initial public offerings
First share sales
Initial public offerings is the plural of initial public offering, the process by which a private company first sells shares to the public on a stock exchange.
Often abbreviated IPO.
An IPO transforms a company from privately held to publicly traded, typically to raise capital for expansion: The tech startup's initial public offering raised two billion dollars.
Investors eagerly awaited the IPO.
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- tradingExchanging for value
- stockGoods kept for sale
- marketVenue for trade
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- stock marketstock, shares, stocks, trading, stock market
initial public offeringsprivate funding
Non-public financial backing
bank loans · bootstrapping · angel investment · angel investments · direct lending
initial public offeringsleveraged buyouts
Acquisitions funded by borrowing
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