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The Role of the Corporate Financial Advisor in
Growth Financing and Public-Private Partnerships
to Support an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Roger Neece, PresidentESOP Advisors, Inc.
The Role of the Corporate Financial Advisor
• Analyze Financing Risks, Rewards and Trade offs • Between types of venture and Growth financing• Among sources: industry and strategic expertise can be as
important as financing availability• Strategic vs. Financial Investors• To develop optimal financing structure
• One size does not fit all• Start-up financing requirements vary across industries:
Government contracting vs. Tech; Hybrids, Services vs. Manufacturing; Consumer or enterprise facing
• Boot-strapping venture activities in established companies
Public-Private Partnerships to Support an Entrepreneurial
Finance Ecosystem• Local Economic Development Officials need a Finance Ecosystem
to support local entrepreneurial economic development• Quad Cities Experience• Public-Private Partnerships can jump start Entrepreneurial Finance
development• Federal support of local startup and growth financing programs• State support: Partners like CIT• Strategic Partnerships with private sector
• Angel funds• Strategic investors in focus industries• Later stage financiers