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Global Development Taxonomy

11 Categories and 73 Sub Categories to classify each development

Updated over 2 weeks ago

HolonIQ classifies each Development into one of the following categories and sub categories. The categories including:

  • Growth

  • Policy

  • Recognition

  • People

  • Event

  • Negative

  • Research

  • Private Funding

  • M&A

  • Public Offering

  • Project Finance

Growth

Companies announcing new products, partnerships, market entires, initialives or won contracts/projects.

Sub Category

Description

Contract

Award of a major contract

Initiative

Launch of a major initiative

Market

Entry or exit from markets

Partnership

New partnerships

Product

Announcement of a new product or service

Results

Financial and Non-Financial Results

Policy

Government announcements on policy, regulatory and sanctions.

Sub Category

Description

Policy

Launch of a new policy

Regulatory

Launch of new regulations

Sanction

Sanctions applied

Award

Industry Award

Recognition

Companies announcements of awards, rankings and list recognitions.

Sub Category

Description

Award

Industry Award

List

Announced on a List

Rankings

Ranking Announcement

Rating

Credit and Institutional Ratings

People

Senior executive appointments and resignations. Changes in the leadership team.

Sub Category

Description

Appointment

Senior executive appointment

Resignation

Senior executive resignation

Event

Meetings between governments or companies and industry conferences.

Sub Category

Description

Conference

An industry conference or summit.

Meeting

A government or non-government meeting.

Negative

Companies announcing incidents, layoffs, legal actional, fraud or bankruptcies.

Sub Category

Description

Closure

Closure of a business

Fraud

Fraud incident

Incident

General negative incident

Layoffs

Staff layoffs

Legal

Legal event

Research

Research reports and analysis on a market as well as market size predictions/estimates.

Sub Category

Description

Market Size

Estimate or Forecast of a Market Size

Report

Launch of a Report or Study

Private Funding

Private funding involves a company obtaining investment funds from private investors, venture capital firms, or private equity firms.

Sub Category

Description

Accelerator/Incubator

An accelerator or incubator round for startups is a program designed to support early-stage companies by providing them with resources, mentorship, and funding to accelerate their growth.

Angel

Individual angel investor providing capital to support a startup.

Convertible Note

A loan that can convert into equity at a later stage.

Corporate - Growth Capital

Investment by a corporation to aid the growth of a company.

Debt Financing

Borrowing money with an obligation to repay.

Early Stage - VC

Equity Crowdfunding

Collecting small investments from a large number of individuals.

Fund Formation Round

Establishing an investment fund by pooling money from investors.

Grant

Financial assistance provided by a government or organization.

ICO

Fundraising method where a project sells tokens to the public for the first time to raise initial capital.

Joint Venture

Collaboration between two companies to achieve a common goal.

Late Stage - VC

Liquidation

Sale of assets to pay debts when a company cannot continue operating.

Non-Equity Assistance

Non-Equity Assistance financial aid provided without ownership in return.

PIPE

Private investment in a public company.

Pre-Seed

Early-stage funding to help a startup develop its idea.

Private Equity - Growth Capital

Later stage investment in private companies to fuel expansion.

Product Crowdfunding

Crowdsourcing funds for a specific product or project.

Secondary Transaction

Buying and selling existing shares of a private company.

Seed

Early-stage investment to help a startup get off the ground / Initial investment to support a startup in its early stages.

Series A

Series A investment round is the first significant investment round for a startup.

Series B

Series B investment round to accelerate a startup's growth.

Series C

Series C investment round to fuel a startup's expansion.

Series D

Series D investment round to support a company's growth strategy.

Series E

Series E investment round to sustain a company's growth trajectory.

Series F

Series F investment round for a well-established company.

Series G

Series G investment round for a mature company.

Series H

Series H investment round for an established company.

Series I

Series I investment round for an established company.

Series J

Series J investment round for an established company.

Venture Capital - Undisclosed

Investment made by venture capital firms without public disclosure.

M&A

Companies acquiring companies or merging with companies. As well as acquisition of equity stake, buyouts or spin-offs.

Sub Category

Description

Management Buyout

Current management team purchases the company they work for.

Spin-Off

Spin-Off Divestment to turn a subsidiary into a new and separate company.

Acquisition of Equity Stake

Buying a portion of a company's ownership.

Buyout

PE Fund acquisition.

Acquisition

An acquisition occurs when a certain company acquires the majority or all of the shares of another company in order to take over that company. This type also includes mergers as well acquisition of equity stake.

Leveraged Buyout

PE Fund acquisition financed by debt

Merger

Two companies combining to form a single entity.

Reverse Merger

Smaller company acquiring a larger company.

Private Equity Acquisition

A private equity company acquiring a company and adding it to their portfolio.

Public Offering

A public offering is the process by which a company offers its shares to the public, typically through a stock exchange, to raise capital.

Sub Category

Description

Follow-on Equity Offering

Issuing additional shares to existing shareholders.

Fixed-Income Offering

Issuing debt securities to investors.

IPO

IPO refers to the process where a privately held company issue its shares to the public for the first time.

Composite Units Offering

Composite units are collections of financial assets used to measure market or sector performance, while a 'unit offering' is a public offering that combines debt and equity securities. However, such an offering must not derive more than 10% of its proceeds from equity and should not result in the company having a class of equity securities that requires registration under the Exchange Act.

Derivatives Offering

A "Derivative Offering" involves capitalizing a financing entity, typically structured as a trust or partnership, through the issuance of preferred securities. The financing entity then lends the proceeds to the Company and/or its Subsidiaries in exchange for their debt securities.

Structured Products Offering

Structured products are savings or investment vehicles whose returns are tied to specific features like maturity date, coupon date, or capital protection level, and they're often linked to underlying assets such as securities, options, indices, commodities, currencies, or derivatives.

Public Equity Investment

Public Equity Investment is when an individual or company buys stocks through public markets without any special arrangements or negotiations, and the investor buys it at market price.

Project Finance

Sub Category

Description

Project Finance

Project finance provides funding of long-term infrastructure, industrial projects, and public services.

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