"PIPEs (private placement for public equity)" Los Angeles Venture Association. PIPEs are the hottest financing vehicles in today's capital markets. More private companies are "going public" through reverse mergers and other non-IPO strategies to take advantage of PIPE financings and other benefits available to publicly-traded companies. With the closing of the IPO market for the small to medium size public offering, the reverse merger/PIPE strategy is replacing the IPO as a financing strategy and a liquidity event. See http://ica-lava.org |