O Ano de IPO de BeWhere Holdings Inc. é 2004
A oferta pública inicia (OPI)l é um tipo de oferta pública em que as ações de uma empresa geralmente são vendidas a investidores institucionais que, por sua vez, vendem para o público em geral, em uma bolsa de valores, pela primeira vez.
Through IPO a privately held company transforms into a public company. Initial public offerings are mostly used by companies to raise the expansion of capital, possibly to monetize the investments of early private investors, and to become publicly traded enterprises. A company selling shares is never required to repay the capital to its public investors. After the IPO, when shares trade freely in the open market, money passes between public investors.
Although IPO offers many advantages, there are also significant disadvantages, chief among these are the costs associated with the process and the requirement to disclose certain information that could prove helpful to competitors.
The IPO process is colloquially known as going public. Details of the proposed offering are disclosed to potential purchasers in the form of a lengthy document known as a prospectus. Most companies undertake an IPO with the assistance of an investment banking firm acting in the capacity of an underwriter. Underwriters provide several services, including help with correctly assessing the value of shares.
BeWhere Holdings Inc., an industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions company, designs and sells hardware with sensors and software applications to track real-time information on non-powered fixed and movable assets, as well as monitor environmental conditions. It develops mobile applications, middle-ware, and cloud-based solutions that stand-alone or that can be integrated with existing software. The company's products include Bluetooth beacons; fixed Bluetooth/Wi-Fi gateways; and mobile IoT applications for the narrow band-IoT and long term evolution for machines evolution of beacons. It serves emergency service, construction, utility, and transportation industries. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Etobicoke, Canada.