Thought Leadership
Silicon Valley remains top of the global ranking when it comes to funding and deal value and is hard to beat when it comes to innovation. Many European scaling companies dream of relocating part of their...
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FirstCapital Chairman, Hazel Moore, was a guest speaker at TechBBQ 2018, an international tech start-up summit which took place in Copenhagen on 24th and 25th September 2018. Hazel delivered her talk on 5 Steps to...
Thought Leadership
We recently co-hosted a Smarter Connections dinner for Chairs, NEDs and CEOs of growth-stage tech companies with private equity firm, Sovereign Capital Partners, on the topic of Digital Transformation, and were delighted to have Dr...
Thought Leadership
By Jason Purcell The fourth industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, is set to transform the manufacturing industry as we know it. Machine to machine communications of “things” connected via the Internet of Things...
Demystifying M&A
By Piers Hartland-Swann So you’ve reached the point in a sale process where you’ve selected a preferred buyer for your business and agreed heads of terms for the deal. Next, the buyer will want to...
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Hazel Moore, co-founder, chairman, FirstCapital, is one of 36 dealmakers named in Mergers & Acquisitions’ 2019 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A. How did you get into dealmaking? I had an unconventional start in dealmaking. I...
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The FirstCapital team talks about our company culture, including their personal experiences and opportunities available to them.
Demystifying M&A
By Jason Purcell It is an exciting moment for a founder or CEO when a potential buyer approaches you and expresses an interest in acquisition. Especially if it is a tech giant from Silicon Valley...
News
Miles 33 Group Ltd (“Miles 33″), a leading supplier of digital publishing software, has completed a secondary management buyout funded by Ethos Partners and Santander. This deal provides exciting new opportunities for Miles 33, and...
Thought Leadership
By Sheana O’Sullivan I recently attended the Tech M&A Summit in Palo Alto, hosted by global research and advisory firm 451 Research. This is a leading event for Corporate Development leaders who drive M&A decisions...
Demystifying M&A
By Alastair Church If and when you sell your business, in an ideal world you would expect to receive a single cash amount on closing. There might be some sort of limited holdback or escrow,...
Thought Leadership
Our Chairman, Hazel Moore was featured on Mike Sergeant’s podcast, PR for Humans. Hazel & Mike speak about communication from a financial perspective, life lessons from a top business leader and they discuss how the...