Follow us on LinkedIn for all the latest insights, exciting updates and iFD news. Contribution by Joao Futscher Uncertain economic conditions create a constellation of issues and challenges for businesses, but the impact of such difficulties on venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investors is often overlooked. Investment requires a degree of confidence, but turbulent economic and political conditions have made this even more difficult to achieve.   We explore how … Continue reading →

Many businesses require investment at some stage, either to accelerate initial levels of growth, support expansion in the scaling phase or consolidate market position by funding new product introductions as it reaches maturity. However, investment comes with additional responsibilities; not only is the pressure on to justify the size of the injection but there are also the reporting needs of investors to consider too. In this blog, we highlight some … Continue reading →

How does fundraising work? Raising money from an equity perspective tends to happen in phases. However, the often-arduous fundraising journey is considered one of the most challenging aspects of starting and scaling a business. Founders of early-stage businesses may ask: ‘What are the stages of funding?’, ‘What type of funding do I need?’, ‘Will it be enough?’, ‘How do I access funding as an early-stage business?’. These are all valid … Continue reading →

In his blog we give our thoughts on how to revitalise a venture capital-backed business Being a venture capital firm must be one of the toughest jobs going – they are as popular as a traffic warden who used to be an investment banker. Their odds of success are no more than one or two projects in ten. Although they perform as much due diligence as possible, they still rely … Continue reading →