Social media platform Reddit has announced that it has started the process to sell its shares on the stock market.
In a confidential filing, it did not reveal how many shares it planned to sell or the price of the shares.
In August, the company said it had raised $700-million in new funding, valuing it at more than %10-billion.
Reddit was at the centre of the so-called “meme stock” phenomenon earlier this year.
“The initial public offering is expected to occur after the SEC completes its review process, subject to market and other conditions,” said Reddit in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Earlier this year, investors flocked to the San Francisco-based firm’s messaging board for tips on trading stocks like US video game retailer GameStop and the AMC cinema chain – known as “meme stocks”, those that gain popularity through sites like Reddit.
Stocks that often became popular were ones that had been heavily bet against by professional investors, such as hedge funds.
As a result some of these shares saw their prices rise and fall sharply in hugely volatile trade.
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