- Instituted processes and established process discipline to streamline customer credit, collect past dues, reduce market overstocking and warehouse inventory, and improve the quality of information shared with investors and financial institutions.
- Partnered on several new initiatives: initiating business in the UK and Vietnam, setting up two new breweries, expanding sales in new territories within India, launching a mass-market beer (boom), and simplifying the international entity structure.
- Raised approximately $30 million in bridge equity from existing and new investors and roughly $10 million in debt, including bank loans, vendor financing, and venture debt.
- Led the Series B growth equity funding with the company founder and successfully managed both the sell-side and the buy-side finance/tax due diligence conducted by Big Four firms. The company subsequently closed a $30 million funding from a strategic investor.
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