youngest company on the Fortune Global 500. It has been called the "Apple of China".

British luxury sports car manufacturer

Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Dropbox was founded in 2007 by MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi as a startup company, with initial funding from seed accelerator Y Combinator.

Moderna, Inc. ( ) is an American pharmaceutical and biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that focuses on RNA therapeutics, primarily mRNA vaccines. These vaccines use a copy of a molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA) to carry instructions for proteins to produce an immune response. The company's name is derived from the terms "modified", "RNA", and "modern".

Japanese company

Avaya LLC(), formerly Avaya Inc., is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, that provides cloud communications and workstream collaboration services. The company's platform includes unified communications and contact center services. In 2019, the company provided services to 220,000 customer locations in 190 countries.

developer of the Opera browser

Bilibili (stylized in all lowercase), nicknamed B Site (), is a Chinese online video sharing website based in Shanghai where users can submit, view, and add overlaid commentary on videos.

The Codemasters Software Company Limited (trade name: Codemasters) is a British video game developer and former publisher based in Southam. It is a subsidiary of American corporation Electronic Arts and managed under the EA Sports division. Founded by brothers Richard and David Darling in October 1986, Codemasters is one of the oldest British game studios, and in 2005 was named the best independent video game developer by magazine Develop. It formerly also published third-party games.

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Chinese car company

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, (CATL) is a Chinese battery manufacturer and technology company founded in 2011 that specializes in the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems, as well as battery management systems (BMS). CATL is the biggest EV and energy storage battery manufacturer in the world, with a global market share of around 37% and 36.8% respectively in 2022 and 2023. It is headquartered in Ningde, Fujian province, where it maintains its flagship manufacturing hub.

Elasticsearch is a source-available search engine developed by Elastic. It is based on Apache Lucene and provides a distributed, multitenant-capable full-text search engine with an HTTP web interface and schema-free JSON documents. Official clients are available in Java, C#, PHP, Python, Ruby, and other languages. According to the DB-Engines ranking, Elasticsearch is the most popular enterprise search engine.

Pinduoduo () is a Chinese online retailer, with a focus on the traditional agriculture industry. The business is the largest product of PDD Holdings, a company currently headquartered in Ireland that also owns the online marketplace Temu.

Team 17 Digital Limited (Team17) is a British video game developer and publisher based in Wakefield, England. The venture was created in December 1990 through the merger of British publisher 17-Bit Software and Swedish developer Team 7. At the time, the two companies consisted of and were led by Michael Robinson, Martyn Brown and Debbie Bestwick, and Andreas Tadic, Rico Holmes and Peter Tuleby, respectively. Bestwick later became Team17's chief executive officer until 1 January 2024. After their first game, Full Contact (1991) for the Amiga, the studio followed up with multiple number-one rele

business

American company

Upwork Inc. (formerly Elance-oDesk) is an American freelancing platform headquartered in Santa Clara and San Francisco, California. The company was formed in 2013 as Elance-oDesk after the merger of Elance Inc. and oDesk Corp. The merged company was subsequently rebranded as Upwork in 2015.

Meituan (; formerly Meituan–Dianping) is a Chinese technology company that operates a platform for local services including on‑demand food delivery, in‑store services and consumer reviews under the Dazhong Dianping brand, hotel and travel bookings, and instant retail. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The company launched an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in September 2018.

Sonos, Inc. is an American audio equipment manufacturer headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. The company was founded in 2002 by John MacFarlane, Craig Shelburne, Tom Cullen, and Trung Mai.

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German company

American multinational technology company

SurveyMonkey Inc. (formerly Momentive Global Inc. from 2021 to 2023) is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that provides online survey and forms tools. Originally founded in 1999 by Ryan and Chris Finley, the company’s platform allows individuals and organizations to collect data and gain insights through customizable surveys and forms. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, SurveyMonkey is used globally in business, education, healthcare, government, and non-profit sectors.

SolarWinds Corporation is an American company that develops software for businesses to help manage their networks, systems, and information technology infrastructure. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with sales and product development offices in a number of locations in the United States and several other countries.

Farfetch is a British e-commerce company focused on luxury clothing and beauty products. It operates as a digital marketplace that sells products from several hundred brands, boutiques and department stores from around the world. In January 2024, the company was acquired by Coupang.

Chinese music distribution company

Chinese electric scooter company

Docusign, Inc. is an American software company headquartered in San Francisco, California that provides products for organizations to manage electronic agreements with electronic signatures on different devices. , Docusign has about 1.7 million clients in 180 countries. Signatures processed by Docusign are compliant with the US ESIGN Act and the European Union's eIDAS regulation, including EU Advanced and EU Qualified Signatures.

Zscaler, Inc. () is an American cloud security company based in San Jose, California. The company offers cloud-based services to protect enterprise networks and data.

real estate investment trust specializing in casino properties

American security systems firm

Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., simply known as Mindray (), is a Chinese multinational health technology company based in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Mindray designs and produces medical equipment and accessories for both human and veterinary use. The company is organized into three key business lines: Patient Monitoring & Life Support, In-Vitro Diagnostic Products, and Medical Imaging Systems. In 2008, Mindray was recognized as China's largest medical device manufacturer.

Eventbrite is an American live events marketplace and website. The service allows users to browse, create, and promote local events. It is free to publish unlimited events of any size on Eventbrite.

American membership-only warehouse club chain

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated is an American pharmaceutical company which produces medicines and vaccinations for pets and livestock. Until 2019, the company was a subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, before being divested. It is the third-largest animal health company in the world.

state-owned enterprise that provides comprehensive communications infrastructure services to three state-owned telecommunications operators in China

Bloom Energy is the company that develops, builds, and installs Bloom Energy Servers.

state-owned Islamic bank in Indonesia

American home automation company

Chinese lithium company

Energean plc is an international hydrocarbon exploration and production company, with a focus on natural gas. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange as well as the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

commercial aviation holding company

U.S. financial services company

Tilray Brands, Inc. is an American pharmaceutical, cannabis-lifestyle and consumer packaged goods company, incorporated in the United States, headquartered in New York City. Tilray also has operations in Canada, Australia, New Zealand,Latin America, with growing facilities in Germany, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

software company