BREXIT, we’re out, so are high-growth businesses at risk?

By on July 19, 2016   /   Blog Post, business, Investment   /   Leave a comment
BREXIT, we’re out, so are high-growth businesses at risk?

How will Brexit impact startups and scaleups? Almost 75% of high-growth businesses in the UK were hoping for a remain vote with tech startups overwhelmingly opposed to Brexit – but the vote didn’t quite turn out the way many expected it to, especially the politicians! As we go through this period of uncertainty the real impact of Brexit on SME and Growth businesses is guesswork at this point. Here at 4 Oceans the real question we are asking is about startups and scaleups and whether they may lose access to finance and

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Maven leads MBO of Indigo Telecom

By on July 14, 2016   /   Blog Post, business, Investment, M&A, PE/VC, telecom   /   Leave a comment
Maven leads MBO of Indigo Telecom

Maven has completed the MBO of Indigo Telecom Group, investing alongside fellow private equity manager YFM Equity Partners, to acquire the business from parent TTG-Global Limited. The business will benefit from a £12m funding package to accelerate growth, including additional funds to support a buy and build strategy. This transaction continues a strong period of recent investment for Maven, having already completed private equity investments in 2016 across the technology, support services, healthcare and specialist manufacturing sectors for client funds. Recent investments include: backing the MBI of document management specialist Prime Document; supporting new

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Fix Radio Ltd – Networking Event Thursday 28th July

By on July 13, 2016   /   Blog Post   /   Leave a comment
Fix Radio Ltd - Networking Event Thursday 28th July

One of our latest clients, Fix Radio Ltd, is holding an evening networking event to get to know potential investors, sponsors and advertisers. The company is currently raising £250,000 via and SEIS and EIS Share offer to establish the first UK Commercial radio station tailored to Tradespeople in the Greater London Area at first. There are over 3M Tradespeople in the UK with over 650,000 located in the London area and a survey by independent market research firm Lieberman commissioned by the company confirms that there is a very clear demand

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Study reveals SMEs increasingly turning to alternative finance

By on July 8, 2016   /   Blog Post   /   Leave a comment
Study reveals SMEs increasingly turning to alternative finance

A new study by a leading lending platform has revealed that one in six (16 per cent) small and medium sized enterprise (SME) owners seeking finance say they have been turned down by a mainstream lender. Nearly a third (31 per cent) of SME owners reported that their inability to secure finance terms with a mainstream lender meant they had lost out on a business deal or investment opportunity. As a result, this has led to greater interest in alternative finance – including forms such as property finance, crowdsourcing, invoice finance

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How do you get the attention of TMT investors?

By on July 7, 2016   /   Blog Post   /   Leave a comment
How do you get the attention of TMT investors?

Investors, especially TMT Investors, are presented with more opportunities than they can realistically filter: so how do you make sure you stand out from the crowd and get the attention you really deserve from them? One of the burning issues for growing TMT businesses is securing funding, but how on earth does an entrepreneur get an investor’s undivided attention amid all the other white noise. At 4 Oceans Capital we have helped numerous young and growing tech companies get access to Seed funding and beyond into Series A and B rounds.  

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Chinese VC to launch £500m fund to invest in UK tech startups

By on July 7, 2016   /   Blog Post   /   Leave a comment
Chinese VC to launch £500m fund to invest in UK tech startups

Chinese technology and investment group Cocoon Networks is launching a £500 million London-based venture capital fund aimed at investing in UK and European tech startups. Cocoon Networks, which has the backing of China Equity Group, one of the first investors in to Baidu, China’s answer to Google, and Hanxin Capital, which specialises in cloud computing and bio tech investments, will look to invest in tech companies whose products and services show promise and potential for growth in the Chinese market. The fund will look to invest in tech companies across

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