Venturing Forward: A Practical Guide to Raising Equity Finance in Ireland

If your business is: rapidly growing; led by a strong management team; with the potential to capture significant market share; in large and emerging markets; and before realising a timely and profitable exit, then it is well-positioned to raise equity capital to finance its growth. Written by an experienced venture capitalist, "Venturing Forward" is designed to describe and de-mystify the process of raising equity capital. It will: provide practical guidance on how to structure your company so that it is attractive to investors; help you to understand and to negotiate value; advise you on the best ways of finding and generating investor interest; better prepare you to value, negotiate and structure an equity capital investment; explain the deal terms you are likely to encounter in equity financing agreements; and focus your attention on the importance of planning and preparing for an exit. And, to fulfil the 'practical' promise in the title, extensive appendices contain samples of key documents and other resources.