Victor Boyajian, the partner who heads up the venture capital group of New York law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, outlines what it will take for the IPO market to open up for VC-backed companies in this episode of our series on initial public offerings, shot on location at the New York Stock Exchange. Only 10 venture-backed companies have braved a public debut this year. Boyajian says companies must weigh coming out against shortening their runway in an era of less available capital from venture capital and private equity sources. See the video below or
download it at iTunes. - Mary Kathleen Flynn
For previous episodes of The Deal's IPO video series, shot on location at the New York Stock Exchange, click here for our conversation with the NYSE Euronext's (NYSE:NYX) Scott Cutler on Hyatt Hotels Corp.'s (NYSE:H) successful debut last week; click here
for our chat with Jim Robinson, co-founder of RRE Ventures, an
investor in disk storage provider Nexsan Technologies Inc., one of only
14 venture capital-backed companies registered to go public
with the SEC; and here for our talk with Deborah Farrington, partner, StarVest Partners, which backed NetSuite Inc. (NYSE:N).
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