Investment & Business Services
Taking Your Company Public
There are a number of substantial advantages in having a public company. It is a possibility to raise a lot of capital and therefore expand the business. It gives the company new financing options and it provides an exit strategy for the founders.
Typically, a going public process is led by a financial institution that acts as an underwriter. This financial institution takes the company through the entire going public process and gives also a commitment for a multi-million dollar financing.
However, this process is only possible for larger companies that are already well established.
But there is also a solution for start-up companies. A securities lawyer can do the necessary filings with the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission). The company has to provide audited financial statements and if everything has been approved, a market maker will file the form 15c2-11 with the NASD to obtain a trading symbol.
Even though there is no initial multi-million dollar financing attached to it, it opens up a whole new world of opportunities for financing options because the company is publicly traded.
The cost for taking a company public for start-up companies can vary. It is somewhere between $50,000 to $150,000 depending on the scale of the business, the extend of the audit, time needed with the lawyer and other factors. If you have set up your business the right way so that investors can buy shares of the company while you wait for your listing, you should easily be able to raise the necessary funds to pay for all the professional fees involved.
Also, once you are trading you can sell shares in the market to generate cash for the business. If you have the right people working on a marketing strategy for your stock, you should be able to create enough trading volume to turn some of your shares into cash.
We can show you how this process works, get all the necessary contacts involved, hire the professionals, coach you in the entire process and make sure that nothing goes wrong.
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