Demystifying M&A
By Hazel Moore and David Smith The Europe tech ecosystem continues to mature and is increasingly on the radar of Silicon Valley companies. Europe now has more serial entrepreneurs, more informed venture capital firms and...
Thought Leadership
On 24th May, FirstCapital and Silicon Valley Bank co-hosted a Smarter Connections CEO dinner in Dublin for a group of invited CEOs of high-growth Irish tech companies. Successful serial entrepreneur Garry Moroney, Founder & CEO...
Thought Leadership
By Martina King, CEO of Featurespace As CEO of a technology business, with academic origins, I’m often asked “Which comes first, the product or the market?” Working in a building on a Cambridge University campus...
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Hazel Moore, FirstCapital Chairman, discusses entrepreneurship, resilience and getting more women into senior finance roles in the PR for Humans podcast. In the PR for Humans podcast series, former BBC correspondent Mike Sergeant interviews the best...
Thought Leadership
By Mark Smith, CEO of ContactEngine The machines will not take over the world. There, I’ve said it. I do not believe computers will ever become sentient. They won’t dream, fall in love or express...
Thought Leadership
By Jason Purcell Capturing the attention and imagination of buyers is key when you want to sell a business. And whether the buyer is a big corporate or a private equity investor, creating a compelling...
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Our Analyst, Alastair Church, discusses his career progression through FirstCapital and what makes it a great place to work.
Demystifying M&A
By Natasha Dinneen One thing that frustrates many of our clients is that it’s hard to find a comprehensive definition of net debt, or a simple explanation of why the price offered by a buyer...
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Catherine Wines, Director and Co-Founder of WorldRemit talks about the challenges of scaling a business, what she wishes she’d known from the start and the importance of people & culture.
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Deborah Magid, Director of Strategy at IBM Venture Capital Group, talks about how start-ups can partner with IBM, what they look for and innovative companies on her radar.
Thought Leadership
By Sheana O’Sullivan At the recent 7th Annual Funding Exits and IPOs event here in the Valley, I heard from leading investors from Canvas Ventures, Hummer Winblad, Garage Ventures, and Venrock. I thought it might be interesting for European...
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Mark Fagan, Ex CEO of eCommera, talks about working with FirstCapital to sell the business. He discusses the process, working closely with the team and the results for all parties.