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Xavier Van Hove
- 6 days ago
- 2 min
Quarterly Update - Sep 2024
Featured new deals Porotech , the world’s most advanced microLED and optical computing company, is our largest venture debt done to...
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George Karamanos
- Aug 21
- 3 min
The rare case of helping investors and start up founders.
The traditional view is that venture capital helps early stage companies with debt funding used once the company is profitable. The...
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Xavier Van Hove
- Jan 8
- 1 min
Financing green growth
Back in May of last year, we helped finance Future Forest's planting of 340,000 trees at Dumyat in Scotland.
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Xavier Van Hove
- Jun 1, 2023
- 3 min
The Growth Ecosystem Weather Report
Capital Drought or Passing Showers? Navigating the stormy seas of the growth ecosystem, the first half of 2023 sees us caught in even...
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Xavier Van Hove
- Apr 2, 2023
- 4 min
Farewell SVB, you will be missed
With First Citizens bank taking over the US assets of SVB in the United States, and HSBC having taken over the UK assets, Silicon Valley...
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Xavier Van Hove
- Mar 12, 2023
- 3 min
SVB - valuation & musings
The FT article above summarises the issue well. SVB was a victim of its own success. Having attracted so many startups and VCs, it...
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Xavier Van Hove
- Mar 6, 2023
- 4 min
February review
Between our two businesses (Rocking Horse group and Nighthawk Partners), the team sees an exceptional number of UK tech start-ups every...
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Xavier Van Hove
- Nov 21, 2022
- 2 min
Budget: SME R&D Tax Credit down 45%
Jeremy Hunt's budget significantly reduced the amount SMEs can claim back in R&D Tax Relief, which will impact the fastest growing part...
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Xavier Van Hove
- Jun 20, 2022
- 3 min
Tech conferences Week
It’s been a busy week with no fewer than three tech conferences hosted last week: VivaTech in Paris London Tech Week CogX Festival in...
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Xavier Van Hove
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
Round Table - 9 June 2022
We held a round table yesterday, generously hosted by Optimal Compliance, with a mix of start-ups, investors and partners yesterday. ...
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Xavier Van Hove
- Apr 25, 2022
- 5 min
Financing growth & avoiding dilution
Savings, Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists, Venture Debt - what to get when (& a bit about how) So let's start with a very busy chart...
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