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Investment Banking Services

Young America Capital is an Investment Bank with unique expertise in the Alternative Investment arena.

Our Investment Banking Group provides a broad suite of M&A and Capital Formation services. We work with middle market and early stage companies that are looking to raise debt or equity capital to grow, recapitalize, refinance or restructure, sell or buy a business.

Young America’s alternative investment group provides works with clients that are seeking capital commitments in the institutional investor market. We also work with prospective investors in evaluating and pursuing prospective alternative investment opportunities.

Investment Banking Services

As a licensed FINRA/SEC broker dealer organization, Young America Capital provides private placement services for both debt financings and equity capital raises for early stage to established middle market companies. Young America can arrange and advise on early stage/growth capital, refinancing, restructuring/recapitalization and traditional buyout transactions. Young America can offer both highly targeted or more broadly based private placement marketing programs depending on each client’s specific financing goals and needs.

Funds raised can be in the form of:

  • Private placement of equity or debt securities
  • Senior, second lien, unitranche and/or subordinated credit facilities
  • Private investment in public securities (PIPEs)
  • Publicly traded securities

Our investment banking team has unique and complementary skill sets, backgrounds and industry contacts. With its extensive and longstanding relationships with:

  • Venture capital, private equity and mezzanine funds
  • Banks, commercial finance companies and credit funds
  • Family office investment groups
  • Strategic corporate development groups
  • Real estate developers and investors
  • Other institutional investors such as sovereign wealth and government related funds

Young America has a number of industry focused practice groups including:

  • Healthcare/Life Sciences Group 
  • Cleantech/Alternative Energy Group
  • Maritime/Infrastructure Group
  • Latin American Group/Cori Investment Advisors
  • General Manufacturing/Business Services/Information Technology Group  

Investment Banking Strategic Alliances

Young America has developed alliances with other industry leading advisor groups with which it can collaborate and share information such as:

Concept Capital Markets (http://www.conceptcapital.com)

Comprehensive brokerage and related services for traditional and alternative investment managers, managed account platforms, institutional investors, family offices and registered investment advisors with custody/clearing options, multi-asset class capabilities, execution/order management systems, financing options, operations/customer support functions and comprehensive portfolio reporting.  

Cantor Fitzgerald Prime Services ( http://www.cantor.com/sales_and_trading/prime)

Multi-asset, global prime brokerage platform providing clearing, financing and execution capabilities of a global investment bank. Service capabilities include equity/fixed income prime brokerage, financing solutions, and related investment advisory, client services and technology solutions.

McQuilling Atlas Advisors ( http://www.mcquilling.com)

Origination of proprietary investment opportunities through the firm’s existing clients of international ship owners, maritime operators and charterers (commodity traders, oil majors and sovereign oil majors). Advisory and investment banking services include: institutional investors for debt and equity capital raising, consulting on refinancings/restructurings, industry research/proprietary data, quantitative forecasting and specialized marketing studies that support a capital raising process. Industry types/sector of expertise include: specialized vessels (such as tankers/bulkers/containers/LNG), offshore vessels/services/transportations assets and shipyard/terminal/port infrastructure.

Leerink Capital ( http://www.leerink.com)

Leading investment bank focused on the healthcare sector including: Biopharma, Medical Devices, Tools/Diagnostics and Healthcare Services. Advisory and investment banking services include capital markets, M&A advisory, institutional equities and equity research with a focus on the healthcare industry and related sectors.