Advisory practice · AI enablement

Execution, accelerated by tools we build ourselves.

Holding Advisory brings institutional rigor, engineering-grade tooling, and a scalable specialist network to every engagement. The advisory practice is the proven base; AI-Enabled Execution is where it leads. Both draw on the same in-house engineering — the kind no conventional advisory firm possesses.

Foregrounded

AI-Enabled Execution

The firm's flagship offering: a proven AI-enablement platform deployed against your business in one motion — Marketing, Sales, Service, Operations, Finance — on a control layer you own. And, pointed at the deal itself, the diligence engine the practice already runs.

The same engineering depth behind CortexDD now ships as the broader AI-enablement platform. The firm builds purpose-built systems assembled from frontier components — engineering-grade instruments, not off-the-shelf AI wrappers.

Practice Area · M&A

M&A & Transaction Advisory

We have structured, negotiated, and closed transactions across the full complexity spectrum — from founder-led exits at $25M to cross-border strategic mergers exceeding $250M. Execution certainty is our deliverable.

Where transactions break down — and how we prevent it

Most M&A processes fail not because of strategic misalignment, but because of structural complexity, information asymmetry, and execution gaps that emerge after the letter of intent is signed. We operate across the full transaction arc — from pre-process positioning and financial preparation through term-sheet negotiation, due-diligence management, and close — with proprietary in-house tooling that compresses diligence, modeling, and documentation by 50–75%.

Buy-side — acquisition & roll-up advisory
  • Target identification and screening
  • Multi-target acquisition program design and sequencing
  • Valuation analysis and bid structuring
  • Due-diligence program architecture and management
  • Transaction structure optimization (stock vs. asset, earn-outs)
  • Cross-border acquisition coordination, multi-jurisdiction closing
  • Integration planning and Day-1 readiness
Sell-side — exit & divestiture advisory
  • Pre-sale financial preparation and quality-of-earnings positioning
  • Investor narrative and management presentation
  • Buyer universe development
  • Process management and confidential information memorandum
  • LOI evaluation, negotiation, and term optimization
  • Due-diligence data room architecture
  • Founder and founder-family liquidity structuring

Representative engagements

Tech / SaaS · $50M–$100M · Buy-side

Simultaneous four-company acquisition — cross-border software consolidation

A blitz acquisition strategy across four targets at once — two domestic, two international — using stock purchases, deferred cash earn-outs, and convertible preferred structures.

Outcome: All four acquisitions closed within the program timeline, coordinated across four legal jurisdictions.
Govt / Defense Tech · $250M+

Defense technology platform merger — two-entity strategic combination

Bilateral due-diligence coordination and dual-entity valuation accounting for government-contract transferability, DCAA compliance, and regulatory change-of-control; capital structure engineered to support a post-merger institutional raise.

Outcome: Merger closed with full regulatory approval.
EdTech · $50M–$100M · Sell-side / VC exit

Venture-backed platform sale — strategic exit to a corporate acquirer

Designed and executed the full formal sale process, constructing a forward-looking model that projected 3x MOIC for the lead VC fund under conservative assumptions.

Outcome: Closed in under 12 months at a premium; 3x MOIC delivered to the VC fund.
Life Sciences · $25M–$50M

Biomedical platform — reverse-merger entry into public markets

Reverse merger into a qualified public shell: PPM preparation, SEC filing architecture and coordination, shell evaluation and selection, investor-communications strategy.

Outcome: Reverse merger executed; SEC filing and PPM completed and filed within the regulatory timeline.
Practice Area · Capital

Capital Formation

We engineer capital structures and manage formation processes for growth-stage companies, independent sponsors, and emerging fund managers — from Series B equity rounds to fully-architected fund vehicles. Holding Advisory has managed $250M–$500M in capital formation activity across technology, life sciences, education, and financial services.

Company-level capital
  • Equity capital raises — seed through late-stage growth
  • Series A, B, and C process management
  • SAFE and convertible-note structuring
  • Venture debt and growth-lending advisory
  • PIPE transactions for public companies
  • Investor materials — deck, model, data room
  • LP outreach strategy and investor relations
  • Term-sheet evaluation and economics negotiation
Fund & GP formation
  • Fund formation for emerging and independent managers
  • LP/GP legal structure design
  • Management-fee and carried-interest economics
  • Capital-call and distribution-waterfall architecture
  • Self-funded ManageCo vehicle structuring
  • PPM preparation and regulatory filing coordination
  • Investor presentation and fund marketing materials
  • GP seeding strategy and anchor-LP outreach

Representative engagements

Life Sciences · $50M–$100M Fund

Advanced medical research fund — full architecture & GP economics

LP/GP legal structure, management-fee and carried-interest economics, full capital-call and distribution-waterfall modeling, and the design of a self-funded ManageCo vehicle.

