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NEW FORMS OF BUSINESS FINANCE

28/1/2020

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​IN IRELAND, SMES HAVE BEEN STARVED FOR CHOICE OR SUPPORT WHEN APPLYING FOR FINANCE FROM TRADITIONAL LENDING INSTITUTIONS. HOWEVER, THE LENDING LANDSCAPE IN IRELAND HAS EVOLVED AND NOW BOASTS A WIDE ARRAY OF ALTERNATIVE LENDING OPTIONS. BUT WHERE IN A BUSINESS’S LIFECYCLE DO THEY FIT, WHO ARE THE PROVIDERS AND HOW DO THEY COMPARE TO OTHER PRODUCTS?

EQUITY
This is the usual opening point for startups, early stage and large businesses. Irish startups will tend towards cheaper equity in the form of Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme as well as exhausting the grants on offer. If their proposition is scalable enough, their equity will be attractive to those with a high-risk appetite. Feasible if you are a young agile tech startup, less so if you are a first-time restauranteur. By contrast, large businesses unable to take on additional debt because of exhausted lines of credit or high-risk expansion plans seek out the equity capital markets.
Typically, high potential startups go on to raise growth equity via venture capitalists (the most expensive form of equity) or equity crowdfunding sites such as Seedrs and Irish company Spark Crowdfunding. The established but still relatively small to medium sized businesses look to the AIM (the alternative investment market), whereas the next league of businesses move to public exchanges like the ISEQ or London Stock Exchange.

MEZZANINE FINANCE
Mezzanine finance is best suited to large businesses because it is a hybrid of equity and debt, it is less costly than equity alone but still comes at a premium to the business. The major drawback of mezzanine finance is that it often comes with covenants that can outline specific Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) or targets that must be met. If they are not achieved the mezzanine provider can convert their loan into equity which is important to consider given the impact it will have on the capitalisation table and the dilution this could have on existing shareholders.

WHAT ARE THE NEWER FORMS OF FINANCE?
Smart businesses will have, what is often referred to, as a ‘smart capital mix’. A blend of finance products that give a business resource capacity when growing, flexibility when required and cost effectiveness to maintain or improve the bottom line. This is where newer and alternative sources of finance have found their place in the market. Invoice financing, peer-to-peer lending and cash advance solutions solve different needs of a business and are often used interchangeably. 

Different products are designed for different stages of a business’s life-cycle.
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-INVOICE FINANCE
Invoice Finance works by selling outstanding invoices at a discount to the financial provider. The provider can, in some instances, provide debtor collection services and the facilities can be disclosed (made evident to your debtors) or done discreetly. This type of financing is a great option if you want to accelerate the realisation of your revenue by accessing the finance tied up in your invoices quickly. The less established or poorer credit ratings of your debtors the larger the discount that will be applied to the invoices. While this can make invoice financing an expensive type of funding, the cost of the facility is usually covered within the discount and there is no future repayment required. However, if you already have granted a debenture to another party, this will generally include your invoices. This makes invoice discounting very difficult. Invoice financing is provided by traditional banks, but it is also provided by alternative finance providers in Ireland such as Grenke and Bibby Financial Services.

We will continue this article in our next issue by exploring Peer-to-Peer Loans and Cash Advance. If you have any questions on the above, please contact us today.
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