IPO
- noun
- /ˌaɪ piː ˈoʊ/
- After months of preparation, the tech startup finally completed its IPO and went public.
- initial public IPO
- public IPO
- IPO offering
Now a single VC backed IPO was profitable when it went public.
- Now a single VC backed IPO was profitable when it went public.
- That makes it the biggest US IPO in over a year.
- There are grey areas like SPAC's that work around IPO disclosure requirements.
- Mark was saying things boldly pre IPO like Netscape plus Java kills Windows, right?
- Reports have also been suggesting that SoftBank may pursue an IPO for ARM instead.
- And I think that, you know, you think of the the IPO of Beyond being so successful this year.
- As an example of a big pop, Airbnb went public with a traditional IPO last month.
- Most people look at they can start a business, do an IPO, make some money.
- They don't raise money for companies the way an IPO or bond offering does.
- Clearly, look, they're trying to position towards an IPO.
- Did the culture or the feeling of the business and your role within it change after the IPO?
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So when the company changes from private to public, it goes through this IPO process.
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We have our IPO at the end of the month, and I need results now.
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The biggest IPO in this firm's history.
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If it's the first time you've been issued shares, it's called an IPO or initial public offering.
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Earlier this year, the company was eying an IPO to raise money for city expansion.
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Mark Cuban says the Facebook IPO was handled exactly as it should have been by the company.
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The company is rumored to be ramping towards an IPO, likely in 2011.
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The company is planning to launch its IPO next month, allowing investors to buy shares for the first time.
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Many analysts expect the new IPO to generate significant interest among investors in the market.
Synonyms
The first time a company sells shares to the public on the stock market
A company's first sale of shares to the public on a stock market
Raising money for a company by selling shares to the public
Selling a company's shares or bonds to the public for the first time
Surface Forms
Etymology
IPO is a short form of initial public offering, where initial means 'first', public means 'the people', and offering means 'to sell'. So an IPO is a company's 'first' time selling its shares to the 'public', which is why it marks when a private company starts to be owned by the public.