Capital Raising
BCSI advises, arranges and places debt capital for refinancings, complex transactions and special situations—supported by relationships with more than 100 capital providers.
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Strategic consultancy · New York
One advisory platform across capital, corporate development and content.
BCSI works where financial structure, strategic opportunity and creative value intersect—bringing senior judgment and hands-on execution to situations that rarely fit within a single advisory discipline.
Strategy. Access.
Execution.
Capital RaisingDebt, liquidity and structured credit
Corporate DevelopmentM&A, strategic initiatives and execution
Content DevelopmentPartnerships, intellectual property and production
What BCSI does
Three practices. One senior-led platform.
BCSI brings together Capital Raising, Corporate Development and Content Development—three disciplines rarely found within one senior-led advisory firm.
Corporate Development
BCSI leads lower-middle-market sell-side M&A mandates and provides senior buy-side execution—from acquisition strategy and proprietary origination through closing.
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BCSI creates, structures and executes exclusive content and IP transactions, brand-funded projects, creator partnerships and executive-production engagements.
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Capital for complex transactions.
BCSI specializes in refinancings, complex transactions and special situations—acting as advisor, arranger or placement agent and remaining involved through term sheets, diligence, documentation and closing.
Refinancing
Replacing existing facilities with capital structured to improve flexibility, maturity, covenant headroom and financial stability.
Senior and asset-based debt
Arranging senior secured, cash-flow, asset-based and off-balance-sheet facilities around the company’s assets and operating cycle.
Flexible and junior capital
Sourcing unitranche, mezzanine and subordinated capital for transactions requiring speed, flexibility or structural creativity.
Complex transactions
Financing LBOs, partner buyouts, recapitalizations, restructurings and other special situations.
The Corporate Development practice
Senior execution for strategic priorities.
BCSI leads complete lower-middle-market sell-side processes and works with buyers from acquisition strategy and proprietary target origination through diligence, negotiation and close.
Sell-side M&A
Leading the complete process from valuation and positioning through buyer outreach, diligence, negotiation and close.
Buy-side M&A
Defining acquisition strategy, originating proprietary targets and supporting valuation, diligence, negotiation and execution through close.
Strategic partnerships
Creating commercial relationships, joint ventures and other alliances that accelerate growth or unlock new capabilities.
Special projects
Leading high-priority, cross-functional initiatives that benefit from senior attention and an independent point of view.
The Content Development practice
Content partnerships and execution.
Within Content Development, BCSI creates and executes opportunities across intellectual property—aligning commercial strategy, rights, talent, capital, distribution and production.
Exclusive content transactions
Structuring an exclusive deal between a creator or content library and a publisher, platform or distribution partner.
Brand-funded content
Advising when a brand invests in a documentary, online series or other content endeavor with strategic value beyond media placement.
Creator partnerships
Designing collaborations between brands and influencers or creators, with the commercial model and execution plan built together.
Executive production
Taking an active operating role to align stakeholders, manage the work and deliver the finished content.
Transaction experience
Selected closed transactions.
Financing closed
$70M
Asset-Based Facility
Global Adtech
Exclusive strategic partner and arranger
Financing closed
$10M
Term Loan
U.S. Advertising Agency
Exclusive strategic partner and arranger
Financing closed
$3M
Bridge Loan
Pharmaceutical Advertising
Exclusive strategic partner and arranger
Transaction closed
M&A
Cross-Border Acquisition
U.S. Publishing / U.K. Media
Exclusive sell-side M&A advisor
Proprietary BCSI ProgramMLFP
Working capital · Balance-sheet optimization
Managed Leverage Finance Program
A managed financing framework for brand investment and other OpEx at scale. MLFP coordinates program funding, prompt supplier payment, enterprise payment timing, controls and reporting—preserving liquidity without changing the approved operating strategy.
Explore the programClient experience
Across media, technology, advertising and entertainment.
Hearst
The New York Times
Condé Nast
About.com
the knot
Microsoft Xbox
SiriusXM
W Hotels
In the press
Recognized by the publications that shape the market.
More than two decades of commentary and coverage across advertising, media, technology and finance.
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Business InsiderWhy Accenture buying Whalar is a “coming-of-age moment” for creator marketing.
AdTechGodThe Future of Advertising: Omnicom and IPG Merger Insights.
DigidayFinance is the new creative: the search for new liquidity avenues.
The New York TimesMadison Avenue Ponders the Potential of Web Logs.
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