Family Office Direct Investment Services
Some situations call for a certain kind of capital. Some clients are not comfortable with private equity investors that will buy their company and force an event in five years. Our clients often have numerous objectives for their transaction and we need to find the right fit for them.
We have identified approximately 3,200 segment-leading, upper-middle-market businesses in the United States, which have an aggregate enterprise value of approximately of $1.25 trillion. We work with such companies on a priority basis to provide Integrated Business Advisory Services because such companies typically offer great potential for long-term growth and development. These companies often need equity capital for business growth, shareholder liquidity or both. However, in most instances, the majority of the owners of such companies are not interested in selling. They would therefore typically prefer receiving low-key, non-institutional, private capital from Family Offices or other similar direct investors, as opposed to obtaining equity capital from private equity funds.
We have developed expertise in providing private capital to segment-leading businesses through our Family Office Direct Investment SM Services (FODIS). FODIS facilitates an upper-middle-market company's ability to access private capital from Family Offices, which has historically been a key strategic advantage for growing larger, privately owned companies over generations.
FODIS is designed to provide business-owning families or Family Offices with access to Headwaters’ integrated business model, national network and market intelligence to enhance their deal-origination process, optimize investments and exits, and strengthen oversight and monitoring of their private-company investments.
While many Family Offices have professional staff members in place to oversee their direct investments, others lack a deep bullpen of industry-savvy investment professionals. In other cases, the amount of capital needed by a particular segment-leading business may exceed the capital allocation that any one Family Office may wish to invest. As part of FODIS, we can oversee, manage and report on behalf of Family Offices, and we can also serve as a syndicate agent when multiple Family Offices combine to provide equity capital to a segment-leading business.
We also offer capital underwriting, market-making and resyndication services. Securities-related transactions are processed through Headwaters | BD, our FINRA-registered entity.
We have developed expertise in providing private capital to segment-leading businesses through our Family Office Direct Investment SM Services (FODIS). FODIS facilitates an upper-middle-market company's ability to access private capital from Family Offices, which has historically been a key strategic advantage for growing larger, privately owned companies over generations.
FODIS is designed to provide business-owning families or Family Offices with access to Headwaters’ integrated business model, national network and market intelligence to enhance their deal-origination process, optimize investments and exits, and strengthen oversight and monitoring of their private-company investments.
While many Family Offices have professional staff members in place to oversee their direct investments, others lack a deep bullpen of industry-savvy investment professionals. In other cases, the amount of capital needed by a particular segment-leading business may exceed the capital allocation that any one Family Office may wish to invest. As part of FODIS, we can oversee, manage and report on behalf of Family Offices, and we can also serve as a syndicate agent when multiple Family Offices combine to provide equity capital to a segment-leading business.
We also offer capital underwriting, market-making and resyndication services. Securities-related transactions are processed through Headwaters | BD, our FINRA-registered entity.
