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DRIVING BUSINESS FORWARDFunding Landscape & EI Support
Donnchadh Cullinan. October 2015
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Growth Capital - Goal
“To maximise the access of EI clients to Growth Capital so that they are able to sustain and accelerate their growth”
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The Funding Journey
R&D Startup Early Growth
Accelerating Growth
Sustaining Growth Maturity
Proof of Concept Funding
DevelopmentCapital
ReplacementCapital
MBO / MBIDevelopment
Capital
Seed Corn First Round Second Round
Business Angels
Founders, Family & Friends
Public Sector
Venture Capital
Public Listing/IPO
Debt
Corporate Venturing
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Financing Enterprises
R&D Startup Expansion Large
Scaling
SteadyStart-up Risk Capital.
Innovation Funding
Growth Funding
H2020
Seed Funds
EI HPSU
Venture Debt
Growth
IPO
EIIS/BES
Trade FacilitiesWorking
Capital FinancingAsset
FinancingMicroFinance
Venture Funds
Innovation Fund Ireland
Bus Angels
Development Capital
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Growth Capital - Goal
“To maximise the access of EI clients to Growth Capital so that they are able to sustain and accelerate their growth”
“Appropriate”
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28,000 FriendsFamily
Colleagues
Angels & Informal Networks
5:1Ratio of ‘Informal Money’
to Venture
3,000 Angels
€195millionInvested by Informal
Networks
`The Entrepreneur Watch’ (Jan 2013)
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Business Angel/Private Investor Networks
€9.5m
(48 Investments in 2014)
• HALO Business Angel Network (HBAN)
• Business Angel Networks matches pre-screened investment opportunities with Syndicates
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External Equity
“A Marriage with a planned divorce”
Top 3 Investment Criteria Management team Exit opportunity Return potential.
Undertake due diligence on your potential investor
have ‘skin in the game’
http://www.hban.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/HBANInvestorGuideEntrep1.3.31.pdf
“Know your Enemy”
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€15kFeasibility
Enterprise Ireland – Financial Supports
€250kHPSU Package
€50kCompetitive Start Fund
Manufacturing or internationally tradable service
Usually based on technological innovation
Export oriented
10 employees - 3 yrs
Sales > €1m
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Enterprise Ireland – Financial Supports
900 Business Plans
450New Frontiers
102 HPSU81Mentors
€4m
€6m
€20m
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HPSU Feasibility
• Support to investigate viability of export proposition
• Eligible costs include– Market Research– Salaries, Wages & Overheads– Business Plan Development– Technical Research– Prototyping
• Available Support• Up to €15k at 50% rate
€15k
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Competitive Start Fund
Success to date• 227 Cos approved to date• ~35% have gone on to
iHPSU• Calls 1 - 4
Future Open Calls• Aviation & Mfg• Female• Youth
What • €50k for 10% equity stake
matched with €5k from promoters
• Sprint pilot programme • Digital Content CSF
applicants
How • Competition – funding goes to highest ranking companies• Panel of serial entrepreneurs select the winners
€50k
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iHPSU Package
Enterprise Ireland works with promoters and 3rd parties to jointly fund a start up business plan against agreed milestones
• €100k - €350k (average size €250k) • Funding to execute the Business Plan
• Equity investment • CCRP or similar terms• EI shareholding will not exceed 10%
• Max EI contribution is 50% • Balance from 3rd party
• Consult your EI Development Adviser!!
€250k
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What we look for in iHPSU
• Large Market Opportunity [especially if VC needed]
• Barriers to Entry [Current/Future]• High Growth, High Gross Margins, Scalable
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Business Model Vs Business Plan
• ‘Known’ Unknowns– Business Plans are operating documents describes the
execution strategy for addressing “knowns.”– Write Plan, add Money and Hey Presto!
• ‘Unknown’ Unknowns“A Start-up is a temporary organization formed to
search for a repeatable and scalable business model”
• A Business Model describes how your company creates, delivers and captures value.– designed to change rapidly - reflects iterative reality of start-ups– Test & gather feedback on critical hypotheses
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Business Model Vs Business Plan• CSF to HPSU to Established to PLC
– All need a plan based on a Model – More details as Cheque size increases– Bank funding – historic vs forward looking
• “Business Planning is a Process not a document”– Its not homework!!– Not a compendium of your knowledge– AGE/Leadership for Growth
• “No Business Plan survives the first Contact with Customers”…..or Investors
• Test, learn adapt
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Business Planning• Predicting the Future
– 12,24,36 months?– What is required to get to the next Milestone
• Know your audience– Tailor the plan (Investor Value Proposition) –
• Y Combinator 2:45m/45hrs– What are you selling (Angel/VC/EI) – Product vs Proposition– Busy People looking for Shortcuts – Trust but Verify
• Only put down What you can Stand Over– Hypotheses are OK– Time to get to €1m – why are you different?– Credible Assumptions Vs Incredible Plans!
–Hockey sticks are for Hockey!!!
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An Old Wise Man once said…..
“What are you Selling?”“Who are you going to sell it to?”“How much do you want for it?”
Aidan Stack – HPSU (2006)
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Growth Capital
Donnchadh Cullinan 727 2162 [email protected]
Cian Daly 727 [email protected]
Banking Relations
Tom Early 727 [email protected]
Andrew Peet 727 [email protected]
Thank You