Sept 17 – Strava, the popular fitness tracking platform, is looking to hire investment banks for its U.S. initial public offering, people familiar with the matter said.
The San Francisco-based company, valued at $2.2 billion in a funding round completed in May, has invited banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley to pitch for roles on the IPO, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is confidential.
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That financing round was led by Sequoia Capital, Square Ventures, TCV and Go4it Capital Partners, according to PitchBook.
Strava did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Morgan Stanley declined to comment.
The listing could happen as soon as early 2026, depending on market conditions, the sources said. Strava has yet to finalize how much it plans to raise and the valuation it will seek for the IPO, the sources added.
The company, whose founders Michael Horvath and Mark Gainey met as members of Harvard University’s crew team, hired a chief financial officer last month, a move often seen as a step toward an IPO.
U.S. IPO market activity increased last week, with six deals raising more than $4 billion in the busiest period since 2021.
Reporting by Echo Wang in Palo Alto, California, Milana Vinn in New York; Editing by Dawn Kopecki and Richard Chang
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Echo Wang is a correspondent at Reuters covering U.S. equity capital markets, and the intersection of Chinese business in the U.S, breaking news from U.S. crackdown on TikTok and Grindr, to restrictions Chinese companies face in listing in New York. She was the Reuters’ Reporter of the Year in 2020.
Milana Vinn reports on technology, media, and telecom (TMT) mergers and acquisitions. Her content usually appears in the markets and deals sections of the website. Milana previously worked at GLG and PE Hub, where she spent several years covering TMT deals in private equity. She graduated from CUNY Graduate School of Journalism with Masters in Business Journalism.
