In pictures: QED IPO Readiness workshop

We invited 16 of our growth-stage portfolio companies to New York City for a two-day IPO Readiness workshop.

The aim of the workshop was to share information, best practices and learnings from investment bankers, IR firms, analysts and public-market CEOs, and to give our founders actionable insights they could take back to their teams should they be thinking about the potential to go public in the coming years.

The workshop included a day at Nasdaq, featuring presentations, a remote conversation with Affirm CEO Max Levchin, Q&As and media interviews. After the Closing Bell and a tour of the Nasdaq MarketSite, each company saw their logos and creatives on the seven-story, 10,000-square-foot billboard in Times Square, and the day wrapped up with a fireside chat with Remitly CEO Matt Oppenheimer.

Day 2 included working sessions and presentations in Hudson Yards, including conversations with AvidXChange CEO Mike Praeger and ServiceTitan CFO Dave Sherry, plus discussions with our friends at Cooley, InspIR, EY, JP Morgan, TD Cowen and Goldman Sachs.

Go behind the lens with our photographer below.

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