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Recently, one of Altimapa’s funding partners for SMEs interviewed our founder, Pedro Tavares, for a publication.
Here is a transcript of that interview, where Pedro answers some questions about our mission, the unique features of the direct lending market and the process of fundraising for a SME.
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You have limited experience of capital raising so you need a corporate finance advisor, but then you have little experience of corporate finance advisors, so how do you know if they’re any good? We provide some top tips for aspiring business looking to go beyond their accountant or local business advisor when embarking on ...
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...the debate on the precise economic impact of Brexit appears to be alive and kicking. One thing that has not been under debate for some time, in spite of the more strident political voices, is that exit will produce some sort of economic ...
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Engaging successfully with private debt funds can be very different from working with a bank to arrange a lending facility. Here we take you step-by-step through the key stages when raising investment from non-bank funders.
As the saying goes “information is power” and understanding what are your options is a ...
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Finance is a world awash with jargon. For anyone but the experts the torrent of technical terminology can be bewildering. However, hidden behind many of the terms and phrases is usually a simple idea, and often a familiar one at that. In this Altimapa guide we define the most commonly used terms that you may ...
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With a 3 percentage point cut in corporation tax, a slashing of Capital Gains Tax and lifting the burden of business rates on an estimated 600,000 small companies, last month’s budget was undoubtedly a great one for UK’s business sector.
But under the headline grabbing items, the budget also contained a couple ...
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With 2016 global equity and commodity markets off to a shaky start, should the UK’s mid-market be worried about a potential downturn later this year?
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The post-crisis bank retrenchment strangled the supply of traditional sources of finance for Europe’s corporate base. In its place, a range of alternative finance providers have flourished. For loans of less than £1mn, new peer-to-peer (P2P) and asset-backed lenders now provide a cheap source of company debt. For loans greater than £200mn, corporate behemoths ...
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The private debt market is fundamentally changing the way European corporates raise debt finance. According to industry reports, direct private financing of independent, growing mid-sized companies runs at 300-400 transactions annually (Standard & Poors LCD data service). This is just the tip of the iceberg as tracking deals with smaller companies with a turnover below ...
