Ironwood Services to Investors

Investors have many needs:

Looking at a company before investing.

Looking after a company while investing - as an investor.

Looking for ways to grow a company or, in some cases, turn it around.

Looking for ways to divest themselves of the company, especially if the equity ownership is relatively illiquid.

Ironwood can help in all of these categories - and more.

Looking at a company before investing.

Ironwood can provide the following services prior to you regarding a contemplated investment in a public or private company.

. Due diligence. Is the company what it purports to be? Where are the weak points? Where are its strengths? What is its competitive position? Where is the industry going? All of these questions and many more will be answered in a due diligence type research and analysis of a company in question.

Looking after a company while investing - as an investor.

Ironwood can provide the following services to you after you are already 'on board' with your company as an investor.

. Strategic planning.
. Management adequacy review.
. Alternate sources of financing or complementary or leverage financing.
. Competitive study.
. Project assistance.
. Board membership (in certain circumstances).
. Operations review.
. Security assessment.
. Monitoring performance.
. Performance benchmarking.
. And more. Let us know what you have in mind.

Looking for ways to grow a company or, in some cases, turn it around.

Ironwood can provide to you the following services in helping to grow the company if you are dissatisfied with the rate or direction of growth and, in more dire cases, if you are concerned that the company is on the slippery slope and the ship needs to be 'righted'.

. Strategic planning.
. Emergency or urgent assessment of circumstances.
. Management adequacy review.
. Executive recruiting.
. Alternate sources of financing or complementary or leverage financing.
. Creditor relations.
. Market analysis.
. Project assistance.
. Interim management.
. Advice to Board.
. And more. Let us know what you have in mind.

Looking for ways to divest themselves of the company, especially if the equity ownership is relatively illiquid.

Ironwood can provide for you multiple options on both a theoretical basis and a practical basis for you to liquefy your investment.

. Strategic sale planning.
. Market analysis - of potential purchasers.
. Company "clean up" and "beautify".
. Interim management.
. Sources of bridge financing.
. Negotiations.
. Sale of equity ownership or company as a whole.
. And more. Let us know what you have in mind.

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