A development stage company that states in its prospectus the industry in which capital will be invested, such as commercial...

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

A large amount of money that is usually stipulated in a takeover agreement to be paid by a company to...

A public shell company that has been formed either through issuance of shares following a bankruptcy (these shares are publicly...

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

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

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

A secondary underwriter that is involved, along with other underwriters, in an initial public offering (IPO). An issuer may hire...

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

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