go public

Idioms  

1. Become a publicly held company, that is, issue ownership shares in the form of stock. For example, As soon as the company grows a little bigger and begins to show a profit, we intend to go public. [Mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

Fervo, a geothermal energy company, confidentially filed to go public after raising $462 million in Series E funding in December.

From Barron's

Two novel energy companies just filed papers to go public, giving investors a chance to buy into trends that could reshape electricity generation in the coming decade—if they work.

From Barron's

Fervo, a geothermal energy company that generates electricity from underground heat, filed confidentially with the SEC to go public, according to Axios External link.

From Barron's

And General Fusion, a next-generation nuclear company backed by Jeff Bezos, agreed to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.

From Barron's

Robinhood, the online brokerage, offers traders the option to request shares of companies with plans to go public—including BitGo—and has said that demand for IPO access has multiplied over the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• admit
• blab
• communicate
• disclose
• give away
• leak
• publish
• reveal
• uncover