At Golden Crow, we provide expert advice and customized services to private business owners seeking to grow the value of their companies.
With over 20 years of experience, we offer simple yet insightful business advice and then help perform the work to drive execution and outcomes.
Our style is approachable and efficient, with a focus on solutions that are the right size for your company. Our expansive network of capital sources, executives, deal sources and service providers are available to accelerate plans.
Service Offerings
Ownership Advisory
Long Term Business Planning – develop a five year plan
Make Decisions – advice on critical strategic and tactical decisions
Progress Tracking – ongoing quarterly assessment of value creation
Risk Management – anticipate risks and enact plans to mitigate
Management Advisory
Board/Ownership Communication – Board presentation assembly, reporting
Team Building – Organization chart development, hiring, training & development
Platform Building – IT/systems, audit and tax, insurance, platform marketing
Finance Functions – Budgeting, financial reporting, liquidity, lender relations
Acquisition Consulting
Assessment – Strategy, diligence, analytics, valuation
Transaction Execution – Negotiation and documentation
Capital Raising – Debt financing and/or equity investment
Integration Planning – External and internal messaging, integration, projection modeling
Sale Readiness
Assessment of Alternatives
Data Readiness – Financials, analytics, data room, documents
Investor Meeting Preparation
Development of Growth Plans
New Investment Opportunities
Investment Strategy Formation – interest and develop investment strategies
Executive Leadership Development
New Deal Opportunity Sourcing – origination, execution, capital raising
New Platform Leadership – Connect to potential partner executives
Credentials
Andrew has over 20 years of professional experience in finance and investment leadership, most recently as a Managing Director at a leading middle market private equity firm and previously at a global investment bank. He has a degree in Business Administration from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Andrew Vandekerckhove
Founder and CEO
Investment Platform Leadership
Responsible for 10+ platform companies (Board of Directors role) with focus on creation of investment goals, executive team building, establishment of platform capabilities and accountability for financial results and investment returns
Capital Raising
Arranged equity and debt securities totaling over $2 billion across a full spectrum of situations and market conditions
Mergers & Acquisitions
Completed 80+ transactions ranging in size from sub-$1 million to $400+ million
Industry Expertise
Deep experience in multitude of sectors in the Consumer, Healthcare and Services industries
Relationships
Thousands of professional relationships developed over 20 year career with capital providers, executives, deal sources, advisors and service providers
Let’s Talk
The road to business growth starts with a single step. Reach out to us and start your journey today.
