The relationship between venture capitalists and corporate finance officials is of interest to everyone in any given firm. As a source of funding, venture capitalism has a somewhat sullied reputation for exploitation and asset stripping. When an organization becomes aware that there will be a venture capitalist challenge to its funding, the members of staff automatically start worrying about their jobs because they believe it is the next step.

Public and private ownerships represent very different packages of benefits and costs. In the public equity, the market represents a superset of all possible investors and the companies are big enough to raise the equity in the market almost any time at affordable costs. According to the experts, being a public equity gives more financial flexibility to the company, along with increased credibility in the eyes of its suppliers, employees and customers.