The IPO year of BioNeutra Global Corporation is 1999
Initial public offering is a type of public offering in which shares of a company usually are sold to institutional investors that in turn, sell to the general public, on a securities exchange, for the first time.
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.
BioNeutra Global Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research and development, production, and commercialization of food ingredients for nutraceutical, functional, and mainstream foods, and beverages with a focus on oligosaccharides. The company's lead product is VitaFiber, an isomalto-oligosaccharide functional and health food ingredient that offers low calorie soluble prebiotic fiber for human digestive health. It serves small and medium enterprises, and various food manufacturers in in Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia. The company provides VitaFiber through Amazon.com and Shopify.com, as well as other direct-to-consumer retail channels. BioNeutra Global Corporation is based in Edmonton, Canada.