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Exciting New FinTech Partnership: UWE and Exeter Join Forces! 🚀 We’re excited to announce a transformative partnership between UWE FinTech Society and University of Exeter Finance & Technology Society ! 🌟 Our collaboration marks a significant milestone as we combine our strengths to foster innovation, enhance learning, and empower the future leaders of fintech. By leveraging our collective resources and expertise, we are committed to creating extraordinary opportunities for our members. The Power of Collaboration: In today’s fast-paced fintech landscape, collaboration is essential. By working together, we can harness diverse perspectives and skills to address complex challenges and drive groundbreaking innovations. As Helen Keller wisely said, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” 🤝 A huge thank you to the President of University of Exeter Finance & Technology Society , Kishan Marsonia and his dedicated team for their hard work and support in making this partnership a reality. Your contributions are invaluable. 🙏 Watch our video to learn more about this exciting partnership and stay tuned for future events and opportunities. Together, let’s innovate and shape the future of finance! 🚀💼 Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. – Henry Ford #UWE #SU #FintechWest #UWEFinTech #ExeterFinTech #FinTechPartnership #InnovationInFinance #FutureOfFinance”

Scaling UK business at pace Yesterday, Dr Lisa Hazelden, CPO of Innovate UK, joined Irene Graham OBE, CEO of the ScaleUp Institute, Louis Taylor, CEO of British Business Bank, Darko Hajdukovic, Head of New Primary Markets at LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) and others, at the 'ScaleUp Britain' Summit in Glasgow. The Summit brought together spinout, start-up and scaling businesses, funders, and advisors to explore funding options for 2024 and beyond. In her keynote speech, Lisa highlighted: ▶ The importance of innovative investment strategies for long-term planning and early-stage capital, and de-risking businesses for investor appeal. ▶ Innovate UK’s portfolio of products and services including Investor Partnerships and Innovation Loans. ▶ Innovate UK Investor Connect; a safe, secure, regulated digital marketplace where innovative Innovate UK-backed businesses can come together with investors at the right point in their funding journey and secure the capital they need to grow through innovation. Through strategic partnerships with organisations including ScaleUp Institute, British Business Bank, London Stock Exchange Group, and Scottish Enterprise, Innovate UK is delivering these products and services to create a better-connected innovation finance ecosystem, with clearer pathways for scaling businesses to access the finance and support they need. Lisa also announced a step change in how Innovate UK supports innovators to access public sector opportunities, through ‘Contracts for Innovation’; matching innovators with public sector opportunities to support innovative business opportunity, business support and business growth. As the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK is committed to supporting scaling businesses locally, regionally and nationally. For more information on our products and services and more, visit: https://lnkd.in/djGFXr47 University of Strathclyde | Innovate UK Contracts for Innovation #BusinessInnovation #ScalingAtPace #InnovationPathways #Innovation

In December, I attended a "State of Middle Market" panel held by ACG Los Angeles. It focused on M&A insights and had a few #privateequity firms share their experiences from 2023. It was an awesome panel. 2023 was a rough year for fundraising and M&A. With interest rates currently high, this 1) brings valuations down for equity investments and 2) raises the cost of borrowing for debt financing. Businesses looking for equity raises are giving up more of their company, are paying much higher interest on new/refinanced debt, and are seeing lower sales prices for an exit vs. previous years. Rates continue to be high, so expect more of the same for early 2024. Needless to say, access to capital is tight. However, the message shared is that it's still available, especially for top-performing, "A" grade businesses. Profitability is the biggest factor right now, even for venture capital which funds unprofitable startups. Showing that profitability leads to another and equally important factor: accurate financials. Buyers/investors are picky at the moment. They want to know exactly what they're getting into, and who can blame them? That's why it's more important than ever to have clean financial reporting for your business, and to #knowyournumbers when asked. One of the top causes of a failed M&A deal or investment is when a buyer or investor can't get confidence over the financials presented. My advice for companies looking for growth investment or a sale in 2024: clean up your books. If you're not sure how to do that cleanup, engage an expert who can, and who can also help you speak to the numbers. From our experience with our own clients, clean books can lead to millions of dollars.

