When you’re starting a new venture, navigating the world of finance can feel like learning a new language. Financial jargon is often confusing, yet understanding these terms is crucial when seeking funds for your business. This article will demystify some of the most important jargon you should know, empowering you to confidently approach investors and […]
Vaibhav Jain recently led a Series B funding round for Hubilo, securing £92 million led by Alkeon Capital and additionally, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Balderton Capital. This brings the company’s total funding to £113 million to date in less than 18 months. Preparing to raise funds is not only a pivotal moment for any startup on their entrepreneurial journey, but it […]
Having sufficient working capital is important but being able to expand is beneficial too. Here we look at when it’s the right time to raise capital, and times when it’s possibly not. Raising Funds For Working Capital When the ongoing needs of the business – its networking capital – are getting tighter every month, it's a bad […]
Why is this? Part of the problem is the lack of female angel investors and venture capitalists in the market. I have pitched to some incredibly inspiring women, but they probably amount to about 2% of all pitches, with almost all being men. Women are also turning to more alternative sources of finance, crowdfunding being […]
eFront’s latest quarterly data show LBO funds globally had an exceptional year in 2018, with strong returns, a low level of risk and short time-to-liquidity.
By Louisa Rochford Created by an unknown inventor under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency in the world, established a decade ago in 2009. Since then, over 4,000 altcoins—or alternate cryptocurrencies—have been created: Litecoin and Ethereum to name a few. At first, these purely-digital forms of currency took the world by […]
Private equity fund distributions have outweighed capital calls by a significant and striking degree over the past five years. Data from eFront, the world’s leading alternative investment management software and solutions provider, shows that since the start of 2013, distributions from private equity funds have remained at historically high levels, while capital calls have fallen […]
More than half (52%) of UK SMEs are finding it difficult to access funding from banks, while 28% believed the problem has worsened over the past five years according to a survey of business owners and senior decision-makers across a wide range of small to medium-sized organisations. The survey commissioned by FinTech provider Fraedom, found […]
Data from eFront, covering 4,000 funds globally, shows that Western European private equity funds showed the best returns globally, at the same time as delivering robust performance on the VC side. eFront’s Global Private Equity Performance Series research, which analyses to all-time returns achieved by around 4,000 funds globally from 1991 to present, supports the […]
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