#1) There are two types of reverse mergers....The ones where a company goes out and buys a shell on their own, reverse merges into the shell and begins trading. Then they go out and try and raise money. These are weak deals.
#2) The second type of reverse merger the company merges into a shell and simultaneously they do a PIPE financing and raise 10-50 million dollars at the same time. Now you have a fully funded public company with tons of cash on their books.
Answer: #1
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