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Venture Capital, Private Equity, Hedge Funds
and Other Alternative Finance Sources
The placement of capital is a complex process. You must find a unique opportunity and structure the proper terms to meet your firm’s goals. As you work through the deal, your diligence process can take many forms, from competitive analysis, financial modeling, and understanding the background of the people involved in the transaction.
McCann Global focuses on the background investigations of your potential new executives or partners in your new deal. We have the depth to examine the backgrounds of the people and companies that you are looking to “risk” your capital with. In addition to understanding the basic issues in backgrounds, such as verification of identity and past criminal activity, we are able to help you to look at the potential business conflicts. The skills of McCann Global principals have been honed over decades of experience in both law enforcement and in the private sector.
McCann Global brings a unique perspective to the task of backgrounds for these types of firms. Its principals combine both extensive law enforcement backgrounds with an extensive business background. The business background includes direct involvement in companies that raised both venture and private equity and debt. The principals have also been directly involved as senior management in the merger and acquisition of dozens of organizations. Being in the “shoes” of the client, has given McCann Global principals an uncommon insight in the risk and reward calculations that are inherent in these types of transactions.
Simply put, most of our competitors simply do not have principals with the experience in venture capital, private equity or other non-traditional sources of equity and debt financing. They do not understand the business of these firms.
Our principals can help you decide how to tailor a background investigation. How do you decide what is warranted in background investigations? Since these types of firms invest along the life cycle of a business from the earliest seed funding to more mature equity financing such as PIPES, the required amount of background investigations can fluctuate greatly.
More than ever, financial professionals need to be able to show capital sources that they have conducted proper backgrounds and diligence on their most important assets, the people that will make the ideas and the assets perform. Not utilizing a qualified background investigations company can expose the firm to litigation and open the firm to issues related to non-disclosure. A thorough background helps to provide transparency and to bring all issues out so that you can function with more complete disclosure.
Utilizing popular Internet-based “background checks”, provide little more than pages of often unrelated information and regularly include information about individuals that are not the subject of your inquiry. At worst, the internet-based background services can lead the person to make decisions based on incorrect information. A background check performed by McCann Global utilizes multiple sources, both from limited access and open sources and compares the data to an individual’s self presentation.
Individual Backgrounds: Executives, potential board members, and key individuals. The listed items are typically gathered on individuals, this list is not meant to be all inclusive. The background’s details are decided upon after a discussion with the client to address specific issues, concerns and risk factors.
Standard Background Information:
Company Transactional Backgrounds and Due Diligence:
An investigation of a company can include current and former executives, board members, key individuals, and founders. Investigations can also include identifying assets, including intellectual property and the identification of non-disclosed liabilities. During the background investigations of a company, McCann Global works closely with your company to support and fill in the required gaps in the total due diligence process.
McCann Global becomes part of your team. We are focused on the “risk” side of the transaction in which we focus on discovering undisclosed issues. This includes an extensive search of litigation and a deep understanding of conflicts in vendor relationships or existing contractual relations. Do you additional clarity about the parties, the boards, and the executives? Do you need to identify potential undisclosed and related-party transactions?
McCann Global provides the support to both the legal and financial teams created to provide a complete due diligence of a potential acquisition, merger, or capital placement into a private or public company. Not performing these basic checks can expose your company to major financial harm and potential regulatory enforcement.
McCann Global’s goal is to keep you “Informed” so that you can balance the risks with the anticipated reward from the proposed transaction. It is true that it is impossible to know everything; however, the more you do know, the better decision you can make. McCann Global helps you with the process of evaluating what to look at and how deep to explore. Our principals have acquired companies and been involved in scores of mergers and related transactions.
While we work closely with company council and company accounting professionals, we look beyond what these professionals typically examine. Our customers have found our rates to be more favorable than those billed by lawyers and accountants for background and key diligence matters.
The listed items are commonly obtained for individuals, assets, and intellectual property. This list is not meant to be all inclusive. The details of a background investigation are decided upon after a discussion with the client to address specific issues, concerns and risk factors.
Standard Company Information
Background Information on Existing Executives, Founders, Board Members, and Key Individuals:
Additional Information Requested:
For The Company as an Entity:
Additional Information Requested:
A complete background of the individuals and entities is not a guarantee that the transaction will not have risks and problematic issues. Our professionals know from experience that you cannot uncover every issue. What we can tell you is that the more light you shine on the transaction the more likely you are not be surprised. We strive to keep our clients “Informed’ so that they can minimize risk and try to avoid material misrepresentations and non-disclosure of material liabilities.
and Other Alternative Finance Sources
The placement of capital is a complex process. You must find a unique opportunity and structure the proper terms to meet your firm’s goals. As you work through the deal, your diligence process can take many forms, from competitive analysis, financial modeling, and understanding the background of the people involved in the transaction.
McCann Global focuses on the background investigations of your potential new executives or partners in your new deal. We have the depth to examine the backgrounds of the people and companies that you are looking to “risk” your capital with. In addition to understanding the basic issues in backgrounds, such as verification of identity and past criminal activity, we are able to help you to look at the potential business conflicts. The skills of McCann Global principals have been honed over decades of experience in both law enforcement and in the private sector.
McCann Global brings a unique perspective to the task of backgrounds for these types of firms. Its principals combine both extensive law enforcement backgrounds with an extensive business background. The business background includes direct involvement in companies that raised both venture and private equity and debt. The principals have also been directly involved as senior management in the merger and acquisition of dozens of organizations. Being in the “shoes” of the client, has given McCann Global principals an uncommon insight in the risk and reward calculations that are inherent in these types of transactions.
Simply put, most of our competitors simply do not have principals with the experience in venture capital, private equity or other non-traditional sources of equity and debt financing. They do not understand the business of these firms.
