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Hiram Capital is an independent global merchant banking firm committed to providing the highest quality strategic, financial and transactional advice to international companies, institutional investors, governments, multilaterals, bilaterals and development agencies. Headquartered in Washington, D.C. with satellite offices around the globe, Hiram Capital carries on centuries of time-honored merchant banking traditions. The diverse needs of the firm’s global client base are met through the firm’s ability to identify, respond, and react quickly to opportunities to create an unprecedented level of value for each client engagement.
Companies around the world are increasingly tapping international markets to enhance their global presence and significantly lower their weighted average cost of capital. At the same time, investors are looking across their national borders to take advantage of new opportunities for capital growth and to add an element of diversification by investing in international securities. With the increasing integration of the global capital markets, the business of merchant banking is a worldwide activity. As a globally oriented firm, clients of Hiram Capital are positioned to pursue the greatest risk adjusted opportunities regardless of geographical or political boundaries. The firm seeks to link the worldwide client base of Hiram Capital Investment Advisors, LLC with private equity investment opportunities through investments in Hiram Capital’s Private Equity Funds, or direct investments in the funds portfolio companies. In addition, financial advisory clients are offered many avenues of significant business expansion through access to global capital markets, cross- border transactions, strategic joint ventures and market expansion.
Hiram Capital's business model consists of searching the globe for the greatest risk adjusted investment opportunities. Preparation of these opportunities for the investment process involve introduction to the appropriate and most strategic lead and co-investors, including co-investment of managing partners, and providing for opportunities in post-investment strategies, and may include harvesting assistance. This model directly aligns the interest of all interested parties, and therefore grants the investor the greatest probability of success.
Entities often face a disparity between their own interest and that of the companies offering them council. As merchant bankers this disparity is alleviated through the direct investments of the firm, the firm’s principals and other related parties in each engagement. By assuming the same risk and the same profit motives as investors, Hiram Capital is uniquely positioned to offer unmatched integrity in all business engagements, ensuring that both the interests of the client and those of the Firm are maintained.
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