E-commerce firm Wish filed to go public on Friday, the fifth high-profile tech firm to do so in the past week, and confirmation that the last few weeks of the year will be a busy time for IPOs.
What’s notable is that four of the five companies—Wish, DoorDash, Roblox and Affirm—have enjoyed a burst of faster growth thanks to the pandemic. The fifth, Airbnb, had the opposite experience, as has been widely chronicled, although it’s a big enough name that its offering is sure to be highly sought after anyway.
