On the 8th day of November 2017, VC-A attended the 31st SME Capital Forum. The forum was organised by Foro Capital Pymes and showcased 8 companies looking for funding in the following industries:
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Africa Think Tank
Value Creation – Alternative will be attending the African Think Tank networking event at IESE Business school on the 21st of September. We will meet high-level participants (mostly CEOs or Exco members) of both Kenya (from AMP in Strathmore Business school) and Nigeria (from CEP in Lagos Business School). As well, and as special invitees,...
PMI Strategy: Preservation, Symbiosis, Holding, Absorption
PMI Strategy, the acronym for Post Merger Integration Strategy, is one of the most difficult conundrum for buyers of companies. Indeed, there is enough evidence in the literature showing that acquiring companies actually destroys value. Then, why not challenge buyers on their real reasons for engaging in an acquisition process? Note that I am not...
Private Equity in a Changing World – key takeaways from XVIII ASCRI congress 2017
Private Equity in a changing world For those who did not have a chance to attend the XVIII ASCRI Congress about Private Equity in a changing world, I have summarised in this post my personal intakes. Risk Capital is rebranded Growth Capital The Association rebranded itself “Asociación Española de Capital Crecimiento e Inversiones” to avoid...
Leveraged recapitalization
One of our VC-A Members raised recently €270 million to provide debt solutions to the mid-market in Europe. Although his alternative source of funding claims to be more flexible that most lenders and is offering leveraged recapitalization, I suspect that he is looking for interests rates in the 7-8% range, which is currently much higher...