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# IPO Signal

> A company went from private to public.

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  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `ipo_signal`
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  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    Composite
  </Card>

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Composite of Company Type Change.
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A company went from private to public.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  `company_type_change` fires going from any private type to Public Company.
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## Magnitude

Hyper, an IPO is a defining corporate event.

<Note>
  For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see [Magnitude buckets](/buying-signals/concepts/magnitude-buckets).
</Note>

## Why it matters

An IPO reshapes budget, scrutiny, and tooling all at once. Newly public companies face new compliance, reporting, and governance requirements, and they often have fresh capital and pressure to professionalize their entire operations stack.

## How to read it

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  <Card title="Defining event">
    Going public transforms the company's obligations.
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  <Card title="Compliance wave">
    New reporting and governance tooling becomes mandatory.
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  <Card title="Fresh capital">
    IPO proceeds fund a wave of investment.
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## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Top-tier. Target compliance, finance, and governance tooling needs.
</Tip>

## Related signals

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  <Card title="Company Type Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/structure/company-type-change">
    The company's entity type changed.
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  <Card title="HQ Country Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/location/hq-country-change">
    The headquarters country specifically changed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Pre-IPO Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/composite/pre-ipo-signal">
    A company shows the early pattern of an IPO track.
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