From opportunity to execution.
Nine stages. The same discipline applies whether the transaction is a 90-day trade facility or a controlling acquisition.
We identify businesses, assets and transactions requiring capital or strategic investment, through direct relationships, intermediaries and inbound submissions.
We assess strategic fit, transaction size, sector, economics, counterparties, capital requirement and risk. Most opportunities conclude here, and quickly.
We investigate financial performance, commercial fundamentals, legal structure, assets, management, contracts, repayment sources and downside scenarios.
We determine whether the opportunity is best suited to debt, equity, asset acquisition, joint venture, structured capital or a hybrid. This is where the analysis becomes an instrument.
The transaction goes through SAWYERR's internal investment review process before any commitment is made.
Where external capital is required, SAWYERR engages appropriate capital partners on transaction-specific terms.
Documentation, funding, acquisition and deployment. Capital moves only once terms are executed.
We monitor performance, cash flows, covenants, asset condition, repayment and business performance through the term.
Depending on the structure: repayment, dividend, refinancing, asset sale or equity exit.
Not “is this a good business?” but “what exactly repays us?”
The first is an equity question. The second is a credit question. Which one applies depends on the instrument, and both are asked before capital moves.
For every transaction we draw the same chain: source of repayment, security, cash-flow control, contractual protections, exit date. If that chain cannot be drawn on a single page, the transaction does not proceed.
Start the process.
Submit an opportunity or apply for financing. Screening is quick and we will tell you plainly if it does not fit.