The business finance market has never been as complex as it is today, and has never offered business owners and management teams a wider range of options to raise capital or debt.
Depending on the nature of your fundraise, potential sources of private finance range from Private Equity Funds, Search Funds and Debt Funds to Trade Finance, Project Finance, Mezzanine and (of course) conventional banking products such as invoice discounting and term loans.
With entrants regularly leaving and entering the market, products and appetites shifting over time in response to individual fund and wider market experience, and the opportunity to combine more than one funding source to deliver the optimal solution; the funding market is bewildering and time consuming to navigate. Without the right advice, your fundraise will be time consuming, frustrating and protracted.
With our focus on delivering successful transactions, we pride ourselves on maintaining an up to date understanding of the business funding market and the individual providers within it. We can quickly determine the characteristics of your funding needs, their risk profile and therefore the most appropriate sources of finance to explore.
Our regular dialogue with private equity and debt funds, as well as with the banks means we understand where investment/lending appetite sits and which providers it makes sense to approach.
We support our clients throughout the Equity and or Debt fundraising process, including:
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Advising on (or producing) a financial model which will meet funder needs
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Clarifying and justifying the funding requirements and ensuring that likely returns/repayment terms can be met
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Identifying and agreeing an appropriate mix of financing solutions and determining which providers to approach
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Working with them to produce an appropriate information document that will allow swift evaluation of the opportunity
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Approaching funders, dealing with NDAs, communicating the funding opportunity in outline and providing the document to interested parties
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Supporting in the production of a management presentation and attending presentation meetings as required
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Eliciting term sheets from interested parties, clarifying terms and presenting them for comparison
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Negotiating terms to deliver the optimal funding package with one or more providers
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Project managing and advising throughout due diligence and addressing any commercial/financial points arising
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Liaising with other advisers, including lawyers, to ensure that the terms in the legal documents are as expected
In an ever more complex funding landscape, you need the right advisers alongside you. We combine expertise, experience, network and a hands-on approach to ensure a successful fundraise.
Why HMT
Passionate
We are passionate about delivering an optimal outcome for our clients and helping them achieve their personal objectives. We understand entrepreneurial businesses because we are one.
Our Deals
Personal
Partners are supported by high-calibre professional staff who share our core values of enthusiasm, energy, entrepreneurialism and empathy to our client's objectives.
Our Team
Proven
Our Partners have unparalleled deal experience in the mid-market and are supported by a team of dedicated deal-doers with specialist capabilities and experience.
About Us
Connected
We have an extensive network of acquisitive corporates, institutional investors and debt providers both in the UK and internationally through our membership of our global network Cognos.
Our Network
