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Discord, the communications platform widely used by players, and Klarna, the payment business, are in conversations with investment banks about possible OPI movements in 2025, a double success that could start a succession of companies that choose to make public.
An initial public offer (IPO) is when private companies move to quote on the stock exchanges, allowing other individual funds, companies or investors to buy their shares, collecting money for a greater investment in the company's growth and for existing shareholders, often founders, employees or early sponsors, to sell and claim profits.
Both in the United Kingdom and in the US, the OPI market has been relatively disappointing in recent times, although analysts had predicted a rebound in 2025. For the London Stock Exchange, the largest list has recently been that of Canal+, the French media group debuted with a market value of around £ 2.5 billion in December 2024.
Both FOOT and the New York Times Now report that Discord could be the next great company for OPI in the United States, four years after their initial plans to do so, after a series of companies that choose to delay or eliminate their own plans to list due to the uncertainty of the market, politics or economic.
Discord was subject to an acquisition discussion of $ 12 billion (£ 9.3 billion) with Microsoft in 2021, and was valued at $ 15 billion (£ 11.6 billion) that same year after a fundraising round.
Meanwhile, Klarna points to an assessment of $ 15 billion (£ 11.6 billion) on a New York list and could present next week, Bloomberg reports, with the aim of an assessment established in April.
The FT reported that a Discord spokesman said: “We understand that there is much interest in future discord plans, but we do not comment on rumors or speculation. Our approach remains to offer the best possible experience for our users and build a strong and sustainable business.”
There are about 200 million monthly discord users, NYT reports, of which 93 percent use the application while playing.
Klarna has around 85 million customers worldwide and is known for his option to allow users to buy now, pay later. Bloomberg points out that the company's valuation has been volatile, ranging from more than $ 45 billion in 2021 to less than $ 7 billion a year later.
Last month, the NYT Informed comments from the founder of Equityzen, which helps private companies and their employees sell their shares, saying that “[IPO] Calendar has just been completely reserved to be open in a period of three weeks “, with the Turo Automobile rental company, the artificial intelligence chips company and the financial services platform of the financial services platform, all, according to reports, now reconside the public lists after being prepared to do so before.
Phil Haslett of Equityzen also suggested that “it would take some brave companies to leave” to re -cause the action of the opi, asking questions about who could follow discord when taking the step.
In the United Kingdom, the biggest opi story of the year is likely to be Shein. The fast -based Fast Fashion Organization is still working through regulatory challenges and has already suffered a series of Hits in 2025, since being beaten by parliamentarians at an audience of the Commercial and Commercial Committee, until they are pressured by investors to reduce their planned assessment. A float of £ 23 billion would be seen as an impulse for the London Stock Exchange, even if the regulatory and ethical questions remain for both parties.
But there are also many other companies, some of which may not be family names but have valuable business nationwide.
It is likely that the Ebury payments firm, majority of Santander, sets an opi in London in summer this year, with a reported assessment of around £ 2.5 billion. The British Bank Shawbrook is also interested in floating around the level of £ 2 billion, pending market conditions.
And the giant waterstones of the bookstore are also considering an opi this year, although they are not yet decided in London or New York as their main list, if they are even made public.
The battle for the lists between the LSE and Nyse has already seen several matches of America chasing higher valuations, with the mining company of £ 40 billion, Glencore, the last thing to say that they will.
And a more potential opi by the end of this year, without a doubt, will cause great consequences, financially and politically, if it goes in the same way: Monzo.
There is no established date for the Digital Bank to become public, but it has been a great success in the British Fintech scene and many expect it to remain located in London for that reason, both as to be an impulse for the LSE. However, a possible agreement of £ 4 to 5 billion could go in any direction, since the Board and the CEO are divided on what exchange would best adapt to their needs.
