the final months of 2021 could tip the initial public offering market into record territory though new listings slowed over the summer excitement is building for an endofyear rush that could see warby parker brooks brothers parent authentic brands and allbirds hit the public markets renaissance capitals kathleen smith told cnbc on wednesday the numbers are already astonishing the firms cofounder principal and chairman said on cnbcs etf edge renaissance capital runs the ipo etf ipo which had a record year in 2020 and is up just over 8 year to date so far in 2021 279 ipos have raised 96 billion in capital we expect to end the year with another 100 ipos  which will be a record compared to anything weve seen since the internet bubble in 2000 and were thinking itll be about another 30 billion raised smith said that would make for the highest capital raise in history at 126 billion and yet another sizzling year for the ipo market some 3 billion in issuance is on the line this coming week several of the companies planning to go public are stripe impossible foods rivian sweetgreen instacart chobani flipkart toast reddit freshworks republic airways and tpg are among those rumored but not confirmed to be preparing for 2021 debuts i would say were seeing a rush smith said i think its good to see breadth of that sort in the ipo market as long as the broader market doesnt turn sour smith sees smooth sailing ahead for many of these names the ipo mechanism has been working just fine she said i dont see why it wouldnt and unless we get to some really big corrections i think the pricing mechanism will give us deals that have values that make sense to investors the ipo etf has climbed nearly 115 in the last three months versus a 6 gain for the sp 500 though it is trailing the major index year to date its outperforming on a oneyear basis up 475 versus the sps 345 gain