Management Readiness
Prepare the company to communicate clearly.
Strong transactions require a credible business story, well-prepared management and consistent materials across every workstream.
U.S. Public-Market Strategy
Experienced guidance for the path to U.S. public markets.
GCAP advises companies on IPO readiness, reverse mergers, SPAC transactions and other public-company pathways, coordinating the commercial workstreams required to move from strategy to execution.
36+
IPOs Across Leadership Experience
US$8B+
Capital Raised Across Prior Transactions
30+
Years of Cross-Border Experience
Cumulative experience of GCAP leadership and senior industry experts. Figures are not a representation of transactions completed by GCAP as a legal entity.
What We Do
A senior advisory platform for complex public-market transactions.
GCAP works with founders, boards and management teams to assess the right transaction path, prepare the company, coordinate professional workstreams and maintain execution discipline.
Our role is strategic and commercial. Legal, audit, underwriting and other regulated services are performed by the client’s separately retained licensed professionals.
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Capabilities
Strategy, preparation and execution support.
A focused set of capabilities for companies evaluating and pursuing U.S. public-market pathways.
01
IPO Readiness and Advisory
Assess corporate, financial, governance, disclosure and execution readiness for a traditional public offering.
Explore 02Reverse Merger and RTO
Evaluate public-company pathways, transaction logic, diligence requirements and commercial sequencing.
Explore 03SPAC and de-SPAC
Support target evaluation, business structuring, transaction preparation and cross-party coordination.
Explore 04Capital Strategy and Investor Readiness
Strengthen positioning, investor materials, management presentations and financing preparedness.
Explore 05Public-Company Readiness
Organize governance, corporate records, data rooms, diligence responses and reporting preparation.
Explore 06Transaction Execution Coordination
Maintain the roadmap, responsibilities, issue list, professional-advisor workflow and closing readiness.
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Founder
J. Todd Bonner
Founder and Managing Director
Todd brings more than three decades of experience across investment banking, private equity, insurance, technology and public-company leadership in Asia and the United States.
He began his career at Alex. Brown & Sons and later held founding and executive roles across Pacific Century businesses. His work has included major cross-border financings, acquisitions, IPOs and the development of businesses across multiple industries.
Senior judgment matters most when the transaction path is complex and the execution window is narrow.View Leadership Profile
Senior Industry Expertise
Built around the needs of each transaction.
GCAP draws on a confidential network of senior industry experts. Several remain active in their sectors and are therefore not publicly identified.
The engagement team is assembled according to the company, transaction pathway, stage of preparation and required expertise.
01Investment Banking
02Public-Company Leadership
03Private Equity
04Corporate Finance
05Insurance and Technology
06Governance and Audit Readiness
07Cross-Border Transactions
08Execution Coordination
How We Work
A disciplined path from assessment to execution.
The exact sequence depends on the company and transaction route, but every engagement begins with readiness, clarity and accountability.
01
Readiness Review
Review capitalization, shareholder structure, financial-statement status, audit readiness, governance, business plan, records and key transaction issues.
02
Pathway Recommendation
Compare feasible structures, their timing, cost, complexity, risk and execution requirements.
03
Capital and Market Preparation
Develop positioning, management materials, investor-readiness work and a practical transaction narrative.
04
Professional Coordination
Coordinate the client’s lawyers, auditors, tax advisors, valuation providers, transfer agents and other required professionals.
05
Data Room and Materials
Organize diligence records, corporate materials, governance checklists, issue lists and closing-readiness trackers.
06
Transaction Execution
Maintain the timetable, responsibilities, comments, diligence requests, management decisions and closing workstreams.
Coordinate across functions.
Bring management, finance and outside professionals into one execution plan.
Connect Asia with U.S. public markets.
Translate cross-border ambition into a practical, accountable transaction pathway.
Confidential Discussion
Considering a U.S. public-market transaction?
Speak with GCAP about your company’s readiness, available pathways and the practical requirements for execution.