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Committed to Our Clients for 26+ Years

WHO WE ARE

ABOUT RAVINIA CAPITAL

An Elite Boutique Investment Bank

Innovative Thinking. Expertise. Persistence.

When you engage with Ravinia Capital you get the wisdom and creativity of our senior experts. We uncover your company’s underlying value, communicate its potential, and help maximize returns. Our bespoke process promotes vigorous competition. We tackle transactions in all industries. Our bold, smart actions are always results-focused.

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OUR PROCESS

Ravinia’s unique process identifies and engages a broad spectrum of potential buyers and lenders with the greatest synergies; efficiently qualifies and narrows the field of potential buyers, lenders, or bidders; and effectively promotes vigorous competition to consistently produce extraordinary results.

Conduct Assessment

A thorough assessment is essential to develop tailored marketing narratives that highlight the company’s strengths to diverse potential buyers with unique strategic motives. Ravinia’s team will request information and analyze the company’s strategy and operations, focusing on these questions: - What are the company’s competitive advantages and disadvantages? - What is the best-fit buyer profile, and is the company more valuable as a platform or add-on? - What is the most effective narrative for marketing the company to these buyers?

Buyer

Research

Competition among buyers is crucial for maintaining seller leverage, as major synergies often extend beyond the core industry. We start with our proprietary database of strategic and financial buyers, expand to major industry players and interested parties using tools like Pitchbook, Cap-IQ, and Thomson Reuters, and incorporate client input to identify additional candidates among suppliers, customers, and competitors. After approving the buyer list, we create marketing materials and prepare for buyer due diligence. Unlike industry-specific banks that reuse stale lists, Ravinia customizes each list to consider the broadest scope of potential synergies.

Prepare

Material

We prepare an introductory message, a non-confidential teaser, and a deal-specific NDA (Non-disclosure Agreement) for mass email delivery to the outreach list. A Confidential Information Memorandum (CIM) is drafted for secure distribution to parties who sign the NDA. Standard diligence documents are aggregated, analyzed, organized, and uploaded to a secure virtual data room for controlled access and monitoring. Once the client approves the buyer list and marketing materials, the initial contact phase begins: 1. Send the teaser to prospective buyers. 2. Collect executed NDAs from interested parties. 3. Schedule screening calls with the Ravinia team to gauge interest.

Facilitate Buyer Due Diligence

Interested parties will go through a gated due diligence process with Ravinia's support. They will access a virtual data room containing the CIM and standard diligence documents. After confirming continued interest, they will be invited to a video meeting or live webcast with Ravinia and the company’s management team. Interested buyers will then submit a written Indication of Interest (IOI) and be given an opportunity to schedule a daylong meeting with Ravinia and the management team. A binding letter of intent is expected by the offer deadline following this process. The Ravinia Capital Difference: Live Webcast A key step in our due diligence process is a live webcast for buyers who reaffirm interest after accessing the virtual data room. The webcast aims to: - Respect management's time by reducing repetitive calls. - Attract strong bidders to increase the sale price. - Present the management team as a cohesive, supportive group. - Control the narrative and showcase the company effectively.

Close Transaction

Receipt of a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) from the first buyer initiates the final sale stage. Ravinia will foster competition, evaluate offers, and help management select the best option. We will draft an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) and handle additional requests. Once an offer is chosen and the APA is executed, the transaction will be finalized.

Tom Goldblatt

MEET TOM

Tom Goldblatt is the Managing Director of Ravinia Capital. His extensive experience ranging from sales to CEO has been pivotal in the firm's success, earning him the 'Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions Dealmaker of the Year' award twice; once in 2014 and then a decade later, in  2024. 

OUR TEAM

With over a century of collective experience, our team brings excellence to the table. Every single time.

Allen Kravets

ALAN KRAVETS

Managing Director, Real Estate

Benjamin Cohn

KEN HACHIKIAN

Managing Director

Mario Belem

NANDHINI GANESAN

Analyst

Lea Tleaat

SHARI GIDDENS

Director of Marketing

NEIL SCHWARTZ

Controller

OUR STAFF

With over a century of collective experience, our team brings excellence to the table. Every single time.

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ACCOLADES

Ravinia Capital was more hands-on than a typical IB. They provided strong guidance to accentuate positives and minimize the impact of the company’s perceived weaknesses. I would work with Ravinia again and recommend them to anyone in need of an extremely hands-on, full-contact investment banker.

Eric S. Prezant

Partner at Arnold & Porter

In the face of WARN Act notices having been sent, environmental issues, and other challenges, the outcome for employees, creditors, and stakeholders was materially improved.

Eric Peterson

Spencer Fane

This deal would have never closed without Ravinia’s patience and guidance with the Company. I appreciate all that they did to drive this one home.”

Tom Hunt

Managing Director, CIBC Bank USA

*Testimonials may not be representative of the experience of other customers and is no guarantee of future performance or success.

OUR MISSION IS TO EXCEED EXPECTATIONS THROUGH THE USE OF TAILORED, CUSTOM SOLUTIONS.