$5m IPO (Dec 2022)
Sequoia Corporate Finance
Sequoia Corporate Finance is wholly owned by Sequoia Financial Group Ltd, an ASX-listed integrated financial services company with offices Australia wide and c.150 staff.
With extensive experience in advising corporate clients across all aspects of capital markets including Pre-IPO, IPO, secondary issues and mergers and acquisitions, Sequoia is your partner in capital markets.
Leveraging a Multi-faceted,
ASX-listed Financial Services Business
We pride ourselves in bringing deals to our institutional and high net worth investor network that have been well researched and structured.
Our Divisions
Sequoia Corporate Finance can leverage other divisions within the broader group.
01
Sequoia Wealth Management
Over 30 Equity Advisors across Sydney
and Melbourne that collectively participates in c.150 ECM transactions per annum.
02
Morrison Securities
Clears and executes shares for c.50 other
licensees – boutique broking and
corporate advisory firms.
03
Corporate Connect
Independent investment research house
with a team of analysts that write high
quality issuer sponsored research for
listed ASX companies.
04
Financial Media
Provides topical financial and small
cap news to investors with 50,000+
subscribers and 100,000+ unique
users per month. Can be leveraged to
support the overall marketing
process.
05
Financial Planning
c.400 Financial Advisors that are
authorised representatives as financial
planners or accountants operating throughout Australia.
Investors
Our aim is to identify companies at a critical inflection point in their growth journey that represent attractive opportunities with strong management teams and clear catalysts.
Our Approach
We focus on understanding each business to reach comfort on the investment thesis. This requires extensive due diligence on the companies for which we raise capital. Following a detailed due diligence process, we set out an optimal transaction structure that seeks to provide investors with an attractive return on capital while mitigating risk.
Deal Structures
Sequoia is fully conversant with private, pre-IPO and public funding structures from vanilla equity to more complex hybrid securities:
Equity
Pre-IPO, IPO, secondary issues, private equity and venture capital
Hybrids
Convertible notes, structured debt and SAFEs
Debt
Senior debt, subordinated debt and project finance
Capital Restructuring
Strategic sales, key shareholder exits and block sales
Companies
Our principal focus is advising high-conviction emerging growth companies on capital raising, mergers and acquisitions and investor access.
Equity
capital
Through our deep networks of institutional, family office, and high net worth investors we can assess a wide range of funding options to deliver the most effective funding structure.
Corporate and strategic advice
We pride ourselves on timely, confidential and transparent corporate advice and know that this paves the way for successful outcomes.
M&A buy side
We leverage our extensive networks and research capabilities to source acquisition targets for our clients and support them to successful acquisition pathways.
M&A sell side
Coordinating preparation of the business for sale including valuation guidance, preparation of target buyers list, sale documents through to negotiation, documentation and settlement of the transaction.
Team
The core team within Sequoia Corporate Finance consists of a specialised team of highly experienced executives with complementary skill sets.
Transaction Snapshot
SOCO CORPORATION
ASX: SOC
Lead Manager
ASX: SOC
XPON
ASX:XPN
Lead Manager
ASX:XPN
$1.6m pre-IPO note issue and secondary share sale to institutional investors (Aug 2021)
$12.5m IPO (Dec 2021)
B.ENERGY
PRIVATE
Corporate Advisor and Lead Manager
PRIVATE
Corporate advisory to explore a range of capital raisings for the company (Nov 2020)
$9.7m pre-IPO note issue (Mar 2021)
$3.0m bridge note issue (Dec 2021)
LEAF RESOURCES
ASX:LER
Corporate Advisor and Lead Manager
ASX:LER
$1.5m pre-IPO for Essential Queensland (Jul 2020)
$3.0m RTO in Leaf Resources (Dec 2020)
$8.0m placement (Jul 2021)
$6.6m note issue and placement (Jul 2022)
BAMBOO
PRIVATE
Lead Manager
PRIVATE
$4.0m series A equity capital raising (Oct 2021)
ELSIGHT
ASX:ELS
Lead Manager
ASX:ELS
$3.4m block trade to institutional investors, allowing founders to exercise options to capitalise the company (May 2022)
$8.0m fixed price convertible note to institutional investors (Nov 2022)
TYMLEZ GROUP
ASX:TYM
Corporate Advisor and Lead Manager
ASX:TYM
$5.8m rights issue with firm commitments for 100% of any potential shortfall (Jun 2021)
$1.1m follow-on placement to a syndicate of strategic investors identified and brought in by Sequoia (Jul 2021)
NORTH STAWELL MINERALS
ASX:NSM
Lead Manager
ASX:NSM
$20m IPO (Aug 2020)
THE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP
ASX:EGL
Lead Manager, Corporate and Strategic Advisor
ASX:EGL
$1m placement and rights issue (Sep 2020)
Strategic advice and introduction of new management team (Feb 2021)