Americans Want to Invest in IPOs in 2024, According to New Investor Sentiment Survey

Linqto’s comprehensive 2024 IPO Sentiment Survey highlights key investors trends and market revival expectations

Linqto, the world’s first financial technology investment platform democratizing access to private markets for accredited investors, today unveiled its 2024 IPO Sentiment Survey. The survey presents a nuanced landscape of the 2024 IPO market offering fresh insights into investor behavior, market recovery expectations, and sector-specific trends.

A slim majority of respondents (52.19%) anticipate a significant recovery in the IPO market in 2024. Linqto’s analysis suggests this cautious optimism is supported by a strategic shift in investment patterns, favoring sectors such as Technology and AI, which 78.97% of respondents identified as leading the IPO charge.

“The IPO market in 2023 struggled significantly, and many investors turned to other opportunities, such as private and alternative market investing,” said Joe Endoso, President, Linqto. “The results of this survey indicate that investors are bullish on the IPO market heading into 2024, and there is notable enthusiasm in a number of sectors, including emerging technology such as AI and fintech, as well as retail and fashion. Even as market pressures, Federal Reserve policies and more continue to influence the market, IPOs are poised for a stronger performance moving forward.”

Endoso added: “In today’s rapidly evolving market, investor education is paramount. Linqto is committed to empowering our community with comprehensive educational resources, ensuring our investors are well-informed and confident in their decisions.”

Additional key findings include:

• About ¾ of respondents (74.17%) are interested in investing in IPOs.
• Respondents mostly get news about IPOs from investment platforms (35.75%) and social media (29.09%).
  • Over ⅓ of those aged 25-34 (36.25%) and nearly ⅓ of those aged 35-44 (30.14%) use social media platforms as their primary source for investment and IPO news.
• Majority of respondents (55.45%) said Tech and Emerging Technologies dominate their investment portfolio.
• About ¾ of respondents (70.68%) believe Inflation and Interest Rates are the primary risks to the 2024 IPO market.
• About ⅓ of those aged 25-34 (30.83%) and 35-44 (34.36%) see Technology and AI as the most appealing IPO sector in 2024.
• More than ⅓ of respondents aged 25-34 (34.67%) and 35-44 (40.53%) categorize the impact of the Federal Reserve’s policies on the 2024 IPO market as Very Positive.

Linqto’s 2024 IPO Sentiment Survey fielded responses from 2,500 investors, with a broad range of ages, races and gender, and was conducted as a means to better understand where investors are most optimistic and pessimistic in terms of industries such as emerging technology, space and aerospace, retail and fashion, finance, energy, real estate and more.

Since its launch, Linqto has provided investors on the platform with access to leading unicorns and private companies, such as Ripple, Circle, Cerebras Systems, Epic Games, Acorns and more. This access enables accredited investors to engage early with these companies starting with a minimum investment of $2,500. The platform’s users have experiences multiple liquidity events, such as public offerings or acquisitions, involving notable companies like CoinBase, Robinhood, NerdWallet, and SoFi.

For full results, please visit https://www.linqto.com/blog/2024-linqto-ipo-survey/. For more information about Linqto, visit www.linqto.com.

ABOUT LINQTO

Linqto is a leading global financial technology investment platform allowing accredited investors to identify, evaluate, invest in, and make liquid investments in the world's leading unicorns and private companies. Accredited investors worldwide have trusted Linqto to make over US $320 million of investment transactions in nearly 50 innovative mid-to-late-stage private companies in a diverse range of sectors, including fintech, artificial intelligence, health tech, sustainable materials and digital assets. With a rapidly growing community of more than 543,000 users in 110 countries Linqto is a leader in democratizing access to private market investments. To learn more, please visit: www.linqto.com

IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE AND DISCLOSURES: The information contained herein is education in nature and does not constitute or solicitation or an offer to buy or sell any security or other financial instrument.

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