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Investment banks run the deal.

We get you ready for it.

NED Global works company-side with founders, boards, and major shareholders to prepare late-stage Asian technology companies for IPO, M&A, and dual-track exits — closing the governance, narrative, and execution gaps that stand between a good business and a great outcome.

Exit engineering for the Asia to U.S. corridor. New York · Singapore · Tokyo · Seoul

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About NED

NED Global is an exit engineering firm for $500M+ late-stage companies in Asia pursuing IPO, M&A, or dual-track outcomes.

We work alongside founders, boards, and investors to harden the company against market
scrutiny — and to execute with precision when an exit becomes real.

NED Global provides strategic and operational advisory services only. NED Global is not a broker-dealer, investment adviser, or placement agent. Any securities-related activities are conducted solely by appropriately registered and licensed third parties.

How We Work

EMBEDDED ON THE COMPANY'S SIDE, FROM READINESS TO CLOSE.

We don't hand over a report and step back. We embed as a non-executive presence inside the mandate and work the exit alongside the founder, the board, and the major shareholders — through four stages, working backward from the target outcome.

01 Diagnose

We run an exit-readiness review across governance, financials, valuation logic, and stakeholder alignment — mapping what a live process will demand and where the real risk sits.

03 Align

We get management, the board, shareholders, and external advisors moving against one objective — so the process runs with discipline, accountability, and leverage instead of fragmenting.

02 Prepare

We close the gaps: board and governance readiness, reporting discipline, cap-table hygiene, data-room readiness, and the equity story and comparables that will define how the company is priced.

04 Execute

We stay company-side through the live process — coordinating banks, counsel, and auditors, defending the valuation case through diligence and the roadshow, and keeping execution on track without stalling the business.

Why NED

THE STAKES — EXITS ARE WON OR LOST BEFORE THE BANKER IS HIRED

~340

ASIA $1B+ COHORT

Asia-based $1B+ companies — the visible late-stage cohort.
(CB Insights, 2026)

+18%

HELD 5+ YEARS

Y/Y rise in APAC PE companies held over five years. (Bain,2025)

$58B

2025 FUNDRAISING

APAC PE fundraising in 2025 — a decade low. (Bain)

NED Approach

Five Integrated Workstreams

01
Governance

Board composition and institutional readiness to public-market standard.

04
Stakeholder Alignment

Founders, board, and investors synchronized on narrative and timeline.

02
Financial Readiness

KPI architecture and reporting aligned to how the market underwrites value.

05
Execution Discipline

Timeline control and coordination with external advisors throughout.

03
Valuation Architecture

Deliberate positioning,comparables, and sensitivity scenarios.

Selected Exit Engineering Engagements

Representative examples of how NED helps companies prepare for strategic exit outcomes.

Healthcare Infrastructure Platform

Exit objective: Exit and dual-listing scenarios defined, with founders, board, and key investors aligned from inception.

Preparation: Upgraded governance, re-architected the KPI stack and company narrative, and built the valuation architecture.

Valuation Architecture — Developed a structured valuation framework that strengthened the company's positioning and supported a clear, credible investment case for investors and advisors alike.

Execution Alignment — Supported the bank selection process, helped shape the syndicate, and worked shoulder-to-shoulder with banking partners to keep timing, messaging, and diligence aligned and on track.

Outcome: Improved valuation positioning and strengthened exit readiness.

AI-Native Design and Simulation Platform

Exit objective: M&A preparation

Preparation: Rebuilt the financial architecture and refined operating focus to create a more scalable, investor-ready platform.

Valuation Architecture: Repositioned the company around an AI-native valuation framework centered on technology defensibility, product execution, customer traction, monetization potential, and long-term strategic relevance to modern AI investors.

Execution Alignment: Advised management across M&A pathways, aligning strategy, readiness, and counterpart engagement.

Outcome: Clearer optionality and stronger leverage in strategic and exit discussions.

Conversational AI in Regulated Markets

Exit objective: dual-market listing preparation

Preparation: Institutionalized the company’s financial and operating foundation through accrual accounting conversion, tighter internal discipline, operating redesign, and a more structured M&A preparedness framework to support diligence, integration planning, and strategic optionality.

