A large part of my business law practice consists of providing counsel to business owners on raising capital.  These clients are primarily new ventures in Indiana technology, software licensing, SaaS law and real estate fields.  I assist these businesses in developing strategies for private equity offerings, drafting private placement memorandums and related investment documents and identifitying and presenting the investment opportunties to private equity investors.

It is about impossible to read The Wall Street Journal, The Indianapolis Business Journal or any other business publication these days and not get a bleak picture of the current climate for private equity investments.  These articles, however, primarily apply to (1) small, pre-revenue start-ups with no proven leadership and (2) large businesses seeking excessive venture capital financing.  I believe the market for private equity investments for smaller companies which have solid business plans, proven leadership, and apply the art of bootstrapping is still fairly strong.

Alerding Castor attorneys have helped many businesses raise private equity in 2008, including the last quarter of 2008, and have a few capital raise deals in the pipe line for 2009.  Below is a list of previous blog posts where I address private equity offerings and best practices for raising capital.

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Private Equity VII – More on Angel Investors

Private Equity VI - Raising Angel Capital
Private Equity V - Raising Capital and Not Telling Lies
Private Equity IV - Angel Investors Get Picky
Private Equity III
Private Equity II
Private Equity I

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Also see Anthony Ware's (of S4X Ventures) recent post: Private Equity Has Not Left the Building