Podcasts about equity finance

On 13 February 2025 BX Digital hosted a virtual seminar that addressed the question: “Token markets need liquidity: Where will they get it from?” The importance of the topic is obvious. A market in which assets can be bought and sold quickly without moving the price is bound to grow more quickly than one in which assets can be bought and sold slowly, if at all, and only by moving the price in an adverse direction. By this criterion, the cryptocurrency markets, let alone the tokenised asset markets, lack sufficient liquidity.The conventional solution is to attract more issuers and investors. Unfortunately, it is fallacious. The experience of traditional markets shows that liquidity is not generated sufficiently by buyers and sellers alone. Furthermore, liquidity must be manufactured by market-makers, lead brokers, securities dealers, inter-broker dealers, exchanges and trading venues, banks, investment banks, and principal and high frequency trading firms. Yet blockchain was invented precisely to get rid of intermediaries such as these. So the purpose of the discussion hosted by BX Digital was to test whether blockchain-based finance can indeed scale without intermediaries, whether tokenisation can make the generation of liquidity more efficient and what exchanges can do to encourage the growth of liquidity.The seminar, held in conjunction with Future of Finance, attracted 116 registrants. They heard Lidia Kurt, CEO of BX Digital, Michael J. Cyrus, Head of Short-Term Products, Equity Finance & FX at DekaBank, Mike Reed, Head of Partnership Development for Digital Assets at Franklin Templeton, Jasmine Burgess, Chief Risk Officer at Coinbase Asset Management, and Lloyd Wahed, Founder and CEO at Members Capital Management, discuss the question from a variety of angles. The registrants contributed to the discussion by completing an on-line poll. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Nelson, Principal and Head of Avison Young's Tri-State Investment Sales group, and Scott Singer, Principal and Co-Lead of Avison Young's Tri-State Debt & Equity Finance team join our latest episode of CRE Exchange! James and Scott share their extensive experience and discuss the unique challenges and opportunities they're seeing in the national and New York Tri-State commercial real estate market. The episode highlights their career paths to Avison Young, the importance of leveraging relationships, innovative deal structuring, and adapting to economic shifts. The discussion also covers their involvement in industry organizations, and touches on James' success in podcasting and authoring his best-selling real estate book, “The Insider's Edge to Real Estate Investing.”Key Takeaways:00:29 Introduction to James Nelson and Scott Singer.02:09 James and Scott share their backgrounds and career paths.03:43 Avison Young's unique structure and culture.10:11 Market trends and challenges.17:24 Financing and investment strategies.32:08 Industry involvement and networking.38:52 Podcast and book insights.42:46 Final thoughts and closing remarks.Resources Mentioned:James Nelson -https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesnelsonnyc/Scott Singer -https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottsinger767/Avison Young -https://www.linkedin.com/company/avison-young-commercial-real-estate/Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) -https://www.rebny.com/The Insider's Edge to Real Estate Investing -https://jamesnelson.com/bookThe Insider's Edge to Real Estate Investing podcast -https://jamesnelson.com/podcastThanks for listening to the CRE Exchange podcast, powered by Altus Group. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review to help get the word out about the show. And be sure to subscribe so you never miss another insightful conversation.#CRE #CommercialRealEstate #Property

⭐ My guest today is Andy Moon, CEO and Cofounder of Reunion. Reunion's mission is to accelerate investment into clean energy. The Inflation Reduction Act created a simpler way to finance solar, wind, battery storage, and other clean energy projects through the sale of tax credits. In July 2023, Reunion launched a marketplace for corporations to identify, due diligence, and purchase tax credits from leading project developers. Reunion raised corporate funding from leading clean energy investors in January 2023, and their founding team previously raised over $2B to finance solar energy projects around the world. Andy is the former CEO of SunFarmer, a Y Combinator-backed social enterprise that has completed over 1,500 solar energy installations in Asia. Previously, he raised over $200 million from institutional investors to finance solar energy projects in the US and Europe, and worked as a consultant in the energy and buildings practice at McKinsey and Company. He was also an early advisor to Possible Health, a leading public health nonprofit. Andy holds a Phi Beta Kappa honors degree from Stanford University and was named a 2016 Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. ---

