Enter the public markets with confidence.
Belay Global advises companies evaluating public ownership, strategic carve-outs, and other consequential corporate decisions.
We help leadership teams make informed decisions about readiness, governance, capital strategy, and the company's next phase of growth.
Clarity before commitment. Confidence before execution.
McKinley Acquisition Corp.
Belay Global’s current advisory mandate is McKinley Acquisition Corp., a Nasdaq-listed company trading under the ticker MKLY.
NASDAQ: MKLY · $172 million held in trust · Listed 2025
McKinley Acquisition Corp. is a separate SEC-registered entity. Belay Global Partners provides strategic advisory services and is not affiliated with McKinley except as expressly disclosed.
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“A public listing should strengthen the company, not displace the leadership, discipline, and long-term vision that built it.”
At Nasdaq
Adam Dooley at the IPO Opening Bell for a newly listed company
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Advisory Model
A more controlled path to public ownership.
Belay Global advises company leadership teams and boards through the critical decisions that shape a public-market transition, from early evaluation and transaction structure to registration coordination, and post-listing governance.
We are built for complex public-market transitions where structure, sequencing, and execution discipline matter.
Going public creates the platform. What leadership does with that platform determines how valuable the company can become.
Built for companies with the scale and discipline to be public.
Belay advises private companies that have outgrown the limits of private capital and are evaluating whether a public listing can provide a stronger platform for growth, liquidity, and long-term capital access.
Founder-led, closely held, or strategic carve-outs from larger companies, where control and culture matter.
$100M–$500M in growth capital, liquidity, or balance-sheet flexibility.
Two years of audited financials or a clear path to audit-readiness.
Growing revenue, improving margins, and a credible public-company narrative.
Start with the right conversation.
For companies evaluating whether the public markets can support the next phase of growth, liquidity, or strategic flexibility.
A practical assessment of readiness across structure, governance, capital strategy, leadership preparation, and public-market credibility.