Raising Capital-Short on Cash?
Everybody has a dream. What’s your dream?
There are as many ways to raise capital as there are needs for it.
Perhaps you want to take advantage of a simple collateralized loan. We can help you prepare a Letter of Intent/Memorandum of Understanding and a Promissory Note. Or, perhaps you want to pursue a Private Placement Memorandum. We have crafted dozens of these for industries as varied as retail, manufacturing, software, inventory financing, etc. in Texas, Nevada, Delaware, Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, and offshore.
By engaging our services, you agree that a Non Disclosure Non Circumvention Agreement is required and is in place on both sides of the working relationship. We work hard to protect the confidentiality of our clients, their projects, our recommendations, and their future and ongoing plans- and we expect the same from each of our clients. This includes not only the documentation, but the sources of funding we specify and recommend to you.
GCG Private Placement Memoranda (PPM)
Our experience in the preparation of a custom Private Placement Memorandum will address specific securities issues within your Company.
GCG does its homework. We prepare Reg D 504, 505, and 506 SEC offering documents as required for each assignment, and create them uniquely for you. You’ll receive the benefit of our expertise in exit strategies and stock valuations. GCG wants you to be well-informed about every aspect of your PPM, so detailed information about risks and rewards are part of the equity offering documentation. Now is a unique time in economic history. There are more stimulus funds available than previously in history, and more funds are available for development than ever before-many of them guaranteed or underwritten by the US Government. And yet, most people are complaining they can’t get funding.
Using GCG assures you that you’ll receive a customized securities document – we don’t believe in conveyor-belt service. You’ll receive in-depth research on your reasons to use a Private Placement Memorandum.
Presenting a well-written and well-structured PPM can be a major step when approaching prospective investors. It’s important that you understand the need for a PPM, especially if you’re offering a level of equity in your company to prospective investors who may not be accredited. The law is very strict on this. Our seasoned experts can help you develop the contents of your offering specifically in accordance with applicable securities law, and can help you through the many steps where the PPM will be under Disclosure Guidelines of applicable securities regulations.
GCG protects you and your company. Sometimes the law does not require written disclosures, but the statements of the issuer – no matter if they are oral or written- are subject to federal and state anti-fraud requirements.
GCG knows that “white lies” are unacceptable, as are nondisclosures of material facts… you simply cannot dance around these issues. When offering securities to an investor, if the issuer makes any untrue statements of a material fact, or if he or she omits to mention a material fact crucial to the investor’s whole- body understanding of the situation, he or she is breaking the law. It’s called securities fraud. Even if the issuer did not intend to make the misstatement, the issuer can be in legal trouble – not to mention the officers and directors of the Company as well. With GCG’s carefully and well-prepared PPM, the issuer should avoid a securities fraud claim, because there will be proof of record of what was communicated to the investors about both the Offering and the Company. The Securities and Exchange Commission can impose civil and criminal penalties to an issuer who is misleading investors.
GCG Provides a Professional Product
A professionally developed PPM document for your offering, delivered to prospective investors, will become an effective “sales” document. It communicates to the prospective investor that the directors and officers of the issuer are serious about their business, that they know the company and the industry they are in, and that they are professional and know how to deliver a good product.
GCG assists in the crafting of the content to be written. In following the protection requirements established by the Securities Law Regulations for those who are at greatest risk in certain investments, GCG starts with the minimum contents of the PPM required by law and builds from there. In the case of the private offering with at least one investor who is not accredited, the issuer is shown how to make detailed disclosures. The PPM and the associated legal costs can be great, so GCG does due diligence in the beginning steps. Accredited investors are usually the main clientele.
If the process is simplified – if all the investors are accredited-the PPM gives requisite information which allows the prospective investor to make an informed decision on whether or not to invest.
The PPM might contain some or all of the parts below, depending on your own, specific offering:
– Cautionary language: Statements will explain the risks of investing in unregistered securities generally and the offered securities in particular.
– Summary of Offering Terms: A table format will give a rundown of the terms in the form of a term sheet.
– Description of the issuer: You’ll become familiar with the issuer, the organizational structure, a short history of the company, and context of the offering.
– Business Plan: This is foundational information, and will tell about the market opportunity, along with the products, the marketing and sales plan, how the money is to be spent, and financials.
– Risk factors: The risk factors foreseeable by the issuer will be given to warn about the investment.
– Subscription procedures: Explains how to participate in the offering.
– Conflicts of interest: The issuer or affiliates might be in a conflict of interest scenario, and if so, this section will explain it and its impact on the Offering.
– Appendices: You’ll receive supplemental information and documents that will further assist in an investor’s decision. From copies of the actual investment agreements to material agreements or licenses, the appendices assist in final decision-making.
Isn’t it time that you have experts protecting you and your company?
Dr. Brent Lundell owns http://www.GainStreamGroup.com, a venture capital sourcing and consulting company, and is a partner in The Guinn Consultancy Group, Inc. The Guinn Consultancy Group provides a wide array of business services, including seminars, webinars, and venture capital sourcing services. See the group website at www.theguinnconsultancygroup.com or contact them for additional information at 800-335-9269.
Dr. Brent Lundell owns http://www.GainStreamGroup.com, a venture capital sourcing and consulting company, and is a partner in The Guinn Consultancy Group, Inc. The Guinn Consultancy Group provides a wide array of business services, including seminars, webinars, and venture capital sourcing services. See the group website at www.theguinnconsultancygroup.com or contact them for additional information at 800-335-9269.
Author Bio: Dr. Brent Lundell owns http://www.GainStreamGroup.com, a venture capital sourcing and consulting company, and is a partner in The Guinn Consultancy Group, Inc. The Guinn Consultancy Group provides a wide array of business services, including seminars, webinars, and venture capital sourcing services. See the group website at www.theguinnconsultancygroup.com or contact them for additional information at 800-335-9269.
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