--- title: "Yahoo Finance: EquityZen’s Brianne Lynch joins Market Catalysts to discuss 2026 IPO Playbook" description: Despite a late 2025 slowdown, the US IPO market is poised for a powerful reacceleration in 2026. EquityZen's Brianne Lynch explains to Julie Hyman how the government shutdown is bottling up strong candidates, suggesting a massive wave of public offerings next year. image: https://blog.equityzen.com/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-12-10%20at%201.52.14%20PM.png --- [![EquityZen](https://blog.equityzen.com/hubfs/equityzen-logo.svg "EquityZen")](https://equityzen.com/) - [Investments](https://equityzen.com/explore/) - [Explore](https://equityzen.com/explore-private-market/) - How it Works - [Investors](https://equityzen.com/investor/) - [Shareholders](https://equityzen.com/shareholder/) - [Institutions](https://equityzen.com/institutions/) - [Issuers](https://equityzen.com/issuers/) - [Financial Advisors](https://equityzen.com/financial-advisors/) - [Insights](https://blog.equityzen.com/) - [Login](https://equityzen.com/accounts/login/) - [Sign Up](https://equityzen.com/accounts/register/) [Back to insights](https://blog.equityzen.com) [Market Views](https://blog.equityzen.com/tag/market-views) [In the News](https://blog.equityzen.com/tag/in-the-news) # Yahoo Finance: EquityZen’s Brianne Lynch joins Market Catalysts to discuss 2026 IPO Playbook ![EquityZen](https://blog.equityzen.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image%20(5).png?width=96&height=96&name=image%20(5).png) Written by EquityZen • December 11, 2025 • 1 min read ![EquityZen’s Brianne Lynch joins Market Catalysts](https://blog.equityzen.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-12-10%20at%201.52.14%20PM.png?width=1318&height=736&name=Screenshot%202025-12-10%20at%201.52.14%20PM.png) In this article Like this article? The US IPO market experienced a noticeable slowdown in the fourth quarter, primarily hampered by the federal government shutdown. However, this pause hasn't signaled a retreat…it has set the stage for a reacceleration in 2026. Brianne Lynch, Head of Market Insight at EquityZen, discusses with Market Catalysts host Julie Hyman the current environment and the highly anticipated outlook for the IPO market next year. The temporary friction caused by the government shutdown has effectively bottled up a strong class of IPO candidates, suggesting that the pressure built in late 2025 will translate into a powerful wave of public offerings next year.  Catch the full interview [on Yahoo Finance.](https://finance.yahoo.com/video/ipo-market-could-see-robust-193000407.html)  Learn more about the anticipated 2026 IPO class with EquityZen's [IPO Outlook](https://blog.equityzen.com/equityzens-2026-ipo-outlook).  ###### Disclosure Information provided is not warranted as complete or accurate and may change without notice. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results. Potential investors should not rely on these statements when making investment decisions. 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