Why Micro‑Cap Founders Choose the IPO—and How Eliakim Capital Makes It Happen Micro‑cap companies (< $500 million market cap) punch far above their weight. Over the past decade 87 % of every stock that compounded 1,000 %+ started life in micro‑cap territory, and 82 % of those 446 “ten‑baggers” were already profitable at the outset. Yet the leap from a promising privately held company to a credible public issuer is anything but automatic. Below is a fast primer on why leadersh