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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.
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Lydia Hook, Managing Director of eduspot (Teachers2Parents) discusses working with FirstCapital, what smarter dealmaking means to her company and the access that FirstCapital offered.
Demystifying M&A
By Jason Purcell Conventionally in M&A processes, buyers will typically value the business they are acquiring on a multiple of its profits. In technology deals, however, things can be different, and revenues (and more importantly...
Demystifying M&A
By Natasha Dinneen When negotiating a deal, the net working capital position of the company being acquired is a hotly debated topic. As net working capital directly affects the price paid by the buyer, objectives...
Thought Leadership
By Alex McCracken, Managing Director at Silicon Valley Bank Startups and growth-stage companies (scaleups) are increasingly partnering with corporates and seeing great benefits. When built effectively, corporate partnerships can bring sizeable rewards for scaleups as they...
Thought Leadership
By Sheana O’Sullivan In recent years, San Francisco has emerged as the new home for some of Silicon Valley’s greatest tech companies. Traditionally, these companies were located south of San Francisco, on the Peninsula and...
Demystifying M&A
By Hazel Moore The sale of your business is usually the culmination of a journey rather than an event. Although on rare, lucky, occasions the right buyer turns up and makes an offer you can’t...
Thought Leadership
By Hazel Moore Over $8.3bn in venture capital was invested into artificial intelligence companies in 2017, up more than 80% over 2016. Investors are piling in, with the expectation of massive opportunities as many, if...
Demystifying M&A
By Jason Purcell We have a five-stage SMART process we use at FirstCapital to help companies achieve a strategic sale. We touched on this in last month’s What Is Smart Dealmaking blog, and I’d like...