Get It When You Don’t Need It – Private Markets

Written by James Sanders

The Fed recently kept rates steady as the President pushes for cuts.  Businesses continue to post solid results, but these cycles only last so long and there will be a need for refinancing existing debt or tapping the markets for growth capital.  More and more, I am seeing articles about accessing the private markets for debt and equity as the key funds source moving forward. 

For privately held businesses, what does this look like and how do they go about accessing these capital providers?  Below are a few articles that I think may be of some use:

• How private capital can provide a blueprint for impact | World Economic Forum
• Global Private Markets Report 2025 | McKinsey
• Getting Started – Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Hedge Funds – Research Guides at Harvard Library
• Global Private Equity Report 2025 | Bain & Company

Over the next few weeks, I will be diving deeper into private funding options for businesses from the startup stage to those that need growth capital to those that need money just to survive.  If economic conditions deteriorate, we may be in a situation where the private markets are the only viable option. 

As I have heard in the past, the best time to get capital is when you don’t need it…at least that was from traditional financing methods.