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Initial Public Offering

The issuance by a privately-held company of stock to public investors for the first time, i.e. in the primary market....

Book Building

The process of marketing shares to, and gathering orders from, institutional investors in an equity market initial public offering (IPO)....

Blind Pool

An initial public offering (IPO) in which the issuing company doesn't disclose how it will use the offering proceeds. That...

Broken Initial Public Offering

An initial public offering (IPO) in which the security falls in price (i.e., sells below the IPO price) on the...

IPO

It stands for initial public offering, which refers to the issuance by a privately-held company of stock to public investors...

Offering Price

The price at which the underwriter of an initial public offering (IPO) offers to sell the new issue to the...

Dog-and-Bony Show

The final stage that consummates an initial public offering, specifically when an underwriting syndicate has been assured by solid commitments...

Comparable Multiple

A study of similar publicly traded companies that is conducted by an investment bank for the purpose of specifying the...

Second Round

The intermediate stage of venture capital financing that follows the seed funding and first round stages and precedes the mezzanine...

Sticky Deal

An initial public offering (IPO) issue/ deal that the underwriter cannot sell easily. IPO deals become sticky when the issuer...