New to private markets, or weighing a transaction and unsure where to begin? DawnAscent’s principal has seen it all: no question is too small, and no situation too big. With decades of operating and investing experience and billions of dollars in transactions behind him, he advises founders, operators, investors, and companies on a consulting basis, across:
Operating support and best practices
Growth and scaling decisions
Financing strategy and deal structure
Sale to, or partnership with, private-market investors
Board and advisory work
Interim and permanent chief-executive and senior operating roles
The advisory advantage
Experienced advisors change outcomes.
Companies grew sales 66.8% in the three years after adding an experienced advisory board, nearly triple the 22.9% of the three years before.Sales growth, three years before vs. after board creation · BDC / Statistics CanadaProductivity ran 18% higher at companies with advisory boards than at matched peers.Productivity vs. a matched control group, 2001–2011 · BDC / Statistics Canada
Growth
that compounds when capital is combined with real operating experience.
An advisory edge
experienced, board-level guidance built in from day one.
Operating experience, combined with capital, makes the difference.