IPO Village about How It Works
Given the monumental advances in online social media
networking capabilities, lucrative pre-IPO investment opportunities can now be
made directly available to the general public...the 99%... the Crowd. Unlike
most crowdfunding sites, which focus on private financing transactions, public
offerings provide shareholders with the highest level of company screening and
due diligence, investor liquidity and a foreseeable exit strategy.
Traditionally IPOs are underwritten by investment
banks. The bank itself commits to buying the shares and in turn resells them
(flips), for a profit, to institutional/sophisticated investors before it even
closes the transaction with the company. Then the investors turn around and
resell it to the retail investors, for a profit, in the open market. The retail
investors are the ones eagerly placing the orders through their retail brokers
to grab some of these "IPO" shares the second its available for them
to purchase. Obviously, at that point, the shares have passed 3 hands and their
price has already gone through 2 decidedly upward price adjustments. Our
mission is to give retail investors the opportunity to get in on the ground
floor of the IPO investment lifecycle.
No Upcoming IPO, nevertheless: keep in touch with IPO Village
