How RIAs Are Reshaping the Investor Base for Pre-IPO Companies with Jeff Ransdell
From The Investor Relations Podcast by Joshua Wilson
May 12, 2026 · 33 min
About this episode
Joshua Wilson interviews Jeff Ransdell about the changing landscape of investor relations for pre-IPO companies.
The public market is 50% smaller than it was in 2000. Companies are staying private longer. And the wealth being created during that private window is bypassing every traditional investor relations playbook ever written. Joshua Wilson sits down with Jeff Ransdell — Founding Partner and Managing Director of Fuel Venture Capital — for a conversation IR teams cannot afford to miss. After two decades at Merrill Lynch overseeing roughly $130 billion in client assets, Jeff left the wirehouse world ...
People in this episode
Host: Joshua Wilson
Guest: Jeff Ransdell
Topics covered
- investor relations
- pre-IPO companies
- venture capital
- private markets
- financial services
Keywords
- investor relations
- pre-IPO
- venture capital
- private equity
- Merrill Lynch
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Fuel Venture Capital, Merrill Lynch
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