Raising Funding
The majority of our clients see Sharma & Co’s ability to raise finance as being a major attraction. Our Turnaround team have strong contacts with asset finance, Bank lenders, commercial mortgage providers and working capital funders.
Sharma & Co advises businesses wishing to attract investment as part of their strategy.
Our clients can access an impressive range of sophisticated Corporate Funding Solutions. These services include advice for strategic growth, mergers and acquisitions and Rescue & Turnaround solutions. Short term experienced management resources are also available, where there is a need for a day-to-day interim manager.
Our Funding and Investment Process
Sharma & Co has developed a process that creates significant benefit for Clients seeking funding and real added value for Investors seeking investment opportunities or Lenders needing a comprehensive picture of the business.
Following an assessment, we report to the Client on their current position, the work required and information to be made available to achieve funding or Investment-Ready status. From our Assessment Report, the Client will be able to reconsider its investment expectation, assess its costs, its workload and the time frame to achieve the Investment-Ready status before incurring any fees.
This process is geared towards attaining a high success rate for Clients and a much better filtered opportunity for the Investor or Lender.
For the Investor, direct contact with Sharma & Co will be closely monitored and controlled. Initial contact for an investment opportunity will only be by a Sharma & Co Director.
Sharma & Co’s Support and Intervention.
It is crucial that a client is investment ready before any time is wasted looking for financial support. Usually, this is a once-only opportunity, so the conditions expected by an Investor must be right. This process can be completed quickly as, in the case of our rescue clients, speed is vital. In some cases meetings with investors can be arranged within days and decisions made soon after.
If required, Sharma & Co can provide intervention, including interim management or non-executive directorships to manage the project, leading to the achievement of investment-ready status.
Our Introducer NetworkSharma & Co obtains referrals from its extensive Introducer partners. They include Accountancy Practices, Solicitors, Banks, Financial Consultants, Factor and Asset Financiers. In most cases our Introducers are unable to provide the funding required or cannot progress with their products until equity funding is obtained to increase the Balance Sheet Value. We work in conjunction with our Introducers not in competition with them. In many cases, we will introduce.