There are two fundamental ways of raising equity finance; the issuance of the company stocks to the venture capitalists or investors, and by publicly offering company stocks to the investors. When capital is raised through equity financing, it involves the selling of partial interest in the firm to the shareholders. In return of the investment that the shareholders made they receive the equivalent number of shares and ownership in the company (Shim, 2000).
Total long-term debt for the year ending (01/28/2011)