Should founders stay privately-owned as long as they can, or join an exchange to broaden their investor base source the funds to grow and incentivise their team? What tips a founder to favour one route over the other?

The reasons for not floating currently dominate the agenda, but this conversation seeks to restore some balance.

It features:

Sara Murray, founder and chief executive of Big Technologies, the location-based technology specialist which floated in 2021;

Kiran Shah, co-founder, joint managing director and finance director of The Character Group, the quoted toys and games designer and  distributor;

Cara Haffey, corporate finance partner and deals regions leader at PwC;

Vijay Thakrar, a serial non-executive who has worked with numerous company founders, and currently non-executive director of Alpha Group.

It is chaired by Ben Chu, economics editor of BBC Newsnight.