Training melons and watermelons to grow vertically is referred to as trellising and is one of the advantages of growing melons in a high tunnel. Most melon cultivars and personal size (less than 7 pounds) watermelon cultivars are amenable to trellising.
A direct public offering (DPO), like the more traditional IPO, is a stock's introduction to the stock market. The stock is offered to the public for the first time. Unlike an IPO, which utilizes an underwriter to sell shares to the public, DPO shares are purchased directly from the issuing company.
IPO Could Be Next For Health Catalyst. Health Catalyst has raised $70 million in a series D round, valuing the company at more than $500 million. The seven-year-old data warehousing and analytics company has raised a total of $165 million, making it one of the top funded digital health start-ups, and sets it on a path to an IPO.