Corporate Finance

Continental Advisors (“CA”) is an investment advisory and consultancy firm that works with small cap companies in raising equity and debt capital from institutional investors located in the major European financial centers. CA helps from start to finish by evaluating the company's business plan and financials, their target market, past performance, and forecasts.

We help prepare the presentation to be professional and timely, and also structured for European institutional fund managers within their respective sectors. CA works with companies to determine a proper valuation for a direct offering in order for institutional investors to have an interest in starting the due diligence process for an investment.

CA’s two main principals have over 40 years of combined experience in finance, syndication and consulting. We work with public companies with unique products and strong management to structure institutional offerings for capital raising which offer value to our institutional clients.

One-on-one Appointments with Fund Managers during the Roadshows

We prepare management for a roadshow presentation, and schedule appointments with the appropriate institutional funds, in a process that lasts approximately two weeks. During this time frame we can also assist with IR duties, in order to improve visibility for the stock. This allows us to get the most exposure for the company relative to its sector, ensures a high degree of success for the project and enables companies to have professional fund managers as supportive investors. This potential for forming new, positive business relationships is complemented by setting up the basis for subsequent financing rounds, through the inclusion of warrants in the initial offering, and a close contact with the investors, that work towards creating a sentiment of mutual trust, vital for a durable relationship.

Initial or Dual Listing on a European Exchange

This can be either an initial or dual-listing for companies already listed in their home country. CA can also help with the listing process for private companies. We recommend the Deutsche Boerse, as it is one of the most credible European exchanges, all while having a very efficient bureaucratic apparatus, making the listing a rapid, non-complicated and cost efficient process. Our recommendation that US companies should apply for this listing, is reinforced by the general preference of European investors towards European listed Companies, and because of the opportunity to offer free trading stock. There are two options for applying for listing on the German exchange. The open market level is the less expensive option, but also the less regulated. Financial statements need to be supplied through a signed attorney letter, and there are no audits. The "Entry Level", is comparatively slightly more expensive, but also contributes to offer the company a higher degree of transparency and credibility with investors, as it requires two audits per year. We can help direct each company towards the best listing option, based on its current size, revenues and transparency requirements.

It is useful to note that if a company is fully reporting at another stock exchange (e.g. OTC BB), it is less important to move to the Entry Standard as from an investor's perspective it is enough for the filings to be available in the United States. In this case we would suggest the open market level, in order to save extra costs for the listing and the reporting.




Renell Wertpapierhandelsbank AG - The Specialist firm on the Deutsche Börse (Frankfurt Stock Exchange) which we collaborate with for dual listings.