Southern California companies · National exchanges
Why Los Angeles
Greater Los Angeles is one of the largest and most diverse company-building economies in the world: entertainment and media, aerospace and defense, biotech and med-tech corridors from Thousand Oaks to Irvine, consumer brands with national followings, and the Silicon Beach technology cluster from Santa Monica to El Segundo. It is also chronically underserved by the traditional IPO machine, which concentrates on a handful of large offerings a year.
The direct exchange path — a NASDAQ or NYSE listing without an underwritten IPO, alone or paired with a Regulation A+ raise — was built for exactly this market: established, revenue-generating companies whose shareholders and customers are their natural first public investors.
Who the practice serves
- Media & entertainment — content, production, gaming, and creator-economy companies with audiences that can become shareholders.
- Aerospace & defense — the supply chain from El Segundo to Palmdale, where public-company credibility wins contracts.
- Biotech & life sciences — capital-intensive programs suited to staged public raises.
- Consumer brands — Regulation A+ lets a brand’s community invest, turning customers into owners.
- Technology — Silicon Beach companies for whom a direct listing preserves founder economics that an IPO would dilute.
- Real estate — REIT and fund structures using Regulation A+ for public capital.
How an engagement starts
Every engagement starts the same way: a confidential conversation about the company — sector, stage, audited financials or the path to them, and the objective. The first deliverable is a candid readiness assessment against current exchange standards, including, where it is the honest answer, “not yet, and here is what has to change.”
One practice, three sites
This site serves the Los Angeles practice. Mr. Altahawi’s international advisory practice is at andyaltahawi.com, and his SEC filing and EDGARization services at andyaltahawisec.com. The record and regulatory history published on each is the same, everywhere, in full.
Southern California consultations: contact form · info@directlylisted.com · WhatsApp +1 949-529-2500.