The Motley Fool

APRIL 20, 2024

The term " unicorn " is used to describe a private company that has a valuation of at least $1 billion. The majority of investors don't have a chance to participate until a unicorn pursues an initial public offering ( IPO ). In fact, shares didn't hit the New York Stock Exchange until earlier this year.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

Let's dig into the current status of Snowflake and analyze why this once high-flying stock could continue spiraling downward. 2020, Snowflake brought the heat following its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO). A fall from grace In Sept. In fact, Snowflake was the biggest software IPO of all time.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 24, 2024

In 2012, Meta Platforms (then known as Facebook) made a big splash with its initial public offering. Twitter followed in 2013 but was later taken private by Elon Musk and rebranded as X. Snapchat and Pinterest went public in 2017 and 2019, respectively. It has 267 million average weekly users.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2025

After a long pause, it looks as though the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) may be heating up again. Even amid tariff uncertainty clouding the near-term picture, several private companies are now on track to go public.

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