Initial Public Offering (IPO) | Vibepedia

An initial public offering (IPO) is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail investors, transforming a privately held company into a public company. This process allows companies to raise new equity capital, monetize investments, and enable easy trading of existing holdings. Companies like [[uber|Uber]] and [[airbnb|Airbnb]] have utilized IPOs to go public, while investment banks such as [[goldman-sachs|Goldman Sachs]] and [[morgan-stanley|Morgan Stanley]] often underwrite these offerings.