Public-Company Readiness. Strategic Advisory. Execution Support.

We create public-ready companies.

We don't just help companies go public. We build companies that deserve to be public. Our team designs the infrastructure, executes the transaction, and helps operate the business through the transition to life as a public company.

Whether the right pathway is an IPO, direct listing, de-SPAC, uplisting, reverse merger, or a select private capital alternative, we guide management from ambition to execution—and beyond.

175+
Years of Collective Tenure
$500Bn+
In Equity Issuances Led
$3Bn+
In IPOs as Former External Counsel
1,000+
Debt and Equity Transactions
160+
Institutional Lending Relationships

Figures reflect principals' experience prior to Catalyst. See disclosures.

From Vision to Market

We make the dream of going public possible.

Taking a company public is one of the most ambitious milestones in business. It requires more than vision. It requires discipline, preparation, credibility, and the right advisory team. Catalyst helps founders, executives, and investors navigate the journey from private company to public-market opportunity.

Done right, going public unlocks growth capital, liquidity, credibility, and lasting strategic optionality. The process is complex, unforgiving, and highly detail-oriented, and the right preparation is the difference between a missed window and a transformational outcome. We engineer that readiness: the controls, the board, the systems, and the story, and we stay through the bell, the first earnings cycle, and the quarters that prove the listing was the right one.

The Chief of Staff Model

One Team. Every workstream.

Acting as an extension of management, we sit on your side of the table as a single point of accountability across every workstream. We scope, source, coordinate, and manage the entire ecosystem of advisors and service providers—keeping transactions moving, eliminating friction, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.

Our senior principals provide the experience and execution capacity that would otherwise require building an expensive internal team from scratch.

The result: faster execution, fewer surprises, lower costs, and a management team free to focus on building the business instead of managing the process.

Our Process

From assessment to the bell, and beyond.

01

Readiness Assessment

Evaluate readiness and identify gaps across the operating stack.

02

Public Company Build

Build the infrastructure, team, and controls public markets require.

03

Listing Execution

Drive the transaction and the full advisor suite through to the bell.

04

Operating After the Bell

Run governance, IR, and reporting through your initial earnings cycles as a public company.

Our Team

Senior operators, capital markets veterans, investors, and credit experts, all under one roof - all on your side of the table.

Aligned Capital

Beyond advisory.

Through Sheriff & Co., our independent sponsor platform, we back select companies with capital and operating leadership. The same hands on the wheel during the transaction, remain after close.

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