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6 Risks For Taking A Side Door Into A Public Exchange

Startup Professionals Musings

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around.

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6 Considerations For Going Public Via Reverse Merger

Startup Professionals Musings

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The most noteworthy M&A deals of 2009 were Siemens’ $418 million acquisition of Solel; Medtronic’s acquisition of Ventor, estimated at $325 million; and IBM’s $225 million acquisition of Guardium. Tags: Invest in Israel OSS OTC CRM. ISRAELI GROWTH PER CAPITA IN 2009 2ND HIGHEST AMONG OECD COUNTRIES.

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6 Hurdles For Going Public Through A Reverse Merger

Startup Professionals Musings

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. There just aren’t enough angel investors and VCs to go around.

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Q1 2019 Summary: Portfolio News and Activities

Version One Ventures

Coinbase is bringing together its custody services and its OTC desk to allow users to trade directly out of cold storage. This means that clients no longer need to transfer their assets online and onto the exchange to complete an OTC trade. You can read more about Galaxy on their blog. Placenote SDK 1.6.12

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Is A Reverse Merger The Way To Fund Your Startup?

Startup Professionals Musings

A reverse merger is the acquisition of an already public company (usually a dormant shell) to avoid the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process and cost, to quickly get your startup on a public exchange for fund raising through visibility and selling stock. There just aren’t enough Angel investors and VCs to go around.

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19 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

As a consumer of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines myself, I found it shocking that there were very few clean options until Genexa. Many OTC medicines are made with potentially harmful fillers and binders like gluten, lactose, and artificial dyes – ingredients that many people are sensitive or allergic to.

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