There’s a new type of deal in town — at least according to some people — and it’s got an ominous name: the VIPE.
The Silicon Valley Business Journal recently used the term to describe venture-backed financings that public companies are using to raise capital in tough economic times. It’s a “venture-investing twist” on PIPEs, or private investments in public equities, in which a company sells shares to private investors to raise money. With a VIPE, that private investor is a venture firm.
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