I am going to give you a website that will allow you to research and look up new companies that are coming to market. You realize reading past articles I am fond of IPO's (Initial Public Offerings) because the upward potential of the company is limitless. At the same time you are never sure it will not go belly up or bankrupt in two years. Let's take a look at how this process works. First usually Venture Capitalists provide funds to the new start up in hopes of recovering their investment after the company goes public. If you watch the HBO show "Silicon Valley" then you are familiar with this process as the fictional company Pied Piper is a bunch of guys working out of their home much like Apple when it first started always looking for the next big investor. The process moves along and the new start up company XYZ is picked up by an investment bank who handles the paperwork and legalities to bring the company to the Stock Exchange. Here is the real catch 2