Trade desk files $86m IPO as it eyes going public

California-based ad tech outfit The Trade Desk has outlined plans to go public on the NASDAQ, which if followed through would make it the first ad tech initial public offering (IPO) since 2015. 
An S-1 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission was completed on Monday evening (22 August), and outlined the company's plans to raise $86.3m in the IPO. 
The document has for the first time revealed the firm's earnings, noting that the demand-side platform (DSP) reported a revenue