Counsel at the moments that decide ownership.
Companies and their owners retain Ascentivelab Group for negotiated processes, in confidence. On the other side of the table is capital that already retains the Firm: family offices, investment firms and private lenders.
What is accepted, and what is turned away.
The companies the Firm represents have already been tested: a federal award, a trial, or a government contract.
Raising Capital
Growth equity, credit, or structures between the two. The raise is taken to capital that retains the Firm: family offices, venture and growth investors, private equity, private credit, wealth platforms, and project finance sponsors. You are introduced only where the capital has agreed the fit.
A Sale or Acquisition
On a sale, the Firm advises on valuation, negotiation, and terms. On an acquisition, it qualifies the target, approaches privately, and negotiates on your behalf.
Ownership Transition
Succession, partial liquidity, recapitalization, or the sale of a company built over decades. The Firm starts with what the outcome has to protect: the name, the people, and how long you stay.
Nothing moves without consent.
The engagement is in writing before any work begins.
Nothing about your company enters a conversation without your consent, and nothing about the capital leaves one.
You approve every name before it is approached.
The Firm declines
Raises with no time to run a process, and rounds already closing.
Auctions, and processes an owner wants broadcast.
Situations where the decision is not the owner’s to make.
Defense Tech Is Raising Record Money but Most Defense Companies Still Can’t Raise
Written by the Firm, on why funded companies still struggle to raise.
Read at MSN
Most engagements begin a year before the moment they serve.
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