Antonella Puca
CFA, CPA/ABV, CEIV
BlueVal Group

 

Antonella Puca is a Partner at BlueVal in New York. Antonella specializes in the valuation of private equity, venture-backed companies, and General Partner stakes for financial and tax reporting, gift and estate planning, M&A transactions, buy-sell agreements, and litigation purposes.

Antonella has extensive experience in portfolio valuation and business valuation for financial reporting and broad operational and audit experience with private funds. Her valuation experience includes, among others, valuation of investments in closely-held companies for financial and tax reporting (409A and gift/estate tax), valuation of General Partner stakes in private companies, and business valuation for business combinations. Antonella has extensive experience in the valuation of complex financial instruments such as preferred stock, term loans, convertible bonds, stock options, warrants, SAFEs, earnouts, and of SPAC-related securities. She has advised a broad range of investment companies in the preparation of valuation documentation and in establishing valuation policies and procedures. She has assisted client counsel in litigation engagements and is a published author on the application of ASC 820 to investment funds and valuation best practices. She has valued companies in most major industry groups including technology, crypto, healthcare, mining, manufacturing, utilities, telecommunications, retail, and service industries. Before BlueVal, Ms. Puca held positions at various valuation advisory firms, and as an auditor in the financial services practice at KPMG and E&Y in San Francisco and New York.

 

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