private placement

American  

noun

Finance.

1. a sale of an issue of securities by the issuing company directly to a limited number of investors, often only one or two large institutional investors, such as a bank or an insurance company (opposed to public offering): required to be cleared but not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Including a separate pre-IPO private placement, around 203.7 million shares were sold by both shareholders, representing 10% of SBI Funds Management’s total shares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Additionally, the company is issuing $10 billion of common equity to Berkshire Hathaway in a private placement.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

The private placement, set to close on Thursday, would be Momentus’s second in less than a month and third this year.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

Momentus investors continue to cheer as the space firm secures more cash through a private placement of stock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

Their analysis found the market for private placement life insurance was about $40 billion.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026