Many investors are interested in IPOs because they are looking for the opportunity to own fast-growing new companies developing ground-breaking products and services. The challenge for many IPO investors is how to properly analyze the hundreds of new companies that go public each year to find a suitable investment.

Because these companies are new, they are not well known. Making these companies even more hidden from the investing public is the fact that the investment banks taking the companies public, by SEC rules, are not allowed to issue any research on the company until 40 days after the company goes public. This information void creates opportunities for those willing and able to do the homework to distinguish the good IPOs from the bad.

This is where Renaissance Capital comes in. For 20 years Renaissance Capital, as a major independent research provider, has been writing pre-IPO research reports on every U.S. initial public offering. Analyzing thousands of companies is a lot of work, but worth the effort to uncover the truly exceptional companies. Today we are known on Wall Street as the "Gold Standard" for IPO Research among the major institutional IPO investors.

In response to demand from individual investors, Renaissance Capital created the first IPO Mutual Fund over 10 years ago, leveling the playing field between individual investors and major institutional investors. The IPO Plus Fund seeks capital appreciation by investing in the common stocks of IPOs on the offering and in the aftermarket*.

Renaissance Capital utilizes its proprietary fundamental and quantitative research in choosing securities for the Fund's portfolio. The IPO Plus Fund is a no-load mutual fund, so it offers greater diversity than an individual security. It has a low minimum initial investment of $5,000 for regular accounts and $2,500 for IRAs.

Read more about the IPO Plus Fund Management.