Venture Capital Pipeline Drying Up

Posted by Tim Hope on 7/1/08 1:56 pm

For the first time in 30 years, no venture capital backed company managed to go public in the second quarter.  Industry observers cite a weak stock market along with a more stringent regulatory environment as produced by Sarbanes-Oxley as key reasons for the lack of IPO activity.  Obviously, the liquidity provided by the IPO market is critical in rewarding those assuming the risks of venture finance.  Hopefully the present trend is a short term anomaly and not a new capital market problem.  Click here to read more.

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