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Investment Banking

The right financing, investor, or transaction partner changes more than a balance sheet. We help you find the next move.

01 / What we do

A clear route through complex capital.

Stapleton Frost provides business financing and business loans, including 0% equity debt structures that preserve ownership, alongside 100% equity capital raising and convertible capital raising. We provide M&A advisory and acquisition financing, LP fund placements, and pre-IPO secondaries for companies, funds, owners, and investors.

$500K–$3B

Financing, from working capital to major expansion

0% equity

Debt structures that keep ownership where it belongs

100% equity

Pure equity and convertible capital raises

Quiet boardroom prepared for a capital conversation

03 / Our approach

Discretion is a strategy.

A capital event has a long tail. We take the time to understand the business behind the numbers, then bring the right counterparties and professionals into the room at the right moment.

01

Understand the mandate

02

Position the opportunity

03

Execute with control

04 / Sector fluency

Context changes the deal.

We bring relevant market context to each mandate, with experience across sectors where growth, regulation, and capital meet.

Healthcare

Technology

Financial services

Business services

Alternative energy

Real estate

05 / The next move

Bring us the complicated part.

Whether you are funding growth, unlocking liquidity, or considering a transaction, we can help turn the open question into a disciplined plan.

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