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Raising Capital
When small businesses require new capital, it is important that they utilize experienced capital raising assistance to ensure that they satisfy the need for capital with the best capital option.

Ideal For

  • Entrepreneurs and family owned businesses
  • Funding acquisitions
  • Funding expansion
    • Plant expansion
    • New equipment
    • New locations
  • Recapitalization
    • Shareholder buy-outs
    • Refinancing
    • Balance Sheet management

Measurable Benefits

  • Optimization of capital Structure
  • Decrease the overall cost of capital
  • Connections to funding sources unknown or unavailable in the past
  • On-call "Treasury Function"

One of the most important steps in raising capital is performing an objective analysis of the copmany's historical and prospecitve financial condition in order to make infomed decisions about how much and what type of capital best satisfies the capital requirement.

Type of Capital Examples/Characteristics Purpose of Funds
  Senior Debt
  • Revolvers / lines of credit
  • Term debt / notes
  • Letters of credit
  • LOWEST INTEREST RATE
  • Typically secured
  • Typically carry a personal guarantee
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  • Working Capital
  • Equipment / asset purchases
  • Facilities expansion
  • Inventory
  • Receivable management
  • Growth / acquisition
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      Mezzanine Debt
  • Subordinated or junior debt
  • Higher interest rate
  • Can include a "warrant kicker"
  • Unsecured or "last out" debt
  • Multi-faceted instrument
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  • Growth / acquisition
  • Recapitalizaitons
  • Management buyouts
  • Intergenerational transfers
  • Liquidity (partial or full)
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      Equity
  • Common stock
  • Preferred stock
  • Options
  • Last on capital structure
  • Might include interest
  • Might have multiple classes
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  • Aggressive expansion
  • Significant acquisitions
  • Incentive options
  • Liquidity (partial or full)
  • Change of ownership
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    Raising capital is a full time job.  We believe it's important for you to surround yourself with people you can trust and who've done this before.  Please see our Client Successes to see how we've helped business owners just like you to achieve their goals they always knew their business was capable of.