Thought Leadership
Daniel Glazer, Founding Partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s London office, joined FirstCapital as the keynote speaker for our recent SmarterConnections CEO Dinner at The Ivy Clifton Brasserie, Bristol, on Wednesday 17th October. We...
News
Belgian infrastructure software company CoScale, which has deep experience monitoring container and microservices environments, has announced that it will be joining New Relic, the US listed analytics software company specialising in performance monitoring. Both companies...
Thought Leadership
by Sheana O’Sullivan We have entered an age where biology and technology have intersected. Thanks to AI, Deep Learning software can imitate activities in the neuro-cortex of our brains. The software is continuously gaining more...
Thought Leadership
By Hazel Moore I recently moderated a panel on “Investing in AI – where are the opportunities?” at the AI Congress in London, with venture capitalists Henry Mason from Dawn Capital, Scott Sage from Crane...
Demystifying M&A
By Hazel Moore No two buyers are ever the same. Individual buyers will always have their own quirks and preferences. But it can be helpful to analyse buyer types in terms of broader categories when...
Smarter Thinking
By Piers Hartland-Swann When it comes to selling a business, our aim for our clients is always to ensure that the buyer pays the highest price they can pay for the business, while still being...
Thought Leadership
By Sheana O’Sullivan A couple of years ago now, I remember a night when I just couldn’t get a cab. I wasn’t far out of town, barely on the outskirts of San Francisco, but as...
Smarter Thinking
By David Smith To really benefit from networking, it’s important to flip your approach on its head. Instead of thinking “What’s in it for me?” you need to start thinking, “How can I be helpful...
Smarter Thinking
By David Smith When I moved to Silicon Valley with Enterprise Ireland in 2006, I did not really know anyone there. I was not a natural networker, but as my role was helping Irish companies...
Thought Leadership
By Sheana O’Sullivan I recently spoke at a tech M&A event run by FTI Consulting in San Francisco. Our panel discussions focused on the latest trends in M&A, how these have changed over the last...
Demystifying M&A
By Jason Purcell Your first management meeting with a potential buyer can be challenging and stressful. However well prepared you are, you’re not sure what to expect from them and what kind of a reception...
Demystifying M&A
By Natasha Dinneen A period of exclusivity is usually given after a final offer from a buyer or investor has been accepted, following a competitive M&A or growth capital fundraising process involving discussions with a...