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Gerhard Renner (Pinehurst)

Gerhard Renner, CFO and Partner

CFO & Partner
310.560.1457
renner@scalefinance.com

  • Managing Director, Scale Finance LLC—professional CFO/Controller and Transaction Advisory services (Capital Raise, M&A/recapitalizations, Valuations); 2006—Current
  • Chief Financial Officer & General Counsel, Airborne 1 Corporation—fast growing Inc. 500 Company commercializing airborne LiDAR for digital mapping applications (Google Earth); acquired by Geodigital Inc. 2009.
  • Partner, Core Capital International Fund—subsidiary of Los Angeles based LBO Core Capital Corporation; managed principal investments in early stage life sciences companies
  • Financial Advisory Services, Ernst & Young—buy & sell side investment banking focused on Southern California middle market companies
  • Legal Analyst, Pillsbury Winthrop & Troop Steuber Pasich– Legal Analyst managing complex litigation & corporate transactions at top tier California law firms
  • University of Southern California—1999, Master in Business Administration, Dean’s List, Departmental Honors, Phi Beta Kappa
  • University of Southern California—1998, Juris Doctorate with concentration in transactional & contract law; staff & author Interdisciplinary Law Journal
  • University of California, Berkeley, 1992, Bachelors in Economics and Rhetoric, Cum Laude & Departmental Honors
  • Active Member of the State Bar of California since 2002
  • Investment Banking Licensed Registered Representative FINRA Series 79, Uniform State Series 63 qualified; Registered Representative with FINRA/SIPC licensed Broker Dealer (Tobin & Company, Charlotte, NC)

About Scale Finance

Scale Finance LLC (www.scalefinance.com) provides professional CFO services, Controller solutions, and support in raising capital, or executing M&A transactions, to entrepreneurial companies. The firm specializes in cost-effective financial reporting, budgeting & forecasting, implementing controls, complex modeling, business valuations, and other financial management, and provides strategic help for companies raising growth capital or considering M&A/recapitalization opportunities. Most of the firm’s clients are growing technology, healthcare, business services, consumer, and industrial companies at various stages of development from start-up to tens of millions in annual revenue. Scale Finance LLC has offices in Charlotte, NC, the Triangle, the Triad, Southern Pines, and Wilmington with a team of more than 30 professionals serving more than 100 companies throughout the region.

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Knowledge Bank

Hiring a Startup CFO – When to Hire a CFO & Why You Need One

Owner Financing of Small Companies – Debt or Equity Considerations

Will Your Merger be Blindsided by Fraud?

Series C & Beyond: How Growth Investing is Different Than Early Stage

5 Rules for an A+ Board Meeting for Investor-backed Companies

Understanding & Using Your Cash Flow Statement

Why Business Valuations are Helpful (& What do they Typically Cost)?

Managing Merchant Fees – Role of Zero Fee Processing

Can Accountants Value a Business?

Personal Guarantees – Should You Grant One?

10 Pieces of Advice When Someone Wants to Buy Your Company

Convertible Note Financing – Payback Time

Due Diligence Fiasco – A Look Back at HP-Autonomy

Applying for Business Loans – Hard Credit Checks

7 Ways a Business Name Generator Can Help Entrepreneurs

Citizenship by Investment Overview

Understanding the True Cost of Employee Turnover

How to Think About Valuation When Raising Venture Capital

What it Takes to Shift to a Recurring Revenue Model in Hardware & Software

Differences Between Major SBA Loan Programs – SBA 7(a) vs. SBA 504

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Recent News

Scale Finance Closes $20M ABL Financing for TRA

Scale Finance Leads the Successful Sale of Carolina Restoration Services

Scale Finance Advises FX HedgePool on $8M Series A Funding

SF Closes Acquisition of Midwest Outdoor Resorts for Travel Resorts of America

Scale Finance Closes $7 Million Senior Debt Financing for Travel Resorts of America

Scale Finance Advises on Acquisition of Falcone Crawl Space & Structural Repair

Congrats to Payzer for Closing $23 Million Equity Financing

SF Client Headbands of Hope Closes Strategic Growth Investment

SF Assists Semper Investment Company in Acquisition of ACM Removal

SF Client SentryOne Acquired by SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI)

Scale Finance Assists GPM with Acquisition by Netsmart

SF Client Broadstep Behavioral Health Continues National Growth Through Acquisitions

SF Client Impact Financial Systems (IFS) Acquired by iPipeline

Scale Finance Assists TrueLearn with Investment by LLR Partners

Scale Finance Assists Textum Weaving with Investment by Quad-C

Scale Finance Closes Debt Financing for Horizon Eye Care

Scale Finance Closes Acquisition of Horsepower Site Services by MCG Civil

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Scale Finance Managing Director Dave Gilroy interviewed on WSIC Radio (local Fox affiliate)

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