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M&A/Real Estate Syndication
M&A/Real Estate Syndication
M&A/Real Estate Syndication
- The strength of G1C Group is a global and comprehensive approach. In G1C Group's strategic business strategy, we invest in and Multi-Family Apartment Complexes and Businesses in growing spaces, which in turn are expected to make significant improvements in business or growth and attract superior management teams. In addition, G1C Group
- The strength of G1C Group is a global and comprehensive approach. In G1C Group's strategic business strategy, we invest in and Multi-Family Apartment Complexes and Businesses in growing spaces, which in turn are expected to make significant improvements in business or growth and attract superior management teams. In addition, G1C Group is a disciplined investor focused on the long-term fundamentals of the property or business.
- We aim to be a close and cooperative partner with proven management teams and entrepreneurs. Knowledge of the industry, investment experience, management know-how is the strength of G1C Group in discovering investment opportunities and creating value. In addition to collaborating with the management team of the investee company, G1C group supports the management and takes a strategy to utilize all the resources of G1C Group's platform.
Capital Raising
M&A/Real Estate Syndication
M&A/Real Estate Syndication
All businesses need capital.
- Raising capital to either purchase Real Estate and/or a growing business is essential. Capital can be in many different forms, from equity investment, commercial debt, syndication or a mixture of the all.
Regardless of the capital requirements, we research the various options and secure the best financing for
All businesses need capital.
- Raising capital to either purchase Real Estate and/or a growing business is essential. Capital can be in many different forms, from equity investment, commercial debt, syndication or a mixture of the all.
Regardless of the capital requirements, we research the various options and secure the best financing for our acquisitions. - As an investment company with a business-oriented perspective, G1C Group is a patient and disciplined approach to investment, investing human resources and sharing profits with all investment partners to create the attractive investment returns that we've aimed for.
Exit Strategy
M&A/Real Estate Syndication
Exit Strategy
- The only reason to go into business or property is to eventually exit it. The time, energy, skill and capital invested into our ventures needs to generate a financial return via an exit.
- Most of our exits are via a sale.
- We place the best management teams within our businesses and/or Real Estate so that they are highly attractive to buyer
- The only reason to go into business or property is to eventually exit it. The time, energy, skill and capital invested into our ventures needs to generate a financial return via an exit.
- Most of our exits are via a sale.
- We place the best management teams within our businesses and/or Real Estate so that they are highly attractive to buyers and/or investors, before marketing the business and/or property for sale in a controlled, professional process. We create all the deal marketing documents, control the flow of business information, arrange meetings and solicit offers before realizing the best options.
Team
Donald Thomas-Managing Director
- Donald Thomas, Managing Director, is an entrepreneur, investor, and corporate deal-maker. He has worked on transactions worth over $75 million, including acquisitions and sales, together with more than 10 capital fund raising projects. In a 22-year career, he has held management positions in Fortune 500 companies, founded businesses in the United States and Japan within the sectors of: transportation and logistics, consumer goods and services, business services, finance, and travel and tourism.
- Donald has a solid reputation as a leader, investor and corporate deal maker, having worked for American Airlines in several management capacities and also building businesses and working with other entrepreneurs in Asia and North America. He has also mentored under some of the best deal-makers in Asia and the UK for the past two years and gained invaluable experience in these efforts raising both equity and debt finance.
HKG LLP
HKG LLP, is an independent, 3rd Party partner who assist us in analyzing the investee companies during the due diligence phase of acquisition. Their also assist us in managing our tax strategization and all financial reporting of our operations.
Maximize opportunities, mitigate risks, and improve your business performance. At HKG, LLP, they work collaboratively with their clients and offer a continually broadening array of services, strategy consulting, and industry offerings. Their commitment to client service has positioned them as a highly sought-after CPA and business solutions provider.
HKG’s innovative corporate culture positions them as an employer of choice, enabling us to attract and retain talented professionals who contribute to our clients' success as well as to our own.
Consulting Services They Offer:
- Accounting for stock options, new systems (Carta, Solium, Equity Edge)
- Audit preparation (audit schedule and financial statement preparation, interfacing with auditors)
- Financial and SEC reporting (public and private disclosure/reporting requirements)
- Interim CFO and Controller services
- IPO readiness (S-1 preparation, understanding and fulfilling filing requirements)
- IT audits, consulting and support
- Litigation support
- SOX compliance and implementation services
- Support for adoption of new accounting standards (revenue, leases etc)
- Tax provision
- Technical accounting support, implementation and reporting
- Technology solutions
HKG continually reviews and enhances our best practices and technological capabilities, so they can offer their clients the most current solutions. The experience and insight gained through firm-wide cooperation also allows their professionals to learn and develop throughout their careers by working side-by-side with industry leaders and innovators. As a result, their dedicated audit, tax, and advisory professionals are experts in their fields, who take pride in leading their clients towards a more successful future by anticipating opportunities on the horizon rather than react to short-term competitive pressures.
Accounting firms are not all the same. HKG distinguishes themselves by connecting with their clients as partners and fully understanding what's important to their unique businesses.
M&A Board of Advisors
Mike Alfant
Mike Alfant sits on our Board of Advisors. After beginning his career in information technology for Wall Street companies in the 1980s, New York native Michael Alfant first came to Japan in 1989 with an IT consulting firm. Recognizing the vast potential in Japan’s developing IT industry, he launched the first iteration of Fusion Systems in 1992 and sold the company in 1999, for $70,000,000. Over the course of his career, he has harnessed what he believes are crucial qualities in an entrepreneur — subject matter expertise, an insensitivity to risk and fairly thick skin — to start more than 20 companies, including the second version of Fusion Systems, which currently has offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Los Angeles. He also served as the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan from 2011 to 2012 and is currently the president of Tokyo American Club. He spends his spare time exercising, meditating, reading and exploring Tokyo on long, urban hikes.
Jim Weisser
Jim runs a private investment and incubation company focused on digital transformation in Japan. On a personal level, he's been running Internet and cloud and SaaS related businesses in Japan since 1996, started his first company in 2000, second in 2003 and third in 2006, PBXL KK.
PBXL KK, a SaaS based company focused on cloud calling, was acquired by BroadSoft in November, 2015,. Through the time Cisco acquired BroadSoft, he lead both the SaaS sales and factory operations for the team in Japan until August, 2018, when he moved into a dedicated sales role.
He has substantial SaaS experience in Unified Communications and Collaboration, hosted PBX services, integrated VOIP offerings, team collaboration and instant messaging/Chat. Outside of collaboration, He has experience with Call Center/Contact Center as a Services (CCaaS) as well, in both indirect and direct sales roles. In his previous role at Cisco, he built teams to work with the big 3 large telecommunications service providers (KDDI, NTT and Softbank) and the major Japanese SI companies like Fujitsu, Hitachi, CTC and Mitsubishi.
Jim also holds a real estate portfolio in Dallas, TX.
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