DSW management, James Dow, CEO & Nichole Burstow, CFO present maiden full-year results for the period ended 31 March 2022. James Dow, CEO 00:17 – Introduction 02:00 – Overview of DSW 05:48 – Investment case Nichole Burstow, CFO 07:38 – Current service lines 09:37 – License model 14:30 – FY22 Highlights 17:09 – Income statement 19:51 – Balance sheet 20:30 – Cash flow 21:47 – Network KPIs James Dow, CEO 23:38 – Post IPO activity 24:52 – Our ESG Journey 26:30 – Opportunities for growth 28:11 – DSW Differentiators 30:30 – Acquisition opportunity 32:15 – Summary and outlook 35:03 – Q&A DSW Capital plc is a United Kingdom-based independent financial advisory company. The Company is advising on areas ranging from corporate finance and due diligence to tax and business recovery. Its teams in Manchester, Leeds, London and Aberdeen are made up of professionals. It operates licensing arrangements with licensee businesses and fee earners (FEs), across offices in England and Scotland. These trade primarily under the Dow Schofield Watts brand. Its services offered includes Corporate Finance Advice, Financial Due Diligence, Equity Finance, Wealth Advisory, Specialist Tax Services, Forensic and Valuation Services, Investment and Funding, Business Planning and Tech Sector. It provides advisory services and funding to growth companies across the technology and media sectors. It covers a range of sub-sectors including information technology (IT) services, software development and platforms, media agencies, digital gaming, hardware and telecoms.

Fundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena talks with Tiffany Kelly, the founder of Beyond Bamboo.Tiffany has always been deeply passionate about the environment. She saw an opportunity for an online marketplace where consumers and businesses can source ethical and sustainable goods. This includes upcycled, restored and recycled as well as new products.Over two years in the making, Tiffany quickly realised that in order to grow, it was time to develop new technology and scale the team. With the goal of attracting an audience who normally purchases from Amazon, she knew how important it was to replicate the brand experience: from customer service to search to providing a seamless customer experience.Having had great success with a friends and family investment round, Tiffany shares some practical tips on approaching your pitch and the effortlessness of securing investment from investors with a shared passion. In this episode you'll discover:How to pitch on your friends and family roundChallenging limiting beliefs and thinking bigTips for creating your pitch deck

In today's episode Adrian Lawrence talks about Finance Directors with experience of working with PE houses and venture capitalists, and the value of a proven track record of success. PE houses are investing with an expectation of an exit typically within in four to eight years and need to ensure they get management information in a timely manner and have a professional who can support them to keep the business on a strong growth trajectory. We are based in Great Portland Street London and focus on the South East, a lot of our work is in the technology sectors and we work closely with PE houses and VC funds who share our focus and interest. If you are looking for a new FD or CFO, please reach out to our team today for a no obligation initial discussion. At FD Capital Recruitment we have a proven track record of as Finance Directors ourselves and as professional recruiters, we are therefore ideally placed to find the perfect Private Equity Finance Director for your business. Visit our website at https://www.fdcapital.co.uk for more details.

How can buildings make the shift to carbon neutrality without financial barrier? In this week's episode, we are joined by Bhaskar Rao, CFO of Bangalore International Airport, and Pedro Azevedo, Investment Director, Equity Finance at Siemens Financial Services, to explore how financing can accelerate the speed of decarbonization, particularly in the fast-growing region of Asia, by making energy transition economically attractive for businesses.

How can buildings make the shift to carbon neutrality without financial barrier? In this week's episode, we are joined by Bhaskar Rao, CFO of Bangalore International Airport, and Pedro Azevedo, Investment Director, Equity Finance at Siemens Financial Services, to explore how financing can accelerate the speed of decarbonization, particularly in the fast-growing region of Asia, by making energy transition economically attractive for businesses.

How can buildings make the shift to carbon neutrality without financial barrier? In this week's episode, we are joined by Bhaskar Rao, CFO of Bangalore International Airport, and Pedro Azevedo, Investment Director, Equity Finance at Siemens Financial Services, to explore how financing can accelerate the speed of decarbonization, particularly in the fast-growing region of Asia, by making energy transition economically attractive for businesses.

