initial public offering

noun

: the first sale of a company's stock to the public

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The company has also detailed its liquidity and capital resources, noting the funds held in the trust account and the use of proceeds from its initial public offering. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2025 The company, which has filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering, plans to add nearly 100 engineers who specialize in the latest AI technologies to keep pace with rapid advances, Huang said. Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025 An initial public offering was canceled in the wake of 9/11 and the dot.com bubble burst- ing, and the company’s idea of concentrating more on growing its subscriber base than achieving profitability carried risks. Brent Lang, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025 The company completed its initial public offering on July 28, 2023, raising gross proceeds of $230 million by issuing 23 million units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for initial public offering

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