What is IPO?
Initial public offering. A private company sells shares to the public for the first time.

private → public · first $18
In real work
The IPO roadshow starts Monday. Prep the order book narrative for institutional buyers.
In the illustration
The seal on the listing gate breaks and the gate lifts for the first time; share blocks slide out of the private vault onto the public rail and the price plate flips to its first price.
Build the IPO timeline in your finance platform: the S-1 draft, the roadshow, pricing, and the lock-up, with the owner and the date for each.
Try it now
The fastest way to learn a word is to use it. Open this line in the agent you already work in and watch what it does. Change the tool to the one you use.
Go further
01Practice
Make it stick
One term a day, a short quiz, and sentence practice that checks your own words.
02Verify
Prove you know it
Pass the quiz and keep it in a Skills Wallet you can share with anyone who needs proof.
03Career
Find the work that uses it
See which roles lean on this vocabulary, and what they pay in year one.





