In this Business Blog mini-series, we will explore liquidity event options outside of an outright sale of the company. Over the last several years, legal changes have facilitated a robust growth in the private capital market as investors shifted more capital towards private companies causing private placement offerings for debt, equity, and hybrid securities to be more common. This trend has followed the enactment by the U.S. Congress of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act In 2012.