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
| Opportunity | Id | Ticket | Overview | Who could be interested? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axion Blue Suite | 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 |
| Asset Backed Loans | Bond Monetisation | €3M+ or 3% of Bond FV | We are looking for asset-backed projects and equity investors to issue and monetise bonds for loans in excess of €20M. | New project developers, construction companies and asset managers with cash available in excess of €3M willing to finance large projects and/or monetise existing assets |
| Digital Bank | Diginacria | €7.5M -> €100M | A well-established and popular German fintech company is looking to raise up to EUR 7.5m in expansion capital to become the largest fintech bank based in Europe’s single currency area with a truly global reach. Additional assets can be included to build up a strong balance sheet and move into market-making | UHNWI, security traders, VC/PE specialised in fintechs, banks, and financial institutions |
| Non Performing Loans | NPL Fund | €5M -> €100M | Value Creation - Alternative is looking for investors to set up a regulated non-performing loans fund to acquire bad consumer debt in the kingdom of Spain | Distressed funds, hedge funds, HNWI, UHNWI, financial institutions, bad debt recovery entities |
| Foreign Exchange | FX and Trade Finance | €5M -> €100M | We structure finance solutions for international trades involving currency exchange and supplier credits | Import-export agencies, trading companies, lenders |
| Regulated Funds Management | Crypto-PIF | €5M -> €100M | Looking for a partner investor to set up a regulated professional investment fund (PIF) in Malta to raise money through tokenization | Established and would-be fund managers, non-EU banks and financial institutions, companies looking to raise funding from institutional investors |
| Cybersecurity | Alibaba | >€5M | We are looking for European companies serving data-dependent industries willing to swap shares with a US company listed on Nasdaq and offer our IP protected cybersecurity software | System integrators, IT services companies, consulting firms, VC and PE in IT companies looking for an exit |
| M&A and Fundraising | VC-A M&A Suite | €250k+ | We are looking for Strategic Partners and Investors to help us develop VC-A solutions through JV and alliances | HNWI, UHNWI, M&A boutiques, hedge funds, VC/PE, FOs, consulting firms, investment banks |
| Unicorn Startups | Pre-IPO | €100k+ | We trade unicorn shares on the secondary market. Currently on screen: Flexport, Rubrik (Shares owned directly), Kraken (Shares owned directly), BitPay (Shares in an SPV), Eat Just (Shares owned in an SPV), Udemy (Shares owned directly) etc. from $100k investment up | Mass-affluents, HNWI, UHNWI, hedge funds |
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.