Three Swiss venture-backed startups launched initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2020, none of them in their home country. In this interview, small and mid-cap IPO specialist Leti McManus explains why there aren’t more tech IPOs in Switzerland and what is needed to change this.

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Leti McManus
Advises Swiss SMEs on IPO preparation

Leti McManus advises Swiss SMEs on IPO preparation. Having worked for Seymour Pierce (now Cantor Fitzgerald Europe), London’s largest broker specialized in smaller companies at the time, Leti has more than 18 years of experience in equity capital markets. She was involved in more than 80 small and mid-cap IPO transactions in London, and also worked on IPOs on Nasdaq, TSX, Euronext, SGX, HKEX, ASX.

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