Business performance and capital readiness are not the same.
A business may have revenue, growth, and profitability, and still be inadmissible to capital.
Because capital evaluates transactions, not businesses.
Business readiness relates to operations:
Product or service
Revenue
Customers
Operations
Management
Capital readiness relates to the transaction:
Defined capital requirement
Capital structure
Instrument selection (debt, equity, hybrid)
Risk and return alignment
Timeline and exit
Sponsor participation
Governance and control
Capital participates in structured transactions where risk, return, and structure are defined and aligned.
A strong business without a defined transaction is not capital-ready.
A structured transaction with defined capital terms is capital-ready.
Capital readiness begins with transaction structure, not business performance.
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