After 25 years + in the world of large corporates, doing advisory and assurance work for predominantly corporate and investment banks and corporate treasuries, I have decided to take all those years of knowledge building and experience gained, and start my own business…. Pierre Jacobs Capital Advisory, a boutique capital markets and advisory firm. The business will be supported by a number of specialists in the market to complement my own skill set and experience. The firm’s clients will largely be SME’s and financial services corporates in South Africa and East Africa, both regions in which I have significant work experience and Financial Services networks. I love being close to the action, to help good businesses find smart money in a targeted manner.Therefore, I absolutely believe in long term relationships with quality counterparties that are serious about their businesses, act in a professional manner at all times and has unwavering ambition. Investors and I believe in the power of good people and strong management teams. I will never compromise on exceptional client service. The journey typically includes some or all of the following aspects: analyzing your business, review the business’ capital structure, build dynamic financial models, decide what is the most appropriate and realistic capital raise - debt, equity or a hybrid, prepare all relevant marketing materials, negotiate deal(s) with investors and post deal management and reporting.Fact of the capital matter is the above journey is very time consuming, require specific skills and experience and needs a partner that the operator/founder/management team can trust! When companies fail to raise capital, it generally is because management simply don’t have the time or capacity, they potentially choose the wrong investment lane, operators or management teams simply are not investor ready and lack the appropriate financial services networks. Let’s start at the beginning. Give me a call to discuss your business and it’s needs or connect with me here on LinkedIn to help you unlock the appropriate pockets of capital to grow your business.