The Motley Fool

APRIL 30, 2024

Private equity Have you ever read about a company that makes an interesting or compelling product only to learn that you can't invest because it's still private? Generally speaking, investing in private companies is off limits to most investors.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 28, 2023

It went public five years later in 2002 with a market valuation of $309 million. The company is now worth $215 billion on the back of its world-leading streaming platform. Investors who bought Netflix stock at its initial public offering (IPO) and held until now would be sitting on a gain of 45,332%.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Shares of Intuitive Machines (NASDAQ: LUNR) , a former space special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that has traded below its initial public offering (IPO) price for most of its public lifetime, shot to the moon this morning -- literally. Shares of the tiny space stock are up an astounding 60.6%

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 2, 2024

One would think that a two-year bull market with high valuations would lead to a wave of initial public offerings. Some companies have stayed on the sidelines, waiting for volatility to subside and more stable conditions to emerge. Many companies have been waiting for interest rates to fall.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 10, 2024

I'm going to share 10 stocks that have crushed the index since their initial public offering ( IPO ), and they have the potential to help you beat the market going forward, too. Meta Platforms: 826% return since IPO Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is the parent company of popular social networks Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

2020, Snowflake brought the heat following its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO). One of Snowflake's primary competitors is AI and machine learning start-up Databricks , a private company that boasts "Magnificent Seven" member Nvidia as one of its investors. A fall from grace In Sept.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

That seemed to mark the end of Dell as a public company. However, as a private company, it divested its weaker businesses and streamlined its core PC, server, and data-storage businesses. Dell then spun off its stake in VMware, which was acquired by Broadcom last year, and the rest of the company is now worth about $82.5

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2024

The past couple of years have been tough for companies looking to go public. 2021 was a blistering hot year for initial public offerings ( IPOs ). IPOs plummeted 41% as companies put IPO plans on hold and waited for more favorable conditions.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2023

has agreed to a deal to be taken private by its largest shareholder, just two years after the pharmacy network debuted on the stock exchange during the pandemic boom of initial public offerings. of common shares, has offered $20.50 per share for the proposed sale, which values the company at $916m.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 4, 2024

The data software company looks to have a bright future, but it's hard to deny that the opportunity for new investors to profit has diminished after such a run. However, another data software company lurks in Wall Street's shadows, waiting to shine. SNOW Revenue (Quarterly YoY Growth) data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Lineage Logistics reportedly plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) next year. That has a growing number of private companies contemplating completing an IPO. Lineage Logistics has reportedly hired advisors to explore the potential of going public in the first half of next year.

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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

JANUARY 15, 2024

And last I checked, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is still a private company. And might ULA end up getting sold via an initial public offering (IPO) ? 2023 has come and gone. 2024 is here. It also means we now have to ask a new question: Will Boeing and Lockheed sell ULA in 2024 instead?

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 29, 2023

The company has not yet entered the public stock market with an initial public offering (IPO), and co-founder Sam Altman says he has no plans of taking that route to Wall Street. However, the company has a long history of venture capital funding , raising more than $11 billion over seven years.

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Insight Partners

APRIL 1, 2025

The first decision you must make is your endpoint: an initial public offering (IPO), acquisition by a public company, acquisition by a private company, or a private equity takeover? Each requires you to make different decisions as your company grows. Choose your exit: IPO or acquisition?

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Global law firm Ropes & Gray has named 12 of its existing attorneys as the firm’s latest Partners, effective 1 November, including several whose practices cater for private equity and other private credit and private fund clients. She brings years of experience counseling clients on a wide array of deal strategies.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Fresh off an earnings season sprinkled with artificial intelligence (AI) players, some private unicorns are looking to take advantage of positive investor sentiment. Semiconductor company Arm Holdings and grocery delivery app Instacart both recently completed initial public offerings (IPOs). billion as of 2021.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Many companies went public via mergers with special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in 2020 and 2021.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Later that year, JAB tried to take Panera public via a different route -- a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called USHG Acquisition Corp. The unusual SPAC arrangement ultimately failed, keeping Panera in the hands of private company JAB.

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SuperAngel.Fund

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

. - Employees, investors, and other shareholders generally have the option, but not the obligation, to sell some or all of their vested equity in the tender offer. A buyer offers to purchase secondary. - “Secondary” refers to the process of buying shares in a private company directly from one of its shareholders. -

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Investors have begun allocating more to private equity strategies than private debt, according to iCapital, which has more than $200 billion in alternative assets on its marketplace for money managers. Earlier today CPP Investments issued a press release stating its net assets total $699.6 billion 10-year net return of 9.2%

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

At the time of our initial public offering in 2013, we were operating just eight markets across four states. In 2023, our geographic footprint continue to grow. We added a new market and a new state to our map with our first closings in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A private company, AirTrunk is well capitalised to fund its development of data centres across the APJ region. Macquarie is going to collect huge performance fees and it and PSP will make solid gains on their stake in the company (together they owned 88% but not sure about PSP's stake). This is a huge deal.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 21, 2023

For years, the company stuck within this student loan niche, putting up great returns through these highly reliable, government-backed credit instruments. The company went public through an initial public offering (IPO) in 2004 after years of steadily growing its student loan book.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 15, 2025

Many market strategists have predicted a revival in initial public offerings (IPO) after a sluggish market over the last few years. While it still could take some time for the IPO market to thaw and the floodgates open, especially after recent turbulence in the market, more private companies are starting to emerge.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 23, 2025

Unless you're an accredited investor , accessing opportunities in private companies is rare. That said, every now and again, a private company becomes large enough that investors consider the potential of an initial public offering (IPO).

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) is part of a new wave of companies breaking new boundaries in high-technology defense. Since its initial public offering (IPO) back in 2020, Palantir shares are up eightfold. The company also produces solid rocket motors for both offensive and defensive missiles. Well and good.

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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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Zajac Group

JANUARY 24, 2025

Generally speaking, a tender offer refers to a bid or offer to purchase shares of a corporation. In terms of equity compensation, a tender offer can refer to an organized transaction that allows shareholders of private company stock to sell before an initial public offering (IPO).

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If you look at a SPAC versus a SPARC, SPACs, special purpose acquisition company, ultimately, they gather this money through an initial public offering of a shell company with the promise ultimately to acquire a successful public or private company, I'm sorry.

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