To label the current financing market for high growth firms dynamic might be an understatement. VCs and angel investors seem to be constantly shifting their criteria for investments. Sarbanes-Oxley has forever changed the IPOs as a strategy. As a result, many entrepreneurs with high potential ventures are getting creative in finding alternative sources of funds.
eVenturing has put together an excellent collection of materials on the latest trends in alternative financing:
Entrepreneurs go public on NASDAQ and other exchanges to raise money and provide investor liquidity. A variety of restraints, including Sarbanes-Oxley regulations and NASDAQ's desire to serve large companies, have greatly reduced IPO's on NASDAQ. But some enterprising entrepreneurs are pursuing alternatives for raising money using reverse mergers, direct public offerings, and by going public on foreign exchanges. These options, as summarized in the Going Public Comparison Chart in this Collection, facilitate raising money but do little to provide liquidity to investors.
This collection of articles includes how to's, entrepreneur's stories, and tools/templates on this emerging area of entrepreneurial financing.
