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Re:Uber opens at $42 per share by usrusr on Friday May 10, 2019 @02:15PM (#19880623)
> It's relatively rare for a company to IPO without raising fresh capital for the company.

An IPO without raising new capital would make it more difficult to answer what every buyer should ask: "why are they so eager to sell?" It's a variation of plausible deniability.

Re:Uber opens at $42 per share by gmmeyer on Friday May 10, 2019 @02:45PM (#19880924)
It's what Spotify did, I think it's a decent question but it also allows for liquidity, especially since it's such a big part of comp it's not unreasonable to list