For a better part of the decade, businesses gathered as much cheap credit as they could due to low interest rates. https://lnkd.in/ghrQ5mhq #TBBD #TheBusinessBuilderDaily #IndependentInvestor #CheapDebt #Zombie #Companies #Investing #StockMarket

Friday 5 April 2024: Good morning! It’s FinQuiz time 🐝 Know your finance history? Share your answers in the comments below 👇👇 ✨ What’s Brewing? Daily UK capital markets news in a dash: There are at least 4 companies announcing final dividend payment today: Nexus Infrastructure plc (NEXS), RIGHTS AND ISSUES INVESTMENT TRUST PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY (RIII), CRH FINANCE (U.K.) PLC (97GM), and Titon Holdings Plc (TON). At least 1 AGM is taking place today: Faron Pharmaceuticals OY (FARN) 📈 Investors, want to meet companies? Check out the virtual roadshows taking place today with Investor Meet Company on InvestorMeetCompany.com. There are 2 companies presenting today including: genedrive PLC at 10am and LungLife AI, INC at 4pm 📘 EdCit Weekly: Beyond the Deposit: Addressing the UK's Housing Crisis Addressing the housing affordability issue requires a holistic approach. From policy reforms to innovative financing, explore what more needs to be done to ensure that the dream of homeownership becomes accessible to all, not just a privileged few. Dive into comprehensive solutions here https://shorturl.at/ADE45 #FinGlitzFirst #MorningFinanceFix #TEAForGenZ #FinancialLiteracyUnleashed #ukcapitalmarkets #ukstockmarket #finlit #budget #investing #personaldevelopment #personalfinance #individualinvesting

Collaborating for survival or death by debt? Higher education is facing pressures from all angles, not least of which large financial pressures. Is it time now for a new operating model? Our latest blog explores this....

📣 Still time to register for our CPD-Qualifying webinar tomorrow! Do you have clients looking to invest in ways that reduces their Income Tax bill? Join Dr Nic Pillow, Blackfinch Senior Ventures Manager, and Dominique Butters, Executive Business Development Manager, in our upcoming webinar on Tuesday 12th December. Dominique will outline the role of tax-advantaged investments in achieving more innovative forms of diversification for clients, with worked examples. Nic will introduce companies in the Blackfinch Ventures portfolios, explaining how businesses with differentiated products can thrive in today’s competitive market. Find out why Blackfinch Ventures were recognised by Sifted Magazine as one of the most active investors during Q2 2023, and why the Blackfinch Spring VCT was shown by IFA Magazine to be one of the UK’s most prominent VCTs for high-growth businesses. Register: https://lnkd.in/eJPr7Yfm #VentureCapital #VCT #EIS #EnterpriseInvestmentScheme #InvestmentOpportunities #TaxEfficiency #TaxBenefits #TaxYearEnd #Investing #VentureCapitalTrust #TaxPlanning #Webinar

Woods Oviatt is pleased to sponsor Upstate Capital Association of New York's Annual Event: Rochester Midland: Decisions for Growth WHEN: May 14, 2024 | 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM WHERE: The Country Club of Rochester 2935 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14610 Brad Calkins and Kathy Lindahl, 4th generation co-CEOs of Rochester Midland, will talk about finding alignment and executing a strategy for Rochester Midland’s growth. They will address: -Managing cap table complexity resulting from 4 generations & 135 years of operations -Pre-transaction planning, addressing aging ownership, and succession planning -Navigating industry and capital market changes, which prompted the decision to partner with private equity to grow -Establishing Rochester Midland as a platform company for growth by acquisition of other companies They will be joined by Christopher Rodi of Woods Oviatt, Rob White of KPMG and John Casey of J.P. Morgan. Who Will Be There? Business owners: local/regional people who own $10M+ revenue businesses and are thinking about strategic growth, succession, or ownership transitions.  Upstate Capital members: PE + M&A deal-making professionals and investors Click on the link for more details and to register: https://lnkd.in/eGxw8gbF