Direct Public Offering Consulting

Go Public by Direct Public Offering

Our process helps entrepreneurs take their company public through a direct public offering so they can raise capital, complete acquisitions, recruit talent and create significant wealth.


What is a direct public offering?


A direct public offering refers to when a private company raises capital and becomes listed on a stock exchange, without an investment banking firm. This differs from a direct listing where the investment capital is raised before the company is listed on an exchange. Generally, we find direct listings to be a better path for most companies.


Which companies should consider a direct public offering?


A direct public offering is great for companies that have a well-known brand with a large enough audience to provide enough investment capital in a direct public offering.


Which companies qualify?


Any company can go public in the United States if it complies with the rules and regulations. We've taken companies public with $0 revenue. While we can help any company become publicly traded, it's important to understand the advantages and disadvantages before pursuing a direct public offering. If you have a clear strategy and ability to execute, a public listing can help accelerate and amplify your results.


Which stock exchange would a company trade on?


A company can list on any stock exchange it qualifies for, including NYSE, NASDAQ, OTC QX, OTC QB, and OTC Pink. When useful, we can also help companies list in Canada on the TSX-V, NEO and CSE. Since we often represent early-stage companies, most will list on the highest exchange they initially qualify for and seek to up-list when qualified to do so.


Who raises investment capital?


Since there's no investment banking firm involved in the transaction, all investment capital is raised by officers and directors of the company going public. When we facilitate a direct public offering, we help our clients comply with regulations that allow them to raise capital privately from personal relationships (friends, family & business network) and through a wide range of online and offline advertising.


What does a direct public offering really cost?


Completing a direct public offering will require an advisor, accountants, auditors, lawyers, and others. These professionals and other expenses will generally start at about $400,000 and can exceed $600,000 depending on the size and complexity of the transaction. In addition to the cash expense, there is also a fee paid in shares or warrants.


Why engage us?


It's important to have a very experienced advisor to navigate through all the steps required for a private company to complete a direct public offering. We formulate the strategy, tap into our network to build the professional team, plan everything and manage every aspect of the very complex process.


Our team has facilitated dozens of public listing transactions which helped CEOs complete acquisitions, raise capital, recruit talent and create more than $15 billion in shareholder value. Our founder started three companies that completed a direct listing, was an institutionally ranked technology analyst, partner of a large investment banking firm, and analyst for two multi- billion-dollar asset management firms.


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