Valuation Architecture: Enhanced margin performance, streamlined product focus, and repositioned the company with a more credible investor narrative grounded in operational improvement, strategic clarity, and transaction readiness.

Execution Alignment: Coordinated management, financing priorities, and strategic decision-making around both M&A pathways and public-market preparation, creating a more disciplined and execution-ready process.

Outcome: A more resilient operating profile, stronger strategic flexibility, and a materially more credible path to financing, transaction execution, or listing readiness.

Case studies are illustrative, anonymized where appropriate, and provided for informational purposes only. They are not guarantees of future outcomes.

Role Clarity

WE DO NOT DUPLICATE BANK FUNCTIONS — WE MAKE BANK-LED PROCESSES RUN TIGHTER

NED DOES NOT

✕ Bookbuilding or underwriting

✕ Distribution or syndication

✕ Pricing or allocation

✕ Act as broker-dealer or investment advisor

NED DOES

✓ Prepare and position the company for institutional scrutiny

✓ De-risk diligence and sharpen the equity story

✓ Align stakeholders before and during bank engagement

✓ Enforce timeline and narrative discipline through execution

We bridge company positioning,market expectations, and bank-led execution.

NED Global does not act as a broker-dealer, investment adviser, placement agent, or securities intermediary. Any securities-related activities are conducted solely by appropriately registered and licensed third parties.

Work with Partners, Not Juniors

Jonathan Kim - Chief Executive Officer & President

25+ years scaling AI and deep-tech — P&L leadership at Samsung, ecosystem growth at Qualcomm, founding team at Beyond Limits (NASA/JPL spinout); led a US$350M IPO and US$20M to US$1.3B value creation.

James Moon - Chief Financial Officer

30+ years and US$27B in APAC transaction volume — former eBay APAC CFO; led eBay Korea's US$3.5B sale and Gmarket's US$1.5B acquisition.

Steve Cho - Head of Service Delivery & Value Creation

25 years scaling startups to multibillion-dollar companies across IAC, Yahoo!, Samsung, Coupang, and iHerb; led US$1.3B revenue growth and an US$85M Series C.

Toto Widjojo - Head of Southeast Asia

30+ years leading consumer and technology businesses in Indonesia — scaled TREBEL to 3M monthly active users in year one, doubled Warner Music Indonesia's revenue, and led the Sony–BMG merger in Indonesia; deep regional investor and institutional network.

Greg Fortner - Operating Director

20+ years in strategy, operations, and capital planning; former COO at Mycotoo; supported US$135M+ in capital raises; MBA, Michigan Ross.

Robert Blinn - Senior Advisor, Capital Strategy & Exit Readiness

20-year capital markets veteran — a US$300M NASDAQ telecom IPO, a US$1.7B healthcare trade sale, and US$4B of structured credit raised.

Ayla Kremb - Senior Advisor, Strategic Finance & Partnerships (Asia)

Capital markets strategist — built a 10,000-strong accredited-investor network, launched three alternative-asset funds, and raised US$30M of fund seed capital in 90 days.

David Waldman - Advisor, Investor Relations & Public Market Communication

25 years in investor relations — US$1B+ raised across thousands of roadshows supporting hundreds of IPOs, direct listings, and SPACs.

Brice Penaud - Advisor, SPV Strategy & Structured Liquidity

SPV specialist structuring founder, investor, and continuation vehicles for clean capital entry and secondary liquidity without double fees.

NED Global provides strategic and operational advisory services only.

NED Global is not a registered broker-dealer, investment adviser, or placement agent and does not provide securities brokerage, investment advisory, underwriting, or securities placement services.
Any securities-related activities are conducted solely by appropriately registered and licensed third parties. Nothing on this website constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Case studies, illustrative outcomes, and examples are provided for informational purposes only, may be anonymized, and are not indicative of future results.

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Ready your company for the outcome it deserves.

If you're twelve to eighteen months from an exit — or navigating a process that's already live — start with an Exit Readiness Review. Tell us your target outcome, timing, and where you believe valuation or execution risk is highest, and we'll respond with an initial view on the preparation, valuation architecture, and execution alignment required.