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Keenan D. Williams, a proud ‘09 graduate of Florida A&M University (FAMU), began his career in New York commercial real estate as a Mortgage Broker in Debt & Equity Finance at CBRE and eventually jumped into proptech in 2014. After learning how to structure both small scale and large institutional deals at Auction.com (now Ten-X), Keenan realized that he needed something more outside of a corporate and institutional tech career. He later left his full time role, took a leap of faith, and became a full time entrepreneur building his first tech company, YourDealClosed.com in the small balance commercial real estate loan space, in 2015. Through smart and hard work, discipline, and self awareness, Keenan is now both the Founder & CEO of Stratum Growth and the Cofounder, President & Head of Partnerships at REZI - a New York City based real estate fintech startup that enables people to rent apartments instantly from their phone for free. Scaling REZI successfully after completing Y-Combinator in Winter 2017 and raising over $40M+ in total capitalization since inception, Keenan and his Cofounders have developed REZI to cover markets on both the East and West Coasts, began to dominate in NYC and grow their rental portfolio to over 1,000 units. Over the past five years Keenan chose to use his entrepreneurial, business and finance expertise to help strengthen and grow the companies of other early stage Founders and Creatives seeking to start and / or scale their businesses. In 2019 he started Stratum Growth, an consulting platform for early stage startups and first time founders to formalize their product and service offerings while teaching them how to develop and implement business frameworks and best practices, while creating and scaling recurring revenue (MRR & ARR). Keenan and his business efforts have been featured on national speaking platforms, news outlets and podcasts such as Entrepreneur Magazine, The Real Deal, Crains New York, TechCrunch and The CCNYC and Respect Me King. Follow us on Instagram @https://www.instagram.com/cocktailsovercoffee/ (cocktailsovercoffee) Music by https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/better-days (LAKEY INSPIRED)

This episode is a companion piece to our recent Brave Space discussion, found here: https://everydaygrace.podbean.com/e/brave-space-in-uvafinance-finance-matters/.   This pod contains a brief exploration of many terms we refer to in our Brave Space discussion, terms that are frequently used when racial equity is discussed.  In this episode, LaVerne Harris Grant joins Patty and Brandi to go over the basics.    Resources Mentioned:  https://vpdiversity.virginia.edu/inclusive-excellence Racial Equity Tools Glossary:  https://www.racialequitytools.org/glossary Implicit Bias test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html LinkedIn Learning "Inclusive Mindset for Committed Allies" https://www.linkedin.com/learning/inclusive-mindset-for-committed-allies/becoming-a-true-ally?u=2203468  Articles on the effects of bias:   https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-state-of-healthcare-in-the-united-states/racial-disparities-in-health-care/ http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/paying-price-human-cost-racial-profiling/effects-racial-profiling https://www.centerforhealthjournalism.org/2017/11/08/how-racism-and-microaggressions-lead-worse-health  

Lina worked in private equity before she started Adia. She soon realised that funding an early stage start-up is completely different to the world of private equity. From getting her foot in the door of a mission-driven accelerator, to hiring her first technology hire, Lina explains how the tables turned from a career in private equity to being the founder of a FemTech company. In this episode you’ll discover… How Lina shifted her mindset from being an Investor, to being a start-up Founder seeking investment - two very different things! That not every investor is the “right one” for you - and that’s okay How being kind to yourself and honest about what “fills your bucket” is even more important when fundraising For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

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Fundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter the Arena, talks with Riham Satti about raising £500,000 to launch MeVitae, an innovative tech company working in the recruitment arena. Riham carefully planned an investment round, practiced pitching at events and realised the importance of creating dynamic dialogue with potential investors. A self confessed ‘accidental entrepeneur’, Riham is a neuroscientist and two time postgraduate, TedX speaker and women in tech advocate. After four years of D&R through grants from institutions including the European Space Agency, Riham led an investment round, raising half a million from Angels and VC investors. In this episode you’ll discover… • How dedicated organisation is key when you’re growing a company, working double time and persuading investors to take you seriously • Why pitching is not a one sided monologue but a dynamic conversation to work out whether you’re the right fit for each other • What pitch events can be useful for other reasons than raising investment For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

Fundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena, talks with Daisy Hill about the ins and outs of crowdfunding over £2m for Zzish - an international Edtech platform that matches educational apps with student needs. Daisy takes us behind the scenes of crowdfunding and talks other countries' attitude to risk and the importance of networks. In just five years, Zzish has grown to support over 2.5 million students worldwide. That growth has been fuelled by three funding rounds the latest of which raised £1m in less than 24 hours. In this episode you’ll discover… Strategies for navigating the complicated terrain of crowdfunding - why you might choose this route, where you need to put in the groundwork and how you can achieve momentum How the UK compares to other countries in terms of investor risk profiling Why utilising your, your colleagues’ and your investors’ networks may hold the key to your success. For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

