Why go public?

Anthony Attia
Global Head of Primary Markets & Post Trade
Euronext supports you all along your financing journey. We help you evaluate the financing alternatives available to your company and advise you on all aspects of going public regardless of where you may be in your evaluation process.
Benefits of going public
- Raise funds to finance your growth
- Create a liquid market for your shareholders
- Boost your company’s visibility at home and abroad
- Raise your profile and status with all stakeholders
- Promote employee buy-in and commitment
- Facilitate recruitment
- Allow legacy investors to exit
- Transparent and unique price
- Access to a large family of indices
Going Public with Euronext: What is an IPO?
Common reasons to go public include: financing your growth, increasing your visibility, enabling investor reach and flexibility, and much more.
If you're still wondering what an IPO is exactly, follow Sarah’s adventures to know more about the Euronext IPO Process.
Listing on Euronext
Types of Listing
IPO
Raise funds through sale and listing of shares.
Private placement
Sales of shares directly to a selected group of qualified investors.
Direct listing
List shares without raising funds.
Company stories
Euronext Markets
We have a market to match your company’s size and ambition.
Euronext Access & Access+
The first step for start-ups and SMEs.
Euronext Growth
The market for high-growth SMEs.
Euronext
Suitable for larger, established companies.
Considering an IPO in the next 3 years?
We are here to support you. Find out about our pre-IPO programmes for growing companies.
Go further with our IPO Guide
A guide to the listing stock exchange
- Why go public?
- The IPO journey
- Life as a listed company
Contacts
Our listing specialists are here to answer any questions your company has regarding listing on one or more of our European markets.
Guillaume Mordelet
Director Listing SMEs – South and Occitanie
Pablo Pérez-Orive
Business Development Manager Debt & Equity Listing Spain
Eric Tossah
Director Listing SMEs - Île-de-France Grand-Est and Hauts-de-France