MergersCorp M&A International

JULY 5, 2025

At their core, SPACs are shell corporations formed to raise capital via an initial public offering (IPO) with the sole purpose of acquiring an existing private company. This SPAC then conducts an IPO, selling units typically priced at $10 each, to public investors.

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IPO Mergers and Acquisitions Capital Capital Raising 52

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 22, 2025

This approach, combining M&A and initial public offering (IPO) preparations on parallel tracks, allows companies to maximize optionality in an uncertain market. Of course, the targets leverage in the M&A track of a dual-track process inherently increases when the IPO track is a viable strategy.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Acquisitions 64

Successful Acquisitions

JUNE 27, 2023

Will Cava Going Public Set the Table for Other IPOs? By David Braun, Founder and CEO, Capstone Strategic When Washington DC based restaurant chain Cava became a publicly traded company recently, it bucked a trend that has lasted nearly two years, a notable absence of American IPOs.

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IPO Initial Public Offering Public Trading Private Equity 111

Razorpay

JULY 27, 2023

Investment banking is a branch of banking that organizes and enables large, complex financial transactions for businesses, like mergers, IPOs or underwriting. Investment Banking Services Initial Public Offering (IPO) When a privately-owned business wants to become a publicly traded company, it goes through an IPO , or Initial Public Offering.

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MergersCorp M&A International

OCTOBER 15, 2024

SPACs are publicly traded companies that raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO) with the primary aim of acquiring an existing private company, thereby enabling it to go public without undergoing the traditional IPO process.

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Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory IPO Initial Public Offering 52

Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The benefits of going public are significant. First, there’s the ability to raise substantial capital by issuing shares to the public in an initial public offering (IPO), as well as secondary offerings. So over the last 30 years, fewer and fewer companies have been going public.

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Private Equity IPO Equities Public Trading 52

OfficeHours

AUGUST 9, 2023

Private equity involves investing capital directly into private businesses that are not publicly traded on stock exchanges (that would be a hedge fund). Once improved, the exit can then take place, usually in the form of another sale or an Initial Public Offering (IPO), both of which are usually under the advice of an investment bank.

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Private Equity Equities Investment Banking Investment 130