The IPO year of Audinate Group Limited is 2017
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.
Audinate Group Limited develops and sells digital audio visual (AV) networking solutions worldwide. The company provides Dante, a technology platform that distributes digital audio and video signals over computer networks to original equipment manufacturers. It offers software products, such as Dante Controller, a real-time network monitoring device; Dante Virtual Soundcard that provides access to various audio devices on the network; Dante Via, a software that delivers multi-channel routing of computer-based audio; and Dante Domain Manager, as well as Dante AVIO adapter, an audio networking solution. The company also provides Dante-enabled products; and various products to develop networked AV products, including chips and modules, IP Core, Dante application library, and reference designs. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Surry Hills, Australia.