Specialising in CFO and Non-Exec Director support for UK and International businesses. How Can I Help You?✔ Fundraising (EIS, SEIS,VC and PE), and high net worth individuals. From seed and angel investor funding, to venture capital fundraising and private equity financing. ✔ Preparing to sell your business and in particular, for the due diligence process. ✔ Connecting you with my network of investors, brokers, and specialists to make your business goals a reality. ✔ Tell a story with solid financial numbers, ensure financial analysis, trends, and KPIs are identified, inculcated, and actioned. ✔ Internationalise your business through acquisitions, the creation of subsidiaries, or franchising. ✔ Achieve higher valuation multiples and increase profitability by building recurring revenue. ✔ Take you on a journey to a transaction/assist with a path to being a public company.My Achievements To Date✔ Built a business from scratch and grew it to revenue of £55m before exiting after a trade sale.✔ Spent 20+ years working with large corporates, SME organizations and start-ups, in the UK, USA, and Europe, as a Board Director and senior commercial leader. ✔ CFO for private equity-backed companies (including AllBright and Patient Connect).✔ Completed a sale of C>Ways to PE backed Fournet at the end of a four year engagement✔ Helped multiple clients internationalise their businesses (set up companies across three continents (USA, Europe and Australia) - commercial, legal, and finance). What People Say About Me"The value he has given has been unsurpassable and I don’t think it is too much to say that the business would not have reached it’s potential without his input and support. We would have no hesitation in recommending Steve to any company looking for a similar outcome."Owner at C>Ways“Put simply, I learned a great deal from Steve during my time working for him at Imtech (now Axians). In particular, his commercial acumen and ability to anticipate and deal with any obstacles or problems are second to none.”Senior Legal Counsel at Verizon“Steve was a great help to me personally when we worked together at Imtech. I learned a lot from Steve who was instrumental to the success at Imtech during that time. Always willing to share his vast knowledge and clearly an excellent CFO.”Director, Professional Services at Dell EMC Please visit my website at https://vcfo.business to learn more about me or use this link https://calendly.com/vcfodiary/ to book a call with me to find out how we can work together.
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