The end of the traditional IPO: Airbnb, GitLab and others consider direct listings as banks begin to come around

The end of the traditional IPO: Airbnb, GitLab and others consider direct listings as banks begin to come around

GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij at company event in London
GitLab

GitLab, a developer of code-sharing software, took the unusual step of announcing a specific date when it plans to go public — Nov. 18, 2020. The day is significant because it marks “five years after the first people got stock options with 4 years of vesting,” the company says on its strategy page.
To get to the public markets, GitLab is…

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