Investment Banking / Private Placement
Private Placement
Young America Capital raises equity and debt for lower middle market and growth-stage companies, and arranges financing for sponsors buying them.
The practice |
In 2024 and 2025, YAC raised $411 million for more than 30 clients. We raise first institutional rounds, growth capital, acquisition financing, refinancings and recapitalizations, including recapitalizations that allow owners to take some money off the table. A senior banker leads each engagement and stays on it until the money is funded. That banker works with management on the model and the investor presentation, builds the investor list, runs the meetings and diligence, and negotiates the term sheet and the definitive documents alongside company counsel. We give the terms as much attention as the price. Covenants, board seats, liquidation preferences and prepayment penalties determine how much room the company has after closing and what the next raise will cost. |
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What we raise Many transactions combine two or more of these. |
Listed in order of claim, most senior first. Public companies. We also place PIPEs and other private offerings of publicly traded securities with institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds and government-related entities. |
Running the process |
The work runs in the same order on every engagement: preparation of the model, presentation and data room; agreement with management on which investors to approach; confidential outreach, meetings and diligence; then negotiation of term sheets and documents through funding. The main decision is how many investors to approach.
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Sector bankers 50 registered representatives in the U.S., Israel, Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America. |
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Planning a raise?Send recent financials and a short note on how much you need and what it will fund. A senior banker will review them before the first call. |
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