VIRTUALLY ALL TYPES OF FAST-TRACK GROWTH COMpanies raise some amount of equity capital to continue to fuel their expansion. Further, they typically require multiple rounds of equity to reach all of their performance targets prior to being acquired or going public. The two most common ways that a rapidly growing company raises equity capital are through a private-placement memorandum offering (PPM offering) or by raising capital from a venture capitalist, either a stand alone venture-capital fund or the venture-capital investing arm of a large corporation. This chapter provides an overview of these two strategies. (For more information on raising capital at the earlier stages of ...