Fundraising expert Julia Elliot Brown, The CEO of Enter the Arena, talks with May Al-Karooni, founder of award-winning B2B giving platform Globechain, about why she won't flaunt her £500,000 fundraise, the right time to go for a VC round and why its time female entrepreneurs recognise their authority in the boardroom. Former financial industry expert May Al-Karooni bootstrapped for three years, winning contracts with world-leading brands and mentorship from retail giant eBay, before turning to fundraising to fuel the company's growth. VC funding with equitable venture Kindred has done just that. Globechain now boasts over 10,000 members ensuring corporates distribute their unwanted items among SMEs and the charity sector. In this episode you'll discover ... Why flaunting your fundraising figures could do your business more harm than good When in your business trajectory you're best placed to seek a VC raise The power you hold in picking your own investors and why you need to wake up to that authority For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

Fundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena, talks with Cecily Motley and Ilana Lever, co-founders of Motley London, about raising £365,000 of angel investment to fuel the growth of their design-led jewellery business. Questioning the traditional fundraising narrative they discuss the pros and cons of VC investment, financial planning and networking close to home. Motley London is disrupting the jewellery market with exclusive yet affordable designs marketed to and for a dynamic female audience. In this episode you’ll discover… Why female founders are pushing back against traditional VC funding structures How networking close to home could be your secret to success An insight into financial planning – the positives and negatives of cutting your budget For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

Fundraising expert, Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena, talks with Bea Warner about raising £360,000 to get her innovative logistics company off the ground, the strategies she learnt for getting commitment from angel investors, the importance of formal advisors including those she found on the John Lewis accelerator programme and why fundraising horror stories are best avoided. Exaactly is an innovative addressing system refining the logistics of home deliveries through provision of detailed property data. A first time entrepreneur and solo founder, Bea hit the ground running with a search for angel investment, a process advanced by winning a space on the John Lewis accelerator programme JLab. Since then, she’s secured business with the likes of Iceland, Waitrose and Yodel. In this episode you’ll discover… Strategies for turning your investor’s casual nod into a formal yes How the support of formal advisors can make all the difference when you’re facing jargon heavy meetings and significant decisions The truth behind tales of fundraising horrors and heroics you hear from fellow entrepreneurs And much, much more. For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

Fundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena, talks with Emilie Vanpoperinghe from OddBox about how she raised £530k through crowdfunding for her mission driven wonky fruit and veg business, how she used clever commercial terms to fund the business in the early days and how offering advanced subscriptions helped her get cash in the bank fast. Oddbox is London’s first wonky fruit and veg box subscription service, reducing food waste by sourcing slightly imperfectly shaped produce directly from farms, and delivering them directly to customers. As a business with a purpose, it was crucial that Emilie secured investors that shared her values. In this episode, you'll discover... How crowdfunding can build brand awareness and encourage your customers to be your strongest ambassadors Why using clever commercial terms can give you the funding you need in the early days of the business How to use advanced subscriptions on your funding round to get cash in the bank faster For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

Fundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena, talks with Kate Briscoe of Legal Beagles, who spent seven years building her business as a side hustle, before successfully raising £1m from angel investors to fuel the growth of her free legal forum, that has to date helped over 1.7 million consumers. But it nearly didn't happen, when a single angel investor almost scuppered her first external round. Legal Beagles is a free legal forum that has helped over 1.7 million consumers, and a powerful dataset that is being used to develop artificial intelligence applications for the legal industry. After seven years of running the business as a side hustle and funding it through donations and the help of a generous patron, Kate went on to secure £1m in funding over two rounds, from angel investors and through an angel syndicate platform. In this episode, you'll discover... Strategies on how to step out of your comfort zone, and manage the chaos and stress involved in raising finance. What to do when your gut feel about an investor is bad, but you’re desperate for the money. Why being your authentic self is so important in building engagement and connection with potential investors For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

Fundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena, talks with Cecily Mills of Coconuts Naturally, who won investors over on Dragons Den, before closing her £180k round via angel investors. Not easy when she lives in Cornwall with two young children. This is a story not to be missed. Coconuts Naturally is an exciting new brand of award-winning organic, non-dairy ice-cream. After an initial 'friends & family' investment round, Cecily took the plunge and went on TV's Dragon's Den to raise further finance... but that's just the start of her story. In this episode, you'll discover... A behind the scenes look at how Dragons Den really works, and what you need to prepare for both before and after the show How to overcome the challenges of raising finance when you live outside London and aren’t tapped into investor networks based in the capital How to get your head around investment jargon, and make sure you get the right support to help you with mental challenges in running your campaign For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

Fundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena, talks with Diana Greenhalgh from MyBespoke Room.com about how she bootstrapped her business for 3 years before successfully raising £800,000 to fuel the growth of her online interior design business, bringing in her customers as investors, and stress testing her pitch before going to investors. MyBespokeRoom is the UK’s first affordable online interiors business, and the go to place when you think about doing up your home or refurbishing a property, whether you’re looking for help, advice, design services or simply inspiration. After funding the businesses herself for the first 3 years, Diana and her co-founder Laura secured their first funding round from angel investors. In this episode, you'll discover... The importance of bootstrapping, and how to mitigate financial risk around that How customers can be a fantastic source of early investment, as they already love what you do The importance of planning your round, timing, and 'stress testing' your investment offer and pitch For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

Fundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena talks with Martha Silcott of Fab Little Bag, who reveals how she successfully raised £400,000 to fuel the growth of her period disposal bag business, including how she secured one of her suppliers as an investor, how to pitch a 'period' product, and how not to waste time on the wrong funding route. FabLittleBag is a period disposal bag that not only solves the perpetual problem women have of what to do with used sanitary products, but also at its heart addresses the significant environmental issues that come with people flushing these products down the loo. Possibly not the easiest product to raise investment for you might think! But Martha found a way. In this episode, you'll discover... How your warm network can be a great source of investment, including your suppliers Some creative ideas about how to pitch a 'female focused' product to the 'men in suits' How easy it can be to waste time speaking to the wrong investors, and strategies on how to avoid this sucking up all your time And much, much more. For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

Fundraising expert Julia Elliott Brown, the CEO of Enter The Arena, talks with Sarah Bertram from Smile Tribe about how she kick-started her personal life coach app business by raising £50,000, including how she effectively used a convertible loan pre-valuation, how she sustained her energy during her fundraising campaign, and the dilemmas on what to wear for investor meetings. Smile Tribe's product is an app called Sophie - a personal life coach that improves your mental health and wellbeing using Artificial Intelligence Raising pre-seed finance was a challenge for Smile Tribe, at the point where the business was yet to prove any traction. In this episode, you'll discover... Why convertible loans can be a great way to raise finance quickly on an early stage first funding round Strategies to sustain your energy during your fundraising campaign Why deciding what to wear to an investor meeting can be tough when you're a female entrepreneur For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

Kate Hofman, GrowUp Urban Farms raised £1.9m at pre-launch stage to launch her vertical stacked hydroponic farming business; she reveals how she secured an innovation grant for the significant capital she required at the beginning, overcame the challenges of raising money when pregnant, and really focused on developing professional financial forecasts. GrowUp Urban Farms produce sustainable salads and herbs by growing them in a controlled environment indoors, in vertically stacked layers. This was a capital intensive business to get off the ground, which presented some particular challenges in fundraising. In this episode, you'll discover... How to raise money for a capital intensive business, and use innovation grants to get you on your way The challenges of raising money whilst you’re 7 months pregnant, and why you need the right support around you Why having professional financial forecasts is absolutely essential for effective investor conversations For the full video interview, go to http://www.enterthearena.co.uk/Fundraising-Stories/

We open our latest Bulletin podcast with findings from a new survey undertaken by the British Chamber of Commerce which reveals that businesses continue to shun debt. Other than taking on finance to support day-to-day cashflow, the report highlights how businesses are becoming apathetic towards debt, particularly for medium to long-term investment. The key reason for the unwillingness to seek new finance is a lack of confidence in the economy. This is borne out in the latest Lloyds Bank monthly Business Barometer report, which finds that business confidence levels plunged in May. What’s driving this? Finally, we close on a positive note! New research from the British Business Bank finds the more businesses are accessing growth finance by selling equity. The annual Small Business Equity Tracker report reveals that 2017 saw a jump in both deal numbers and average deal size. Could you access equity to fund your growth plans?

Conversation with Jillian Mariutti | Director of Debt & Equity Finance at Mission Capital during the 2018 ICSC RECon Conference in Las Vegas. Visit Mission Capital at www.missioncap.com

A seeming reluctance among some small businesses to borrow money has extended to the equity finance world. We open our latest Bulletin with a review carried out by Beauhurst of equity finance transactions undertaken in the first quarter of 2018. The figures reveal a downturn in activity compared to the previous quarter. Creditsafe, the credit agency, has reported that according to its research, company bad debts and the number of registered CCJs jumped in the first three months of this year. It appears that the pressure of unpaid invoices is beginning to show. Cyber crime continues to grab the headlines, particularly with the forthcoming GDPR deadline. To ensure businesses are aware of the risks of being targeted by fraudsters, Barclays Bank has launched an awareness campaign with recommendations for businesses on how to keep safe.