Our principals can help you decide how to tailor a background investigation. How do you decide what is warranted in background investigations? Since these types of firms invest along the life cycle of a business from the earliest seed funding to more mature equity financing such as PIPES, the required amount of background investigations can fluctuate greatly.
More than ever, financial professionals need to be able to show capital sources that they have conducted proper backgrounds and diligence on their most important assets, the people that will make the ideas and the assets perform. Not utilizing a qualified background investigations company can expose the firm to litigation and open the firm to issues related to non-disclosure. A thorough background helps to provide transparency and to bring all issues out so that you can function with more complete disclosure.
Utilizing popular Internet-based “background checks”, provide little more than pages of often unrelated information and regularly include information about individuals that are not the subject of your inquiry. At worst, the internet-based background services can lead the person to make decisions based on incorrect information. A background check performed by McCann Global utilizes multiple sources, both from limited access and open sources and compares the data to an individual’s self presentation.
Individual Backgrounds: Executives, potential board members, and key individuals. The listed items are typically gathered on individuals, this list is not meant to be all inclusive. The background’s details are decided upon after a discussion with the client to address specific issues, concerns and risk factors.
Standard Background Information:
- Name Verification
- Alternative Names or Aliases
- Social Security Verification
- Drivers License Verification
- Marital Status
- Current Residency Verification
- Past Residency
-
Criminal
- City
- County
- State
- Federal
- Sex Offender Index
- Patriot ACT watch lists
- Civil: Litigation, Judgments, and Liens
- Federal
- Bankruptcy
- District
- Appellate
- Country
- Justice of the Peace
- Federal
- Officer in Corporation: Potential Conflicts or Undisclosed Interests
- State Corporation Registrations
- SEC Registrations
- Open Source Search
- DBA Registrations Country Clerk
- FCRA-compliant credit checks
- Motor Vehicle Records
- Past Employment Verification
- Education Verification
- Professional License Verification
- Social Networking Research
- News Sources
- Reference Interviews
- Applicant Interview
Company Transactional Backgrounds and Due Diligence:
An investigation of a company can include current and former executives, board members, key individuals, and founders. Investigations can also include identifying assets, including intellectual property and the identification of non-disclosed liabilities. During the background investigations of a company, McCann Global works closely with your company to support and fill in the required gaps in the total due diligence process.
McCann Global becomes part of your team. We are focused on the “risk” side of the transaction in which we focus on discovering undisclosed issues. This includes an extensive search of litigation and a deep understanding of conflicts in vendor relationships or existing contractual relations. Do you additional clarity about the parties, the boards, and the executives? Do you need to identify potential undisclosed and related-party transactions?
McCann Global provides the support to both the legal and financial teams created to provide a complete due diligence of a potential acquisition, merger, or capital placement into a private or public company. Not performing these basic checks can expose your company to major financial harm and potential regulatory enforcement.
McCann Global’s goal is to keep you “Informed” so that you can balance the risks with the anticipated reward from the proposed transaction. It is true that it is impossible to know everything; however, the more you do know, the better decision you can make. McCann Global helps you with the process of evaluating what to look at and how deep to explore. Our principals have acquired companies and been involved in scores of mergers and related transactions.
While we work closely with company council and company accounting professionals, we look beyond what these professionals typically examine. Our customers have found our rates to be more favorable than those billed by lawyers and accountants for background and key diligence matters.
The listed items are commonly obtained for individuals, assets, and intellectual property. This list is not meant to be all inclusive. The details of a background investigation are decided upon after a discussion with the client to address specific issues, concerns and risk factors.
Standard Company Information
Background Information on Existing Executives, Founders, Board Members, and Key Individuals:
- Name Verification
- Alternative Names or Aliases
- Social Security Verification
- Drivers License Verification
- Material Status
- Current Residency Verification
- Past Residency
-
Criminal
- City
- County
- State
- Federal
- Sex Offender Index
- Patriot ACT
- Civil: Litigation, Judgments, and Liens
- Federal
- Bankruptcy
- District
- Applet
- Country
- Justice of the Peace
- Federal
- Officer in Corporation: Potential Conflicts or Undisclosed Interests
- State Corporation Registrations
- SEC Registrations
- Open Source Search
- DBA Registrations Country Clerk
Additional Information Requested:
- Credit
- Motor Vehicle Records
- Past Employment Verification
- Education Verification
- Professional License Verification
- Social Networking Research
- News Sources
- Reference Interviews
- Applicant Interview
For The Company as an Entity:
- Company Name Verification
- Company DBA(s) Verification
- Trademark Verification
- Corporate Tax ID Verification
- Secretary of State Good Standing
- Current Property Ownership Verification
- Hidden Ownership Interests
- Environmental Liabilities
- Patriot ACT for Corporations
- Civil: Litigation, Judgments, and Liens
- Federal
- Bankruptcy
- District
- Appellate
- Country
- Justice of the Peace
- Federal
- Credit
- Trade Accounts and Identification of Outstanding AP
- Trade Accounts and Identification of Outstanding AR
- Identification of Key Personal and Documentation of Non Competes
- Identification and Protection of Key Intellectual Property
- Code and Software Products
- Business Plans and Strategy
Additional Information Requested:
- Motor Vehicle Records for Drivers
- Past Employment Discrimination Charges
- Professional License Verification
- News Sources
- Past Employee or Executive Interviews
- Current or former customer Interviews
A complete background of the individuals and entities is not a guarantee that the transaction will not have risks and problematic issues. Our professionals know from experience that you cannot uncover every issue. What we can tell you is that the more light you shine on the transaction the more likely you are not be surprised. We strive to keep our clients “Informed’ so that they can minimize risk and try to avoid material misrepresentations and non-disclosure of material liabilities.
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