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CORPORATE FINANCE

Sage Elk offers extensive experience in high finance across industries, geographies, stages, and sizes.

We are financial advisors who ensure the on-going operations of your business through smart financial capital allocation required to achieve your goals. We develop a strategy around your balance sheet, growth strategy, and succession plan, then lead sourcing and negotiations of opportunities and financing.

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We navigate complex, exclusive capital markets.

EQUITY

Individual
Syndicate
Accelerator
Venture Capital
Corporate VC
Private Equity
Public Equity
Pension Funds

ALTERNATIVE

Bank
Non-Bank
SBA
Asset-Based
Mezzanine
Private Debt
Corporate Bond
Insurance

Family Office
REIT
Developer
Peer-to-Peer
Vendor
Supplier
Merchant
Government
University

Finance Sources

Finance Catalysts

Operation
Growth
Expansion
Refinance
Recapitalize
Acquisition
Succession
Liquidity

Finance Conduits

Principal
Advisor
Intermediary
Broker

DEBT

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Multi-state retail operator, buy-side acquisition of southeast multi-location operator and supplier. Sage Elk led negotiations, prepared presentations, answered diligence, and secured numerous written offers from institutional investors (Real Estate Financing and Private Debt) for up to 96% of the $40 million acquisition price within 30 days, giving our client options on capital structuring, and a high double digit IRR.

Premiere boating tourism business, sell- and buy-side acquisition. We led negotiations between both buyer and seller as intermediary, assisted with a succession plan to sell the business to key management, and secured a combination of non-bank and other asset-based loans to fully fund the purchase price. We proceeded to advise seller on launching of new lighting supply business thereafter.

CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES

Film production company, business plan and private placement capital raise. A seasoned producer team had established themselves in the industry with distribution deals on prior work, and wanted to leverage their high net worth network to fund new film projects. They engaged Sage Elk to improve their professionalism for fundraising and after helping them raise $8 million, went on to win numerous awards and distribution.

Top 5 gaming PC company, sell-side acquisition search and business sale. Trailing on momentum of two comparable market sales of gaming computer companies to large manufacturers, a top-5 competitor engaged us to sell their gaming computer business. We efficiently made introductions at the executive level to Dell, HP, and Compaq, and in 6 months sold to an online hardware reseller for a cash payment and seller earnout.