DEAL STRATEGIES
Success Requires Experienced Planning
Whether you're contemplating an angel or seed round, anticipating your Series A, looking at your first acquisition, or thinking of exiting, we can provide unique support stemming from over 30 transactions totalling over $1 billion in value.
ABOUT SHAY
The Story
Shay Houser is a serial entrepreneur. The real kind. Having co-founded and led five (5) technology businesses serving as CEO. Through the trials and tribulations and the whims of Wall Street, Shay has seen it all.
With over $1 Billion of transactions under his belt, he's secured hundreds of millions of private debt and equity and filed for an IPO. He's sourced, financed, and closed dozens of acquisitions. He has lived in the trenches. He created the fastest growing company in South Carolina, achieved Number 73 on the Inc. 500 and has since been a 3x Inc. 500/5000 winner.
With 2 Public (NASDAQ) exits and 2 PE-backed exits, he also knows the drill when it comes to selling a company.
Aside from the capital structure and M&A expertise, Shay's passion is developing GTM strategies for emerging tech companies to achieve maximum return on investment.
He has all the battle scars. He's seen everything you can see in deals. Use Shay's experience to ensure you maximize your strategic and GTM goals.
With a stable full of senior operator-advisors, Shay can bring to any resources needed to the party.
ADVISORY SERVICES
Unique Guidance From Real-World Experience
M&A STRATEGIES
We bring the art to the deal. Our value-add is different from what bankers lawyers, and accountants bring. And we guarantee results.
WORKING CAPITAL STRATEGIES
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, SAFE, Notes, Convertibles, Senior, Mezz, and Uni-Tranche
GTM & CHANNEL STRATEGIES
30-Years Of Technology Channel Experience to Draw On
SAMPLE TRANSACTIONS
SINCE 1994
TRIVERGENT / NUVOX
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Sub Debt, Debt, 6 Acquisitions, IPO, Sale
UCI COMMUNICATIONS
Seed, Debt, Sub Debt, Notes, 1 Acquisition, Sale
GREEN CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES
Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Sub Debt, Bank Debt, 3 Acquisitions, Sale
YOUTURN HEALTH
Pre-Seed, Seed, Sale
LCI INTERNATIONAL
4 acquisitions
NEWSOUTH COMMUNICATIONS
Seed, Series A, Series B
IBASIS
Seed, Series A
CELLPORT SYSTEMS
Series A, Series B