Benefits of Taking Your Company Public
Assuming an entrepreneur began a business with a few close friends as shareholders, they all bear the profits and losses. As the company comes of age and exhibits a significant growth potential, any business owner desires the business to become even more prominent. To...
The Biggest IPOs in History
In 2012, tech company Facebook held an initial public offering and ended up with $16 billion in sold shares. It was the largest tech IPO and third largest overall in United States history- and it's nothing compared to the global history of IPOs. In this blog, we'll...
Explaining the Different Types of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings)
When a company decides to go public, and before offering their shares on the stock market, the company can sell shares through an initial public offering, commonly abbreviated as an IPO. They do this to raise financing for their company, and it is often a big step in...
How Has the Pandemic Impacted IPOs (Inital Public Offerings)
While COVID-19 has hurt the global economy, there is a silver lining. Many tech companies have gotten a boost to their IPOs, raising 150 billion dollars in 2020. But companies like Roblox and Affirm delayed their IPOs planned for December 2020 not because the market...
The Hottest IPOs Right Now
When a private company lists shares of stock on the stock exchange, it means that they have gone public by way of an IPO (initial public offering). In simple terms, when a company takes the IPO path it gives them a way to not only raise more cash, but it is also a way...
Differences Between Public and Private Equity
Equity typically means the ownership of shares of company shares. Shares can come with attached liabilities or debts. Equity represents an investor’s money in the company, and it’s refundable in case shares are liquidated. There are generally two types of equity:...
The Different Types of IPOs
The financial world is notorious for being full of complex terms. Initial public offerings (IPO) are straightforward in that there are only two types: fixed price and book building. There’s only one big difference between the two: how the cost is determined. ...
How to Compare IPOS To Other Investment Vehicles
An initial public offering (IPO) is where private corporations make their shares available to the public in a new stock issuance. These shares can either be newly issued or previously held by early investors and the founders. If you want to invest in IPO, you need to...
What We Can Learn from Failed IPOs: The Example of WeWork
The recent WeWork IPO fiasco wasn’t the only failed initial public offering in recent memory.
Top Global IPOs in History
When a company offers the sale of stock to the public for the first time, it’s called an IPO – an Initial Public Offering.