 One way new investment opportunities manifest themselves is through initial public offerings IPOs. This is an event where a company decides to sell some of their shares to the general public and institutional investors who will commit to purchasing shares. During this process, the company selling shares will typically go on a roadshow where they present their offering to potential investors. As part of the IPO process, an S-1 filing is made with the regulatory authorities which describes the offering in detail. Lately, weve been seeing some companies bring their shares to the public using a different method. Its called 