Private Placements

DDK helps privately-owned companies raise money in the private markets through a direct offering of securities to institutional investors. DDK acts as the client’s exclusive placement agent and manages the process. Private placements can involve senior or subordinated debt and convertible preferred stock. The DDK team:

• Works with the client to develop the private placement memorandum and the investor presentation to communicate the client’s science, technology, strengths, and business products most effectively;
• Advises on the size, timing and structure of the financing;
• Advises on appropriate valuation, given the stage of the company, industry area, and current market conditions;
• Constructs a highly targeted list of potential lead investors. Our investor base comprise over 400 potential investors in the US, Canada, Europe and the Pacific Rim. Virtually all are institutions or family offices and typically already have a working relationship with one or more of the founders;
• Contacts each prospective investor before any offering materials are sent out;
• Maintains confidentially of the transaction;
• Negotiates the transaction terms on behalf of the client;
• Reviews documentation and guides clients, if necessary, through the financing process to closing.

Because we maintain an ongoing relationship with our clients, the founders have assisted later stage clients in taking their securities into the public markets, selling their companies or making strategic acquisitions.

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