Outcome: Complete fund architecture delivered in under 12 months; fund launched to the institutional LP community.
EdTech SaaS · $10M–$25M

Growth-stage Series B equity raise

Five-year model, investor presentation, and data-room architecture — positioning the company not as an education-technology play but as a critical enterprise software platform with defensible recurring revenue.

Outcome: Series B round fully subscribed and closed within 12 months.
Life Sciences · $25M–$50M

Biomedical monetization platform — raise via reverse-merger vehicle

Designed the full offering structure for the public-market vehicle — investor presentation and PPM — navigating SEC Rule 144 restrictions, shell-taint periods, and resale-registration requirements.

Outcome: PPM completed and filed.
Multi-sector · $10M–$100M / engagement

Portfolio of 10+ capital-formation mandates

More than ten engagements spanning seed equity, convertible notes, venture debt, and PIPE transactions across technology, healthcare, real estate, and financial services.

Aggregate outcome: $250M–$500M in capital formation facilitated across 10+ mandates.
Practice Area · Operating

Operating & Governance Advisory

We embed alongside management teams to build the financial architecture and operating discipline that institutional investors, acquirers, and boards require. Engagements are led at the principal level and staffed, by scope and complexity, from a network of senior operating, financial, and transformation specialists.

The challenge we solve

Most companies in the $10M–$500M revenue range carry the financial infrastructure of a startup into negotiations with institutional buyers and sophisticated investors. The result is a persistent valuation discount — and, too often, a transaction that fails to close at all. We operate as a senior financial partner, not a consultant producing slide decks, embedding at the level of decision-making. Proprietary tooling compresses preparation timelines by 50–75%.

Core capabilities
  • Financial reporting infrastructure — GAAP-compliant, investor-grade, audit-ready
  • Management reporting, KPI dashboards, and operating-cadence implementation
  • Board presentation strategy and investor-relations materials
  • ERP selection, implementation program management, and systems integration
  • Organizational design and financial-controls buildout
  • Digital-transformation strategy — market analysis, build/buy/partner, roadmap
  • Pre-transaction operational readiness and data-room architecture
  • Strategic transformation advisory for divisions of enterprise-scale parents
  • FP&A buildout — scenario modeling, capital-allocation frameworks

Representative engagements

Academic Publishing / K-12 · $140M+ parent

K-12 division — board-level digital-transformation advisory

For a major academic publisher's $20M+ Professional Development division: deep market analysis of the competitive EdTech landscape, digital-channel opportunity sizing, build/buy/partner evaluation, and full financial modeling — presented directly to the Board.

Outcome: $20M+ revenue opportunity identified and modeled across multiple execution scenarios.
EdTech · $20M revenue / $50M exit

Sell-side readiness & transaction support

Financial clean-up, quality-of-earnings preparation, investor-narrative construction, and management-presentation design, working directly with ownership and legal counsel.

Outcome: Closed at a $50M exit — a 2.5x revenue multiple.
Practice Area · CFO

Fractional CFO

Fractional and interim financial leadership for companies at $10M–$1B+ revenue — principal-led, available on short notice. We supply the senior financial partner a company needs at an inflection point without the cost or delay of a permanent hire, and we stay accountable through the moment that matters most: a raise, a sale, an integration.

What the role covers
  • Fractional CFO and interim financial leadership ($10M–$1B+ revenue)
  • Financial reporting infrastructure and investor-grade KPI frameworks
  • Cap-table restructuring and equity administration
  • Investor materials for institutional buyers and sophisticated investors
  • Management of the financial workstream of a sale or raise, end to end
  • Board presentation design and investor-relations strategy
  • Interim leadership and transformation roles on short notice
  • Operating cadence, controls, and FP&A buildout

Representative engagement

EdTech SaaS · ~70 employees · $25M exit · Interim CFO

Interim CFO — SaaS company sale to a NYSE-listed acquirer

As interim CFO of a ~70-employee SaaS company, rebuilt the financial reporting architecture, restructured the equity cap table, designed investor materials for institutional buyers, and managed the financial workstream of the sale process end to end.

Outcome: Acquired by a NYSE-listed EdTech platform at a $25M valuation; the financial infrastructure delivered became the foundation for the acquirer's integration plan.
Why a fractional CFO

Senior, accountable, technology-accelerated

One decision-maker with $1B+ of transaction experience — not a rotating bench. The same proprietary tooling that compresses advisory timelines by 50–75% means a fractional engagement delivers institutional-grade infrastructure faster than a conventional hire could.

Operating advisory on retainer at all revenue levels.
New mandates

Begin with a confidential dialogue.

We accept a limited number of new engagements annually to preserve the quality of our work. Inquiries are held in strict confidence; we routinely execute NDAs before any disclosure of sensitive detail.

All engagements described in anonymized form consistent with client confidentiality obligations. Holding Advisory LLC is not a registered broker-dealer, investment adviser, or law firm. Past performance does not guarantee future results.