Frontline Strike Group
When One Week Was All They Had
When an investment banker balked on a transaction in the final stretch, an $8M capital gap meant months of planning would be all for nothing—unless they found a capital partner who could get it done in record time.
"When the deal started to collapse, I refused to give up. I thought there had to be a way, and National agreed." - Steven, Financial Advisor
The Situation
Frontline Strike Group was founded in 2021 by two Special Forces veterans. They built a $90M business in the defense sector in just three years. Their next growth move was acquiring an equity stake in the company of an industry partner, which would unlock a new tier of government contract work, and position the company for its next leap in scale.
Their own capital was already committed, and an investment banker had unwritten the remaining amount. Seven days before the deadline, he came back empty-handed. The promise of $8M in funding was gone and the clock was running out.
That’s when Steven, a financial advisor working closely with Frontline, got the call. He hadn’t structured the original transaction, but he knew the business and he understood what was at stake. Watching a deal of this size and promise starting to stall wasn’t something he was willing to accept.
The Challenge
Replacing $8M in capital in seven days is the kind of ask that sounds impossible. The deal had no senior lender, a compressed timeline, and a client who watched a trusted banker fail to deliver. Steven hadn’t been the one to make the promise that fell through, but he was the one who was determined to find a way to still make it work.
His reputation for finding solutions was on the line. So was the deal, and a three-year growth trajectory that two veterans had built from nothing.
Frontline had already learned what a capital commitment without execution looks like.
Their original banker had spent months building toward a close that never came. Steven needed a partner who could not only say yes but actually deliver when it counted.
He connected with a Finance Business Advisor at National, who looked at the full picture: three years in business, $90M in revenue, a clearly defined use of funds, and a closing deadline that left no room for delay. The business case was strong. National moved accordingly.
A $10M term loan was structured, fully performance-backed with no senior lender in place. $8M funded in five days, with site inspections across two operating locations completed mid-week. The entire process ran while the owners kept operating their business as usual. The client called National “the Unicorn.”
The acquisition closed on schedule. Government contract work began.
For Steven, the outcome was its own kind of confirmation. He couldn’t have closed this one alone, but he knew where to take it. His clients got across the finish line, and the moment that could have defined his relationship by a failure ended up defining it by something extraordinary.
Why This Works
In high-stakes transactions with compressed timelines, saying yes is the easy part. What closed this deal was a capital partner willing to move without a senior lender in place and execute at a speed most institutions aren’t built for.
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