Investment Banking Services (Bringing Together People and Capital)

The operating philosophy of Progress Capital is to serve only a select group of emerging growth and middle market clients through the personalized attention of our senior executives. The Firm’s experienced principals take a hands-on approach with each client.

By attentive understanding of each client’s business and strategic objectives, Progress Capital is able to focus on a client’s individual needs, effectively develop strategies, efficiently achieve goals and manage each transaction process rapidly through to the close.

The principals of Progress Capital are experts in structuring, sourcing, negotiating and closing a myriad of private and exempt debt and equity financings as well as other institutional financings for both private and public companies. Such debt or equity financings are typically a result of a client’s need for:

• leveraged acquisition financing;

• recapitalization and capital restructuring;

• capital for organic growth within your market space;

• capital for expansion into new vertical markets;

• capital for shareholder liquidity;

• capital to refinance existing debt; and

• capital for real estate financing.

Progress Capital maintains active relationships with numerous institutional investors including major venture capital funds, private equity funds, leveraged-buyout funds, special situation funds, mezzanine funds, regional and money-center commercial banks and insurance companies. This network of Progress Capital relationships manages in excess of $50 billion of capital. These sources provide capital ranging from equity and equity linked instruments to subordinated debt and bridge financing. The Firm’s relationship with these entities and knowledge of their investment criteria and processes often enable Progress Capital to quickly present multiple financing options.

In addition to fulfilling the private and exempt financing needs of the Firm’s clients, the principals of Progress Capital have decades of experience in the public offering capital markets and maintain close relationships with global and regional investment banking firms that can provide initial public offerings (IPOs) and other secondary and follow-on registered offerings under the Securities Act, when required. As a client’s investment banker, the Firm works closely with the client to screen and identity the right firm, negotiate the best terms and manage the entire public offering process, enabling the management team to focus on their core competencies of operating the business.

As an affiliate partner to various leading global investments banks, Progress Capital has access to people, technology and venture capital resources of the various investment banks. These resources include seasoned professionals in areas of management consulting, due diligence analysis, business plan development, valuation analysis, fairness opinions and market research along with the utilization of a large database.