Historically, for companies in the
$7-$75+ million annual revenue range, one end of the capital raising spectrum is the
investment of your own equity into your own company.
At the other end is borrowing
money from the local bank and securing the loan with collateral and your personal
guarantee, or going public.
Now there are many more options
available to the privately-held company. Some of which were previously available
only to larger publicly-held companies.
Certainly, the owners' equity is the
place to start.
However, equity from corporations, professionally managed funds,
institutional funds, strategic investors/buyers, and professional investors is also
available to the well-managed company.
Additionally, the line between equity
and debt sometimes get blurred with the availability of subordinated debt {with or without
warrants}, mezzanine debt, and senior debt that may be coupled with equity or subordinated
debt.
Senior debt is
available, oftentimes on more favorable terms, from non-traditional banking sources such as
professionally managed funds as well as asset-based lendors. These sources are not
as constrained in their lending requirements as is your local bank.
Of course, as with all successful
ventures, it is required to have a game plan which includes a well-thought out description
of your company and its near term and long term capital requirements.
You should also have a well-targeted
audience of lendors or investors to approach.
Not all lendors and
investors
cater to all markets. Like you, they have specific targets markets they go after.
Knowing which ones to approach and how to approach them is critical to your success.
Also, you no longer have to "go
public" to get your money out of the company or raise capital for expansion.
You can raise capital now. You can do it quicker and less expensively than an
IPO. You can
grow your company, position it more favorably, and then {if desired} execute an IPO at a time which is more advantageous and lucrative.
Of course, you can always continue to
keep the company private and in your control without the disadvantages of quarterly
reporting and trying to "make a market" for your stock.
Capital
Markets Group, Inc.'s experience in
the unique requirements of raising capital for businesses with annual revenues of
$7-$75+
million allows us to help you in structuring realistic and preferential terms for your
company.
For
over 27 years, we have worked with institutional and corporate; lendors,
investors, and buyers in Europe, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, The
Caribbean, and of course throughout the United States.
Capital
Markets Group, Inc.'s association with these financing sources is based on a one-to-one
relationship at an individual and personal level.
The relationships we
have with our clients, which is developed based on work tailored specifically to
an individual client's unique requirements, is also resident in Capital Markets
Group, Inc.'s
individual and unique personal relationships with financing sources.
These in-depth
relationships insure that our client's need for confidentiality, specific
solutions, and a timely closing is taken personally by Capital Markets
Group, Inc.
and those financing sources identified by Capital Markets
Group, Inc..
Your company's deal
will never be shown "To Whom It May Concern".
We guarantee that !
We give you the names
and addresses and telephone numbers of every individual inside every institution
we intend to contact on your behalf BEFORE we contact
them.
Our years of
experience gives us the intimate knowledge of thousands of professional investors, lendors
and buyers and allows us to provide you with the best alternatives to reach a well thought
out and executed solution.
