Accounting Firms

The firms listed below are virtually the only firms whose audits are trusted by investors and the SEC.  Failure to have your financial statements and records regularly audited by one of these firms can made it difficult to do an IPO.

PricewaterhouseCoopers
Bill S. Reardon, Partner-in-charge of N. America East Region Life Sciences, kindly contributed information to the Entrepreneur's Guide.  PWC has an excellent website with a lot of advice and resources for entrepreneurs.  Its MoneyTree Survey on venture capital is a staple source for information on the VC industry.

Ernst and Young

KPMG

Deloitte and Touche