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Shanghai, China-based Jowell was founded to develop a membership-based online platform to sell products directly to consumers as well as facilitate third parties to operate their own online stores.

Beijing, China-based 17 Education was founded to develop an innovative hybrid offline-online model for tutoring K-12 students in China.

Redwood City, California-based Seer was founded to develop instruments to analyze proteins for basic research and discovery.

San Diego, California-based Kinnate was founded to create its Kinnate Discovery Engine and focus its efforts on three patient populations with certain cancer characteristics.

Seattle, Washington-based Silverback was founded to create what it calls its ImmunoTAC platform to develop 'systematically delivered, tissue targeted therapeutics' by pairing 'proprietary linker-payloads that modulate key disease-modifying pathways with monoclonal antibodies directed to specific disease sites.'

San Francisco, California-based DoorDash was founded to enable local retailers to provide delivery capabilities via the firm's mobile app and logistics platform.

There are five operating company IPOs scheduled for the week ending December 4, 2020. Five companies will see their 180-day shareholder sale lockup periods expire. There are no 25-day underwriter research quiet periods ending during the coming week.

Sunnyvale, California-based Ondas Networks was founded in 2006 to provide wireless data radio technologies for IoT applications in the electric utilities, oil & gas, water, rail, transportation as well as government industries.

Redwood City, California-based PubMatic was founded to enable real-time programmatic advertising transactions via its specialized purpose-built advertising database and delivery infrastructure.

Redwood City, California-based C3 was founded to develop a suite of machine learning software capabilities to help businesses make better decisions and optimize their operations and strategic activities.

San Francisco, California-based Airbnb was founded to develop a two-sided marketplace between property hosts and consumer guests to provide lodging and related services on a temporary basis worldwide.

Princeton, New Jersey-based Certara was founded to develop biosimulation software to assist biopharmaceutical companies in conducting virtual trials to predict how drugs might behave in patients.

Petaluma, California-based Hydrofarm was founded to design, manufacture, and distribute controlled environment agriculture products, also known as vertical farming, primarily in the United States and Canada.

San Mateo, California-based Upstart was founded to utilize machine learning techniques to maximize the matching of lenders with consumers seeking personal loans.

San Francisco, California-based Affirm was founded to improve the transparency of payment card transactions while adding value to merchants using a digital and mobile-first approach.

San Mateo, California-based Roblox was founded in 2004 to create a place for consumers to create, play and interact with others in an online 3D environment.

Nicosia, Cyprus-based Ozon was founded to develop an online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of merchandise in Russia.

Five IPOs are scheduled for the week ending October 16, 2020. 25-day underwriter research quiet periods end for 15 companies. There are no scheduled 180-day shareholder sale lockup period expirations.