Public markets — when a company is ready

FLOWCAP’s original practice. A Reverse Takeover is a real route to a Canadian listing for companies that are prepared for it, and a waste of eighteen months for companies that are not.

A Reverse Takeover combines a private company with an existing public company. The private company’s shareholders receive shares in the public entity and, after the transaction, usually hold the majority of it. The public entity survives as the legal vehicle; the private business becomes what it does.

This practice runs under its own criteria, which are stricter than those for an advisory engagement. A company can be a good fit for a strategy conversation and nowhere near ready for a listing — those are different questions and we keep them separate.

Public markets materials

RTO Assessment What the assessment covers and how it runs Selection Criteria What we look for, and what falls outside the mandate Our Process The stages of a listing engagement RTO Readiness Score A short self-assessment, free and without registration Clean Shells Available Current public vehicle availability Submit Your Company The detailed confidential application Insights Written material on listings and the Canadian small-cap market Sectors we review The seventeen sectors assessed in the public-markets practice

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