An Inside Look Into A VC Negotiation
TechCrunch sheds some light on how a VC deal is negotiated. The terms that come up during the discussion and the various valuation related issues that arise are often a great mystery to many...
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Finance, Capital, Fund Raising, Seed, Growth Capital, Working Capital, Mezzanine Finance, Financing Rounds, Factoring
Acquisition: What A Lender Likes To See When Financing A Deal
The SBA in the USA finances many business acquisitions deals and, as business loan experts, have put together some tips on what lenders like to see when financing a buyout. They include: Trend –...
The Full Low Down On Business Broker & M&A Adviser Fees & Charges
How much would a professional charge to sell your business? The world’s largest survey on fees and fee structures of business brokers, M&A advisors and investment banks has been assembled by Divestopedia and is...
Issuing SEIS & EIS shares – 4 Key Considerations
You may have obtained SEIS / EIS pre-approval from HMRC, but you need to be careful about correctly issuing the SEIS and EIS shares. Vasiliki Carson of Sapphire Capital explains the four key considerations...
Should You Invest In Bitcoin To Give You More Purchasing Power?
Given the increase in interest in crytocurrencies, and the rise in ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) to raise startup funds, we thought it was time for an article on Bitcoin. Economists were rather sceptical when...
Evaluating Private Equity Firms Before Doing Business With Them
How do you know which private equity firm will be the best partner for your business? Rond Capital posts to provide some advice. Unfortunately for entrepreneurs, there is no “Yelp for private equity firms.”...
What Are Addbacks And How Do They Affect Valuation?
Founders Investment Bank in Birmingham, Alabama, posts today about “addbacks”, the items and amounts that were previously charged to the Profit & Loss account but which can be added back to boost a company’s...
Selling A Business – Should You Sell Assets Or Sell Shares?
It is imperative that any business owner taking his/her business to market becomes familiar with the two ways to structure a business sale – the sale of shares & the sale of assets. Make...
How to Sell Your Business–and Keep It, Too
Inc posts an interesting article with some real life examples and case studies of founders who sold their business but got to keep it too. When I posted an article along those lines some...
16 Rookie Errors Founders Make Pitching To VCs
And in true Buzzfeed style … I’m not so sure about #3. 🙂 #3 advises founders to not take a consultant along to the pitch. I can see the logic from the VCs point...
Can You Buy A Business With No Collateral?
While this is a US-centric article, what with its “incentivize” spelling and numerous mentions of the SBA, the question is still valid. Can you buy a business despite having no capital with which to...
6 “Must Know” Truths When Raising Capital
An excellent piece from Erica Drake about the six things you need to know when raising capital. Erica takes you through finding the investors’ sweet spot, knowing what type of finance you need, and...
Wrong Liquidation Preferences … Or How To Snatch A Loss From The Jaws Of Profit
Pawel Chudzinski, co-founder of Point Nine Capital, explains how the wrong liquidation preferences could leave you massively out of pocket. Liquidation preferences are, in short, the small print in your contract that determines how...
How To Get Part Of The £400m The UK Government Just Announced For Small Businesses
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, our fancy name for our finance minister, presented his autumn statement to Parliament today and announced £400 million of new funding for venture capital firms to invest in...
Why Venture Capitalists Prefer Missionaries to Mercenaries
If you’re looking for jokes about missionaries, you’ve come to the right page. But there’s also some shrewd and sage advice from some of the most successful venture capital investors including Mark Cuban, John...
What Makes An Investor Sign On The Dotted Line?
Whether selling all of your business or just some of the equity, what is it that really ticks all boxes for the investors you’re pitching to? Morgan Davis, co-lead of the Start-Up Investment Club,...
