(plural foundries) 1  A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc. 2  The act, process, or art of casting metals; founding.
Funds raised by issuing shares in return for cash or other considerations. The amount of share capital a company has can change over time because each time a business sells new shares to the public in exchange for cash, the amount of share capital will increase.
If you would have invested $1,000 into Facebook right after its initial public offering, you would have 26 shares of its common stock. If you would have invested an additional $992.88 when Facebook was trading at $17.73 per share, you would currently have 82 shares of its common stock. If You Would Have Invested in Facebook After Its IPO