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Harvard
Capital Group is a Los Angeles-based private
investment bank, focused on private companies
seeking $1 to $20 million private equity
capital. Our emphasis is Venture Capital,
Angels, Private Placements, and Strategic
Investors for clients ranging from startup to
mezzanine (pre-IPO) financing.
As a
private investment bank, we bring Wall Street expertise and
Stanford/Harvard Business School precision to deals too
small for the "bulge bracket" Wall Street firms. We
work with you in five steps:
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Improve your strategic plan.
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Optimize
your capital structure and valuation.
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Develop an
effective offering memorandum.
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Identify and approach investors.
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Help in
final negotiations.
Most of
our clients have revenue from startup to $35 million.
This subgroup of companies
is an under-serviced
market, one which contains most American businesses.
It is also the group that has the fastest growth potential
that savvy investors look for. Simply put, our
business is to accelerate our clients towards a higher value
level, and to decrease the risks for incoming investors.
Properly done, this translates to less dilution and the
ability to be more selective in choosing investors.
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We can help
you get the equity capital you need to grow your idea, whether it's
Venture Capital for an biotechnology startup, or a
private placement with a strategic partner for a
manufacturing company.
In other
instances, we can help prepare you for your
initial public offering,
acquire or merge, or even
sell your company because its a perfect time. If
we don't think we can add extraordinary value, we decline
the project.
We work
with you to eliminate "anomalies," build on hot-button
features, fine-tune strategies, and boldly restructure
deals... all with a view to add value as measured by the
client's objectives.
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The Harvard Capital Group is a proud
sponsor of both
the 2006 and 2007 ENTREPRENEURS
CONFERENCES
organized by the Harvard Business
School Association
of Orange County.
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This
website has “how-to” articles, links and referrals to
increase the valuation of your company, and minimize
dilution. Be sure to
bookmark our
Entrepreneur's Toolbox, packed with resources just for
you. There, you'll find critical resources for
high-tech CEOs: "how-to" articles, networking support
groups, and contact names to some of the best venture
capitalists, attorneys, and bankers in the industry.
Because we
work on smaller deals, we prefer clients that are within two
hours of our backyard in Southern California, but we accept
clients anywhere in the world where we can help maximize
value. If you want to get things started today,
click here.
What We Do
What the Harvard Capital Group does is quite simple:
We focus on situations where there is an opportunity
to effectively combine (i) human talent combined with (ii)
technology (know-how or methodology) applied to
a (iii) market (human problem that begs a
solution). Usually, the missing ingredient is capital. The Harvard Capital Group defines
and articulates your business ideas to investors,
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Our Typical Client Profile:
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Privately-held corporation.
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Current
revenue under $35 million.
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Startup to
Mezzanine (pre-IPO) capital.
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Proprietary
technologies.
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Enormous
growth potential.
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Possibility
to dominate a niche.
- Needs expansion capital yesterday.
Typical Transaction Size:
- $1 to $20 million equity.
Typical Solutions:
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Private
placement.
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Venture
capital.
- Strategic alliance.
Our Strengths:
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Value-Added
Strategic Planning.
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Repositioning Company for Maximum Valuation.
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Writing
Business Plans & Placement Memoranda.
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Streamlining Complex Strategies and Projects.
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Identifying
Best-Fit Investors and Structure.
- Access to Capital.
Typical
Process:
1. Strategic analysis of company and
industry.
2. Restructuring business or
organization to make more attractive to investors.
3. Determine appropriate valuation and
capital structure.
4. Identify target investor type.
5. Draft private placement memorandum.
6. Approach investors.
7. Close transaction.
8. Post-transaction monitoring.
Typical Fee Structure (Equity
Transactions):
Other Services:
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