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Signal key

company_type_change

Category

Structure

Source

Company Professional Network page (company type field).
The company’s entity type changed.

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When it fires

Trigger condition

company_type field value changes (for example, Privately Held → Public Company).

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Magnitude

High, entity-type shifts are rarely minor.
For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see Magnitude buckets.

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Why it matters

Entity-type shifts are rarely minor. Moving from Privately Held to Public Company is an IPO; other transitions reflect acquisitions or restructurings. This signal underpins the ipo_signal composite.

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How to read it

Lifecycle event

Type changes mark major corporate milestones.

IPO trigger

Private → Public is the basis of ipo_signal.

Budget reshape

Public status changes scrutiny and spending.

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Outreach playbook

Major event. Private → Public means new budget and compliance tooling needs.

Nonprofit to For-Profit

The company changed between nonprofit and for-profit status.

Subsidiary Status Change

The company became or stopped being a subsidiary.

IPO Signal

A company went from private to public.

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