Meaning & use
pre-IPO valuation
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Meaning
nouncountable
The estimated value of a company before it sells shares to the public for the first time.
Grammar: Countable: a pre-IPO valuation, the pre-IPO valuation.
Patterns
- pre-IPO valuation of something
The startup reached a pre-IPO valuation of $2 billion.
Investors debated the pre-IPO valuation before the shares were offered.
A high pre-IPO valuation can put pressure on the company after it goes public.
Word forms
| plural | pre-IPO valuations |
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Common combinations
- high pre-IPO valuation
- The company's high pre-IPO valuation surprised analysts.
- estimate a pre-IPO valuation
- Analysts estimate a pre-IPO valuation based on revenue and growth.
- pre-IPO valuation of $…
- The firm announced a pre-IPO valuation of $500 million.
Synonyms and how they differ
- pre-money valuation
- Pre-money valuation is the value before new investment, often used in venture capital; pre-IPO valuation is specifically before the initial public offering.
Opposites
Word family
- IPO abbreviation
- Initial public offering: the first sale of shares to the public.
- valuation noun
- An estimate of how much something is worth.
Commonly confused: pre-IPO valuation or pre-money valuation?
pre-IPO valuation vs pre-money valuation
Pre-money valuation is used in private funding rounds, while pre-IPO valuation is specifically before going public.
Practice
What is a pre-IPO valuation?
Choose one answer.
Pre-IPO means before the initial public offering, so it is the estimated value before shares are sold to the public. Post-IPO would be after.
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