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Capital Advisory

Growth Capital & Private Placements

BlackHaven advises technology-enabled companies raising growth equity and private capital. Our mandate is straightforward: connect clients with the investors best suited to their stage, sector, and strategic objectives and structure the raise to protect founder ownership and control while enabling the next phase of growth.

Growth Equity Advisory

Capital Structured Around Founder Objectives

Growth equity is not just about the cheque, it is about the partner, the terms, and the optionality preserved after the transaction. BlackHaven manages the full raise: positioning the business for institutional investors, building the investor narrative, targeting the right funds, running a competitive process, and negotiating terms aligned with your long-term objectives.

We work with founders raising their first institutional round, businesses scaling toward an exit, and companies seeking capital for strategic acquisitions. Every engagement is structured around the specific dynamics of technology-enabled businesses - the metrics that matter, the investors who specialize in the sector, and the terms that create alignment without foreclosing future options.

Private Placements

Discrete Capital for Growth and Transition

Private placements allow founders and companies to raise capital from a targeted set of investors outside a broad public process. BlackHaven runs bespoke private placement processes for growth companies - managing investor targeting, terms negotiation, and close with the discretion that sensitive transactions require.

We work across the capital structure, from straight equity to structured instruments, matching the instrument to the client's specific capital needs and timeline.

Capital Structure Advisory

Before You Raise, Know What You Need

Before any capital raise, BlackHaven conducts a structured assessment: what type of capital aligns with your objectives, what valuation positioning is defensible in the current market, and what terms create alignment without constraining future flexibility. This advisory work happens before we go to market - ensuring every process is well-positioned before the first investor conversation.

Engagement terms discussed on the intro call.

M&A Advisory

M&A and Financial Advisory

BlackHaven advises founders, management teams, and boards of technology-enabled companies through the full M&A lifecycle - from early positioning through negotiation and close. We take a limited number of mandates at any time, ensuring every client receives sustained senior attention and bespoke process management.

Sell-Side Advisory

Maximizing Value for Founders and Business Owners

A sell-side process is the most consequential transaction most founders will ever run. BlackHaven manages the full process: positioning the business, preparing institutional-quality materials, running targeted outreach to the right strategic and financial buyers, and managing the negotiation to close.

We work exclusively with technology-enabled companies, which means we understand how SaaS metrics are scrutinized, how fintech revenue is underwritten, and how AI-native businesses are valued by acquirers today. That pattern recognition translates directly into stronger positioning and better outcomes for our clients.

Our Process Covers:

Valuation benchmarking and positioning
CIM and technical data room preparation
Strategic and financial buyer mapping
Bid coordination and deal structuring
Full process management from NDA to closing

Buy-Side Advisory

Strategic Acquisitions for Founders and Sponsors

For technology-enabled companies seeking to grow through acquisition, BlackHaven advises on target identification, valuation, diligence coordination, and deal structuring. We run proprietary outreach to targets before they reach the open market.

We bring the same analytical rigour to acquisitions that we apply to sell-side mandates: sector pattern recognition, realistic valuation discipline, and the relationship capital to move deals forward. We operate as a true extension of your team - not a transactional intermediary.

Divestitures

Precision Execution for Non-Core Asset Sales

Whether separating a non-core business unit or executing a strategic carve-out, BlackHaven manages the process from separation planning through closing. We focus on clean execution, clear positioning of the divested asset, and protecting the operational continuity of the retained business throughout the transaction.

Financial Sponsors

Financial Sponsors Coverage

BlackHaven works alongside private equity funds, family offices, and financial sponsors as a trusted, sector-focused advisor. We bring proprietary deal flow, technology sector pattern recognition, and bespoke execution capability to sponsors deploying capital in technology-enabled businesses - serving as a focused, high-conviction partner on mandates that require genuine depth.

Deal Flow and Sourcing

Proprietary Opportunities in Technology-Enabled Sectors

BlackHaven maintains active origination in technology-enabled businesses, surfacing opportunities for sponsors before they reach a competitive process. Our coverage is sector-anchored - we are not providing generalist deal flow across twenty industries. We bring qualified, focused opportunities in the sectors where we have genuine pattern recognition: SaaS, fintech, AI-native software, enterprise technology, and adjacent technology-enabled businesses.

For sponsors running platform builds or acquisitions in these sectors, BlackHaven operates as an extension of the deal origination function - running proprietary outreach, qualifying targets, and managing early-stage conversations with discipline.

Advisor on Sponsor-Side Transactions

Trusted Counsel Through the Transaction Lifecycle

Sponsors retain BlackHaven as their advisor on acquisitions, capital raises, and portfolio company transactions. We understand how PE sponsors evaluate businesses - the return thresholds, the underwriting standards, the leverage dynamics, and the exit considerations - and we bring that perspective to every engagement.

Whether advising on a new platform acquisition, an add-on for an existing portfolio company, or a capital raise at the portfolio company level, BlackHaven provides senior-led advisory from origination through close.

Portfolio Company Advisory

Creating Value Between Acquisition and Exit

For portfolio companies preparing for a capital raise, strategic acquisition, or eventual exit, BlackHaven advises on positioning, timing, and process design. We work directly with management teams and boards, providing the same bespoke advisory that a sponsor expects - executed with the independence and conviction of a firm that takes only mandates it believes in.

Debt Advisory

BlackHaven structures and sources debt financing for technology-enabled companies executing acquisitions, recapitalizations, and growth mandates. Our role is to match each client with the right capital provider - structuring the debt to fit the specific dynamics of the business rather than fitting the business into a standard product.

Acquisition Financing

Debt Structures Built for Acquisitions

For buyers acquiring technology-enabled businesses, debt structure is a critical lever in deal economics. BlackHaven advises on the optimal capital structure for each acquisition - navigating senior facilities, unitranche solutions, and subordinated capital available in the current market - and runs a targeted process to secure financing from lenders who understand the sector.

We work with both strategic acquirers and sponsor-backed buyers, and our coverage spans traditional bank lenders, private credit funds, and specialty finance providers with experience in technology-enabled businesses.

Recapitalizations

Optimizing Capital Structure Without a Full Transaction

Recapitalizations allow founders and shareholders to extract liquidity, adjust capital structure, or reset equity incentive plans without a full sale process. BlackHaven advises on recapitalization strategy, structures the appropriate debt and equity components, and manages the process with the discretion these transactions require.

For founders weighing options between a growth equity raise and a full exit, a recapitalization is often the right intermediate step. BlackHaven's advice starts with a frank assessment of whether it is the right tool for your specific situation.

Growth Debt and Credit Facilities

Non-Dilutive Capital for Scaling Businesses

Technology-enabled companies often have access to non-dilutive debt capital that is materially cheaper than equity. BlackHaven advises on the right debt instruments for growth - from senior credit facilities and revenue-based financing to venture debt - and manages lender selection and terms negotiation with the same rigour applied to equity mandates.

Our objective on every debt mandate is the same: the right amount of capital, from the right provider, at terms that support your long-term business objectives without overlevering the balance sheet.