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Our exclusive Blue-Chip Program™ is a comprehensive approach to prepare late-stage companies to become broker-dealer-ready, positioning them for significant capitalization through private or public securities markets. This includes deploying essential technologies to ensure companies can efficiently manage their capital​.
Our Broker-Dealer Readiness Rating System™ is the market's only commercially available benchmark to evaluate businesses against the investment criterion to achieve Broker-Dealer readiness. The resulting Broker-Dealer Readiness Report™ is used to gather “Indications of Interest” from broker-dealers, and provides an actionable guide to improve readiness for substantial capital.
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The $3.7 trillion-dollar Problem
The $3.7 trillion capital overhang remains untapped due to insufficient high-quality deal flow to venture capital firms and broker-dealers. Late-stage companies face only a 5.5% chance of securing venture capital, but broker-dealer engagement raises their success rate to 98%. Additionally, issuing hybrid securities through a broker-dealer can save companies tens or even hundreds of millions at exit, making broker-dealers the ideal choice for significant capitalization and financial efficiency.
President Jason Bennick shares insights into how Commonwealth is empowering companies with direct access to the current surplus in U.S. private and public capital markets.
The US-IPO Market Rebounds Strongly Heading Into 2025
The IPO market is experiencing a strong rebound in 2024, with a marked increase in public listings and capital raised. As we head into 2025, the market is on track to surpass last year’s totals, setting the stage for a promising year ahead.
This recovery is fueled by impressive stock performance and growing investor confidence, signaling a bright future for both companies and investors.
​​Private capital markets have played a critical role in U.S. economic development, offering businesses an alternative to public exchanges for raising funds.
Their origins lie in informal networks of capital pooling, evolving over centuries to include sophisticated structures like private equity and venture capital.
However, while private capital markets have their advantages, there’s a compelling case for companies to look toward public capital markets for near-unlimited growth potential.​​
Can America Reclaim the Stock Market via the U.S. IPO Market?
Investment bankers are gearing up for a pickup in dealmaking activity in global equity capital markets this year, buoyed by a promising pipeline of anticipated initial public offerings of several high-profile companies.
An increase in capital markets activity, driven by improving economic confidence, is expected to be a major boon for private equity-backed companies.
