INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (IPO)
Первоначальное публичное предложение акций – самая первая публичная продажа или распределение акций компании на фондовом рынке. IPO акций портфельной компании является одним из путей выхода для фонда прямых инвестиций.

A company’s fi rst sale of shares to the public also referred to as going public. An IPO is one of the ways in which a company can raise additional capital for further growth.
Number of IPOs in the United States from 1999 to 2018
SurveyMonkey raised $180 million in a strong initial public off ering on 26 September 2018.

There were 190 IPOs of companies with market capitalization above 50 million U.S. dollars in 2018.