Life Sciences & Healthcare

Young America Capital is a nationally recognized broker-dealer and investment bank providing companies and investors with advisory services across a focused range of disciplines. The firm concentrates its activities on industries in which its professionals have substantial experience. We deliver sound advice, first-class execution, and superior results by leveraging our financial expertise, deep industry knowledge, and the personal commitment of each senior member of the firm. The firm’s principals have substantial experience with major investment banking and asset management firms. Over one-third of our 70-member team has attained their Series 24 Managing Principal status.

Service Offerings:

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF EQUITY & DEBT

Our professionals have extensive experience in the placement of private equity and debt to both retail and institutional clients. Capital is typically deployed to finance working capital, fund milestone product development activities, provide liquidity to shareholders, and stabilize the capital structure.

LICENSING AND PARTNERING

We possess industry pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and medical device development experience and credible access to top industry pharmaceutical and medical device executives that enables us to offer licensing and partnering facilitation consistent with the stage of development of the pharmaceutical or medical device assets and future sales potential. The team also has experience working with healthcare providers and healthcare information technology companies.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Our team has extensive experience in buy-side and exclusive sale advisory, as well as acquisition and sale of distressed businesses and assets, including identifying opportunities across the sector for value-enhancing consolidation opportunities. We have served as advisors to various boards on strategic options, especially concerning solutions that will minimize potential losses and provide a suitable recovery structure for the client, fund managers, and secured lenders.

RESTRUCTURING

We possess financial and strategic experience specific to the healthcare and life sciences sectors. Services include balance sheet restructurings and tax strategies, in-court and out-of-court restructurings, and bondholder negotiations.

GRANT WRITING

Our team has significant experience in writing successful grant proposals. Finding appropriate sources and obtaining funds outside of equity and debt is important in propelling company growth, particularly in the healthcare and life science sectors.

FAIRNESS OPINIONS

We provide Fairness Opinions under FINRA Rule 5150 which relates to transactions between affiliated entities wherein conflicts of interest could arise between related parties.