IPOs, Acquisitions and the Use of Convertible Securities in Venture Capital
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- 1 January 2001
- preprint
- Published by Elsevier in SSRN Electronic Journal
Abstract
This paper provides a new explanation for the use of convertible preferred equity in venture capital. It explains that the key feature of the convertible securiKeywords
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