Founders

If you are a company founder and find yourself in any of the following situations, a transaction with SmithDefieux can help you meet your objectives:

• Do you need access to cash to support a major purchase or other high-priority family need?
• Is too much of your net worth tied up in a single illiquid asset, and you would like to diversify your gains?
• Have you started a new venture and prefer to monetize founder’s stock from your last start-up to provide seed capital for your new business?
• Have you sold your company for stock to another private company and desire liquidity for some or all of these shares?
• Do you need cash to participate in a rights offering being presented by your company in connection with a new venture capital round?
• Has your board rejected an M&A offer that would have provided you with a full or partial cash-out?
• Do you anticipate cash pressures related to lock-ups or outstanding shareholder loans in advance of an IPO?
• Could your tax or estate planning objectives be optimized by selling a portion of your founders’ stock today (and possibly more later)?

SmithDefieux provides founders like you with an attractive immediate exit alternative to quickly and efficiently sell some or all of your equity holdings. We have extensive experience negotiating directly with company founders and providing immediate cash returns. We purchase common or preferred stock “as-is where-is”, with no requirements to amend the existing capitalization or governance structure of the company. We will work with you to determine your obligations under any existing Stock Restriction or similar agreement. All information identified as sensitive will be managed in strict confidence.