Ready for Anything: What Today's Leaders Actually Need to Know About IPOs, SPACs, and Capital Market Shifts
Ready for Anything: What Today's Leaders Actually Need to Know About IPOs, SPACs, and Capital Market Shifts
The path to liquidity has rarely been harder to predict. IPO windows can open and close within weeks. The SPAC market continues to evolve. Private equity timelines shift unexpectedly. At the same time, growth companies are under increasing pressure to be prepared for multiple strategic outcomes.
To explore these challenges, we are bringing together a select group of CFOs, founders, investors, and advisors for a candid, off-the-record conversation about what it means to be truly ready for today's capital markets environment.
The evening is intentionally intimate, with no slides, no presentations, and no vendor pitches. Instead, the discussion will feature experienced operators and advisors sharing practical lessons learned from IPOs, SPAC transactions, public-company transitions, and strategic exits.
Topics will include:
When, and whether, to pursue an IPO in today's environment
The SPAC reset and how SPACs compare with traditional listings
Private market pressures and investor expectations
Dual-track and multi-track exit strategies
What boards, legal teams, bankers, and investors expect from management teams today
Who Should Attend
CFOs
VPs of Finance and Finance Directors
Controllers and Heads of Accounting
Corporate Development leaders
Senior finance leaders at growth stage and pre-IPO companies
Format
Panel discussion · Open Q&A · Networking · Food and drinks
Who'll Be There
Raymond Yue, VP of Finance, Avalara. Previously led Sumo Logic through its IPO and served as CFO at Talkdesk.
Additional panelists to be announced.
Moderated by Christina Bui, Robert Half | Protiviti.
Hosts and sponsors
Murray Newlands, CEO & Founder of Open Future Forum. Open Future Forum brings together the executives who shape Silicon Valley through private events and peer rooms across the CFO, CISO, CMO, and CEO communities. Learn more at https://openfutureforum.com.
In partnership with:
Christina Bui, Robert Half | Protiviti
Louis Lehot, Foley & Lardner LLP
Ellie Yashiro, Silicon Valley Bank
Janice Berthold, Heffernan Insurance Brokers