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CUJO-31 t1_izeuhgp wrote

Reply to comment by sparklybeast in [OC] Largest IPOs in history by giteam

Initial public offering, when a company goes from private to public by issuing stocks.

You create a company which you own a 100% of, but you need to raise more money. You have three primary options.

1- get a loan 2- sell a company to a private investor for a portion of your company. 3- chop up your ownership into tiny bits and sell a portion of it to the public via a stock exchange, anyone can buy and sell it. The first time it hits the market is called IPO.

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inhocfaf t1_izh4hqs wrote

>You create a company which you own a 100% of, but you need to raise more money.

Highly unlikely. Probably do many rounds of unregistered exempt offerings well before an IPO.

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