Witless in Manhattan

It was a rare sight. He got onto the downtown F train at 23rd street, the edge of New York's silicon alley, a more sombre place now than it was 12 months ago.

It was a rare sight. He got onto the downtown F train at 23rd street, the edge of New York’s silicon alley, a more sombre place now than it was 12 months ago.

With his jeans, top-of-the-range sneakers and portable CD player, he was just another dress-down commuter. But he was also wearing a blue t-shirt with the word Vostock on it.

That’s the name for the internet-based equity secondary issuance platform devised by Wit Soundview, and launched in May last year.

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