Since 2002 Bond Capital has been a preferred supplier of debt and equity capital. We offer creative, high quality risk capital quickly and quietly.
Strategic Growth Partners
Bond Capital is a true entrepreneurial growth partner. We put the full resources of our entire firm behind each investment that we make.
Bond Capital has an excellent track record of helping entrepreneurs to increase stakeholder value by providing the right amount of capital in the form of debt or equity, adding mentorship only when required, and being prepared to share the playbook that will maintain the discipline of compliance to a strategic plan.
We work with management and owners to identify and understand value creating goals and objectives. We then facilitate the go forward strategic plan by making the necessary direct investment in real dollars.
Bond Capital is available to help management execute their strategy following the initial transaction closing date. As a partner, you gain access to our experience, our network of associates, and the Bond Capital financial structure formula.
Working with an experienced financial growth partner like Bond Capital means that you will make more money faster.
The Bond Capital Team
Davis Vaitkunas President & Founder
Jim Elliott Chief Financial Officer
Corry Silbernagel Managing Director, Originations
Neil Marks Senior Advisor
Linda Qian Lin Senior Associate
Justin Soin Senior Associate
Navi Bains Analyst
Barbara Wilson Communication Strategy
Katherine Kiss Manager
Industry Focus and Geographic Areas
Bond Capital has experience in and focuses on: value added manufacturing, specialty distribution and wholesale, transportation, business services, information technology and services, agriculture, health care, private education, consumer products, other growth and transforming sectors.
As a company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Bond Capital is best described as a generalist who really likes businesses with cash flow (EBITDA). We have worked with many types of businesses and have found similarities in the banking requirements of each.
In our experience, proximity is a key ingredient to success. We consider all companies in Canada or the US that can be accessed within a few hours from our head office in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Investment Philosophy
Bond Capital is guided by fairness, transparency, and directness. We seek partners with similar values.
We build trust and seek out common values with interested companies long before a transaction begins. A partner with Bond Capital wishes to be guided towards a sustainable competitive advantage evidenced by growing positive cash flow, and good governance practices.
Bond Capital avoids significant invasive change to an investee business. We have a history of relying on management to operate the business while we focus on banking & finance. We collaborate by providing best practices dialogue as an invited observer at the Board of Directors level.
As a growth oriented value investor we provide the necessary stewardship, mentorship and financial resources to succeed.
Investment Size & Structure
Our direct investments at Bond Capital range from $2 million to $30 million structured as debt and/or equity. We arrange financial structures with or without syndication. Non-syndicated capital structures inclusive of Bond Capital range from $10,000,000 to $100,000,000. If more capital is needed, Bond Capital can structure, arrange and fund through its proprietary syndication network. A common capital appropriation would be equal parts of senior debt and equity. Bond Capital will participate when a gap exists between the entrepreneur and their bank.
A typical Bond Capital investment consists of interest bearing current pay debt paired with an “equity kicker”. This deferred payment is in lieu of common share equity, usually in the form of warrants. Depending on the risk profile of the prospective company, Bond Capital investments can be structured using other forms of capital such as common share equity, redeemable preferred stock with or without conversion rights, bonus interest, royalties, and PIK (payment-in kind) to reduce the current-pay cash interest.
