Global Equity Capital’s principals have amassed an enviable track record of successful investments, mostly within the broadly defined technology and telecommunications sectors. Historically, GEC principals focused on divestitures from large corporate parents, such as Hewlett-Packard, Mattel, Micron Electronics, AT&T, Computer Sciences, Schlumberger, Texas Instruments, Unisys and Nortel Networks, but has increasingly expanded its targeted transactions to include buyouts of standalone businesses in a wide range of industries. Given this history, GEC is well-suited and experienced in the extraction issues facing corporate sellers of non-core assets.
While the firm focuses on structuring acquisitions that meet the unique requirements of each seller, the companies that meet our fundamental investment profile - non-core businesses with healthy growth dynamics at attractive valuations - are typically those encountering strategic, operational, financial or organizational challenges.
The Firm's investment strategy is aimed at businesses with substantial revenue, as opposed to early stage or venture investing in the small to mid-market.
As a result of the principals of Global Equity Capital, LLC having completed dozens of transactions, sellers and their advisors benefit from a rapid, streamlined process.
GEC's M&A team will evaluate an information package prepared by the seller, pulling in operational expertise when necessary. Within days, the seller will know whether the transaction fits our profile and the indicated valuation.
Due diligence focuses on the operational side of the business, and is always conducted in a manner that preserves confidentiality for the seller. Although we will conduct a detailed review and attain a thorough understanding of the business and its prospects, the GEC team can reach that stage quickly having evaluated and acquired, as a group, numerous companies over the last dozen years. Geography is never a barrier to an efficient and timely diligence process.
GEC has the flexibility in structuring transactions to meet a Seller's goals for an optimal structure to maximize net proceeds and, in the case of carve-outs, the Seller's objectives for future corporate growth and profitability. There is no "right way" to complete a transaction with GEC, as our portfolio has been built with asset acquisitions, stock acquisitions, and subsidiaries or divisions of larger companies. Occasionally our transactions include an opportunity for the seller to benefit further from future performance or liquidity of the acquired business.