Fractional Investor Relations • IR Technology

Executive-Level IR Leadership.
Without the Fixed Cost.

Global IR Group delivers senior IR expertise and AI-powered capital markets technology to public and pre-public companies — on the flexible model your business actually needs.

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The Problem

Capital Markets Have Changed. Most IR Programs Haven't.

Investor expectations are higher. Coverage is more concentrated. Volatility is elevated. Capital access is more selective. Yet many companies remain under-resourced in the one function that shapes how the market perceives them.

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Undervalued vs. Peers

Your fundamentals are strong, but the multiple doesn't reflect it. The narrative isn't landing or isn't reaching the right audience.

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Limited Analyst Coverage

Coverage has consolidated. Smaller issuers are increasingly invisible to institutional capital without a deliberate coverage strategy.

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CFO Bandwidth Constraints

IR requires sustained, senior-level engagement. Most CFOs are stretched too thin to own the investor relationship the way markets now demand.

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Inconsistent Messaging

Mixed signals across earnings calls, filings, and presentations erode investor confidence. Consistency is a discipline, not an accident.

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Capital Raise in Progress

Transaction readiness requires dedicated IR infrastructure including, equity narrative, institutional targeting, and perception management, weeks before you go to market.

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Post-IPO or Leadership Transition

The first year of public life, or a major leadership change, requires senior IR ownership to build credibility before the market assigns its own narrative.

Two Solutions. One Firm.

Built for the Full IR Stack

We partner with companies in two ways, as the senior IR leadership embedded in your executive team, and as the AI-powered platform powering your program.

Consulting

Fractional IRO Services

Senior-level investor relations leadership, integrated into your executive team. No full-time hire. No agency hand-offs. Real strategic ownership from practitioners who've run IR for public companies.

Equity narrative development & positioning
Earnings strategy and messaging
Investor targeting & analyst development
Capital markets strategy & transaction readiness
Crisis and volatility management
Proxy and corporate governance advisory

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SaaS Platform

IR Intelligence Platform

A purpose-built AI platform for public company IR teams. Manage documents, track analysts, monitor competitors, and generate investor communications, all grounded in your own data.

17 AI-powered IR analysis & deliverable prompts
Document repository with AI-searchable full text
Analyst coverage & competitor monitoring
Earnings press release & call script generation
Ownership intelligence & investor targeting
Starts at $1,199/month — no IR staff required

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Track Record

Practitioners, Not Consultants

Our team has worked directly inside publicly traded companies building IR programs from the ground up, navigating complex transactions, and managing markets through volatility.

$2B+

M&A transaction led

20+

Equity analysts built from zero

$400M+

Capital raised by advised founders

30+

Years combined IR experience

2013

Founded

$1.75B

Bond offerings managed

AI-powered IR prompts

44hrs

Avg. monthly time saved (platform)

The Case for Fractional

The ROI of Investor Relations Shows Up in Valuation

Investor Relations rarely appears on a financial statement. But it shows up in the multiple. Even modest improvement in how the market perceives your company can generate significant shareholder value.

"A $50M EBITDA company improving from an 8x to a 9x multiple creates $50M in incremental equity value."

— Gar Jackson, Founder

The return on IR investment is asymmetric. Fractional IR provides the expertise to close that perception gap, at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.

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The Comparison

Why Traditional Models Fall Short

Factor	Full-Time IRO	IR Agency	Fractional IR
Senior Expertise	✓	Often junior	✓ Always
Strategic Ownership	✓	Limited	✓ Embedded
Scalable Engagement	Fixed	Contract-bound	✓ On-demand
Time to Start	3–6 months	Weeks	✓ Weeks
Incentive Alignment	High	Misaligned	✓ High

The Team

Operators. Practitioners. Capital Markets Veterans.

Every engagement is led by a senior practitioner who has held IR responsibility inside a public company, not delegated to a junior account team.

Gar Jackson

Founder

30+ year capital markets career. Led IR at Oakley through $2B+ Luxottica acquisition. Founded Corporate Communications Network and Global IR Group. 12+ years on NIRI Orange County board.

Don De Laria

Senior Managing Director

President of Software Services

Built and led IR at Regal Entertainment Group ($2.5B) from IPO. NIRI National Board Member, SEC representative. Built freight brokerage to $80M+. Twenty-five years across capital markets and operations.

Mark Levin

Managing Director

14 years as institutional broker at Banc of America Securities, FTN Midwest, and Stephens. In-house IR at Advanced Medical Optics ($1B). Deep expertise across healthcare, tech, and industrials.

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White Paper

Why Fractional IR — Why Now

Capital markets have changed. The traditional IR models, full-time hire or agency, often fail to deliver the right balance of senior expertise, flexibility, and cost efficiency. This white paper makes the case for a better approach.