Re:Show HN: IPOs.fyi – Missing Out on IPOs Was Frustrating, ...
by timcalhoun on Thursday July 23, 2020 @08:28PM
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It can't be difficult to design an auction where the amount of $$ raised is set, with the "price" being the valuation (ie. what % of the company the investors are willing to own).
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Re:Show HN: IPOs.fyi – Missing Out on IPOs Was Frustrating, ...
by sokoloff on Thursday July 23, 2020 @09:24PM
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That’s basically how Treasuries are auctioned. The problem for an individual company is I might be interested to IPO only under certain terms and be willing to pay a middleman to arrange that for the certainty. (The Treasury auction isn’t likely to move much and when it does, well, that’s the price-the government needs the cash to run; that’s not quite the same as a company who has other possibly viable options, including waiting.)
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