FAQs

"Several entities have expressed interest in acquiring my business. How do I know what it's worth?"
Business Valuation

"We've been approached by private equity groups and a competitor about buying our business. How can I know if these buyers are credible, and if I am maximizing shareholder value by only considering current offers?"
Mergers & Acquisitions

"I have a successful business, but I need to start planning for retirement. What are the steps I need to take to prepare for an exit and secure my family's financial future?"
Exit Planning

"We need to raise growth capital in order to take our business to the next level, but don't know where to start. What are our best options?"
Capital Formation

"We've built this company from the ground up and are now faced with key decisions to buy, sell, or merge.

How do we know what our best options are?"

Board Advisory

"Selling your business does not need to be overwhelming."
Sell Side

TAKING COMPANIES PRIVATE – The firm assists in efforts to take a public company private, then sell it to a private equity group or strategic entity. For example, selected team members helped realize the sale of a public industry company listed on the London AIM market to an established private equity group.
CORPORATE DIVESTITURES – The firm assists a company in selling one or more of its subsidiaries or divisions. For example, Ponterra’s leadership represented a major Global Distribution System company to sell one of its divisions to a major global travel management company.
CAPITAL FORMATION – The firm helps select high-growth companies in their quests for professional rounds of equity investments and raising of capital from institutions. Most of the firm’s activities in this regard center on companies with whom the firm has long term business mentoring relationships, with a view to building value on the way to an exit advised by Ponterra.
RECAPITALIZATION – The firm helps entrepreneurs and professional managers create recapitalizations, management buyouts or leveraged buyouts with a combination of debt and equity sources from qualified corporations and other financials firms. Ponterra has enabled recapitalizations and management buyouts of industry technology companies in various geographies including the United Kingdom, where it enjoys superior contacts.