IPO funding is basically a credit facility that’s offered by many Non-Banking Financial Corporations (NBFCs). If you’re low on funds, you can use this loan to apply for an IPO of your choosing so as to not miss out on the wealth creation opportunity. Margin funding in IPO has become very popular over the years, with many financial institutions offering the facility to retail investors, High Net Worth (HNI) individuals, corporate entities, and partnership firms.

The life cycle of a typical IPO consists of three distinct phases - a pre-IPO transformation phase, an IPO transaction phase, and a post-IPO transaction phase. The pre-IPO transformation phase is when the company complies with all the processes, procedures, and regulatory requirements. The IPO transaction phase is when the issue is finally put up for subscription and entails public investors applying for an IPO. It also involves the allotment of shares to the investors who applied for the IPO as well. The post-IPO transaction phase starts when the shares are finally listed on the stock exchanges and investors buy and sell them freely.

Of course. You can revise or cancel your IPO subscription application till the IPO closing date. To do so, all you have to do is log into the trading portal of Motilal Oswal, navigate to the IPO section, where you can choose to modify the order or cancel it completely.

Companies looking to go for an IPO typically use the book building method as a means of price discovery. Here’s the meaning of the book building process in an IPO. The book building method is the process through which a company attempts to discover the price at which its shares should be issued at. And to do so, the company usually comes up with a price range and investors who are desirous of applying for the IPO are required to bid for it at the price that they think the shares are worth. And the price at which the maximum number of bids are made is finally fixed as the IPO price.

Any individual, corporate entity, or a partnership firm can invest in an IPO. The only prerequisite for investing in one is that you require an active demat account.

An Initial Public Offering, also known as an IPO, is the process through which a company offers its shares up for sale to the general public for the first time. This is the traditional IPO definition. Once a company has sold its shares to the general public, which includes both institutional and retail investors, they get listed on a stock exchange and can be traded freely.

To apply for an online Initial Public Offering (IPO) through Motilal Oswal, you first need to open a trading and demat account with us. Once you’ve opened it, log into the Motilal Oswal trading portal using the credentials given to you and select the IPO that you wish to invest in. Upon selecting the same, proceed to enter all the relevant details and place the order. And that’s it. With Motilal Oswal, investing in IPOs online is extremely easy and quick.

The IPO issue size represents the total number of shares and the total value of the shares being put up for sale by the company. On the other hand, the IPO lot size is the minimum number of shares for which you’re required to place an order.

You can get an application form for an upcoming IPO or a New Fund Offer (NFO) through various different ways. Here’s a quick look. You can get it from the trading portal of Motilal Oswal, where you can also apply for the upcoming IPO online.
You can get a physical copy of the application form from any of the branch offices of Motilal Oswal.
You can get the application form from select banks or from stalls in front of the stock exchanges.
And finally, you can also get it from the lead managers of the IPO issue.

To check the start date of a public issue, all that you need to do is take a look at the IPO calendar hosted on the Motilal Oswal website. In addition to giving you an idea about the upcoming IPO list, it also provide