Divestitures & Capital Raises

Sales and financing.

DSB & Associates works with FOCUS Investment Banking to prepare you to sell.

Sell Side

FOCUS advises its sell-side clients through the entire sale process, leveraging industry expertise, research capabilities, and a highly developed network of national and international contacts to provide a solid base for initiating transactions. Through FOCUS, you also have access to special middle market expertise in identifying and evaluating potential sellers, buyers, and partners.

Working closely with senior management, FOCUS positions your company to highlight strengths and attract optimal valuations. FOCUS bankers will discreetly contact only selected qualified buyers to maximize price, improve terms, and quickly complete the M&A transaction.

Raising Capital

Financing is the lifeblood of business, supporting growth in the good times and preserving operations in more challenging environments. The professionals at FOCUS have decades of experience developing solutions for companies through economic cycles, addressing immediate issues with an understanding of how today’s choices impact capital structure in the long term.

Solutions and types of financing include:

Growth Capital

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Acquisition Financing

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Recapitalizations

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Bridge Loans

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ESOP Advisory Services & Financing

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Unitranche lending

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Senior debt

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Mezzanine debt

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Equity

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FOCUS bankers are active in each step of the capital raising process, leveraging strong operating backgrounds to quickly understand your immediate challenges in the context of your business model in the overall environment. FOCUS will work with you to develop a strategy around available options in the market and prepare a compelling presentation of your business plan and funding requirements. FOCUS maintains relationships with hundreds of funding sources. Appropriate lenders and investors are targeted and introduced to key contacts at your business.

The firm is an intermediary between the capital source and your business and facilitates meetings with lenders and investors. After term sheets have been issued, FOCUS follows the transaction through to its conclusion, advising on deal terms, assisting with negotiations and due diligence, coordinating with legal counsel, and managing the transaction until it is successfully closed.

Divestitures & Capital
Raises Lead

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