This paper studies 1,655 venture investments in public equity (“VIPEs”) over 1995-2008. Although it has been conjectured that venture capital firms (VCs) have increased investments in public equity over time, we find little evidence to support this claim as VIPEs represent less than 2...

We investigate the motivations and the returns to the firms and investors using Private Investments in Public Equities (PIPE) financing, an increasingly common form of equity-based financing. From 1995-2000, 1,466 firms raised more than $29 billion through 2,626 PIPE issues. We find that PIPE...

We study financial contracting using transactions from the private investments in public equity (PIPEs) market. Our tests show that the use of terms that are contingent on an issuer's future performance increases with issuer risk. Among issuers with poorer stock performance, higher cash burn...