Our investment criteria depends on the life cycle stage of the target company, as well as by discipline. We are sector agnostic. Recently, our focus has been on unique opportunities within the high growth categories of technology, ecommerce and consumer products.
We seek to finance, and work exclusively with, qualified entrepreneurs who possess a unique value proposition and can demonstrate the rare skills sets required to build a successful enterprise from the ground up. The individuals we partner with must be willing to make hard choices and put skin in the game. The opportunities we select must be imminently commercially viable and inherently scalable. The Hemp Capital Fund Team will offer its full support in all phases of the business’s development from beta to full scale rollout.
For successful small businesses ready to make the transition to becoming full-fledged, publicly-traded companies, Hemp Capital Fund has the financial resources, bandwidth and expertise necessary to ensure an expedient and cost-effective ‘go-public’ outcome either through a reverse merger or via S-1 registration. Regardless of the preferred platform, the process of going public requires significant planning, deal structuring and regulatory analysis prior to the actual public event. Over the past two decades, we’ve established a trusted and proven track record of completing successful reverse mergers and alternative public offerings.
Hemp Capital Fund provides customized equity and debt funding for publicly-traded companies through a range of flexible and innovative structured and direct investments, which include;
Equity Line Facilities (ELF)
Stock Purchase Agreements (SPA)
At-The-Market-Offerings (ATM)
Convertible Debentures or Preferred Stock
Equity-Linked Promissory Notes
Bridge Loans
Purchase Order, Factoring and Accounts Receivable Financing
Investment Approach – Legalized Cannabis Industry
Since 2012, Dutchess has been an activist, principal investor within the legalized cannabis sector. The size and scope of our legalized cannabis investments are dependent upon the target company’s size, growth rate, opportunities and the associated risk.
As one of the leading institutional investors in this space and assisted by our ‘high value’ relationships and network within the industry, Dutchess portfolio companies are uniquely positioned to benefit with respect to the latest data, trends, products, services and ever changing regulatory environment. Further, in the quest for earnings growth, our legalized cannabis portfolio companies have successfully engaged in cross-pollinating with one another, which have resulted in business agreements, strategic partnerships or joint ventures.
