A lot has happened in 2020
Unless you live on another planet, you must have been affected by the pandemic. For most of us, 2020 is a year to forget, so let's focus on the post-COVID-19 opportunities to start 2021 on the right foot. We can try to classify sectors into 3 groups, those who benefited from the crisis, those who are temporarily impacted but will bounce back, and those who might never recover, at least not under the same format.
- Winners: Telecom, eCommerce, Logistic, Health Care, Streaming...
- Be-backers: Airlines, Hospitality, Restaurants, Transports, Renewable Energies, Distressed Asset Managers...
- Potential losers: Cinemas, Theme Parks, Theatres, Events Management, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Luxury...
The above segmentation should be refined by sub-sector though. e.g. If working from home becomes the norm, that will impact restaurants located close to businesses negatively but may favour residential real estate.
For 2021 Q1, VC-A shall focus on 1) renewable energy, 2) payment processing and 3) hedge funds
Where will you be focusing on?
Looking for investors to develop solar projects in Spain
The Spanish Authorities request surety bonds to access connection points.
If you have a strong balance sheet and want to monetise it, one way is to issue low-risk surety bonds through EMBLITAM.
VC-A has teamed up with a PSP
The Payment Platform can process billions of transactions annually across 146 countries and more than 300 payments types in 126 currencies, including cryptocurrencies.
Funds Management
- Professional Investment' Funds, up to €100M
- Alternative Investment Funds, for €100M and above.
- Regulated by the MFSA.
In addition to setting up the Funds, we have solutions to leverage them by monetising financial instruments.
VC-A Website
VC-A has got a new website
You may say that it was just about time:
The old site was designed back in 2002.
The new site keeps all the functionalities that that were available, is secured by SSL and is GDPR compliant. VC-A Ltd is also now registered at the Information Commissioner's Office for data privacy matters.
The Sign-Up form is directly linked into our CRM, the VC-A M&A Suite. Whoever registers online is taken through our internal compliance procedure.
It is free to register, but only 1 candidate out of 20 pre-selected applications - e.g. who have passed the CV pre-screening filter - makes it to Associate Director.
Just to manage your expectations.
VC-A M&A SUITE
We executed an agreement with Epsilon Research to acquire the code of our VC-A M&A Suite.
To join VC-A as an Agent register online here.
Some of VC-A current opportunities
| VC-A Program | Project Id | Ticket | Overview | Who could be interested? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axion Blue Program | Axion Blue-XXX | €100k to €100M | Set up and invest in a series of funds in multiple verticals: startups, NPL, RE, securities, commodities... | Fund Managers, HNWI, FO, Asset Managers, Portfolio Managers, Corporations, Investors, LPs and GPs. |
| Debt Raising Program | SME Loans Alternative Funding Funding Source | €1M | VC-A's Debt Raising Program is designed to facilitate and expedite the fundraising journey for our esteemed clients. | Any company or new project developer looking to restructure or raise debt as part of a long term partnership with VC-A. No brokerage services. |
| Buy-Side Program | Various | €5M -> €100M | Our VC-A network regularly receives 10 to 30 new M&A acquisition requests every month across diverse sectors, aligning with our mid-market focus. We welcome collaboration with potential buyers seeking enduring partnerships with VC-A, rather than mere brokerage services. Please note that we will gradually phase out legacy buy-side mandates from our database. | Large corporates, well-funded startups, private equities, trust and funds interested in establishing a long-term relationship with VC-A. The program suits well built-up strategies. |
| Holding Co. Program | TBD | €100k+ | The Hold Co. Program shall include the projects related to the creation of a holding structure in Malta in collaboration with Fiduscorp. | Non-Maltese residents interested in setting up a Holding structure in Malta. |
| VC-A Business Development Program | VC-A M&A Suite Private Placement License | €30k+ - €1M | The VC-A Business Development Program recompiles the different fundraising projects aimed at developing the VC-A network. | Open for VC-A Members only. |
| Credit Enhancement Program | Direct Loans, Sovereign Fund, UK Licensed, US Based | €10M to €100M+ | VC-A Credit Enhancement Program is the program overarching the multiple credit enhancement solutions offered EXCLUSIVELY to our VC-A Members | Project developers and owners seeking to leverage their capital up to 35 times through partnerships with VC-A Members |
| AI Adoption Program | TBD | Time and Material | VC-A accompanies its clients throughout the entire life cycle of a successful AI transformational project. | Large companies in all sectors and industries, especially born-analog companies and industry laggers challenged by born-digital new entrants. |
The Value Creation - Alternative Network
VC-A Members, Investors, Company Owners, CxOs, Directors and Managers are invited to join.
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About Value Creation - Alternative
Value Creation – Alternative is a Strategy and Investment Advisory firm. We help companies to develop their business through acquisition and organic growth. We accompany our clients throughout the entire life cycle of their corporate development programme: strategy definition, target search, due-diligence, negotiation, transformation map, change management and digitalisation.
We are a worldwide network of more than 1,000 seasoned professionals with more than 35,000 contacts and have collectively advised M&A projects worth in excess of US$100B.
We support complex strategic and operational business decisions with deep analysis and robust processes. Our methodology is a combination of desk research, interviews and application of our internal know-how.