Growth Equity Financing: Funding to take your business to the next level

You might have already looked at borrowing to provide a solution. But the repayment profile of borrowing may impact your ability to grow further just when your business might need it.

Growth Equity Finance can provide a solution to let you take your business to the next level. It could support your growth by giving you the resources to expand operations, enter new markets, or fund strategic acquisitions - while avoiding the need to commit to any repayment schedule.

It could also bring your business valuable additional contacts and expertise, from investors who will join in your success.

How Growth Equity Finance works

Growth Equity Finance is aimed at companies that are established with proven business models. In return for investment, you hand over a share of your business, part of the equity, to investors, who may be individuals or corporate bodies. These investors then share in the growth of your business, providing them with excellent returns, while removing the need for you to make any formal repayments, as you would with a loan.

Raising equity to fund growth makes sense if you need to grow fast to seize market share quickly, but it does mean that you will no longer have full ownership of your business. In extreme cases, this could even allow your investors to influence your decision making.

Will you lose control of your business?

Taking on shareholders could be seen as a natural progression for a growing business, and the first step towards formal listing. However, it is possible to agree on redemption arrangements as part of Growth Equity Finance agreements, which would allow you to buy out investors, returning their original investment plus a profit, regaining control and full ownership of your business.

Is Growth Equity Finance right for you?

• Do you run a successful small company?
• Do you have plans for growth which require a high level of investment?
• Is there scope for more expansion in your markets?
• Would additional funding help you to take advantage of your potential?
• Could additional expertise, connections and facilities help your plans?

Why you need Rangewell to arrange Growth Equity Finance

If your business has reached the stage when Growth Equity Finance is the appropriate solution to your funding needs, you will need to approach individuals and institutional investors which can combine a high level of resources with expertise in your sector.

These providers will all have their own priorities, requirements, preferred sectors and approach.

Finding the right providers is essential because they will, in effect, become partners in your business.

At Rangewell, we can help identify the most appropriate potential sources of Growth Equity Finance, and shortlist those who might be most appropriate. We can introduce you and your business to our contacts, and discuss how to structure your application to stand the best chance of securing the funding you need.

Our expertise works for you. We can work with you to discuss your objectives, and help you find the potential investors who are suited to your business, your turnover and your ambitions.

Why you should call us

Every Growth Equity arrangement must be arranged on an individual basis.

We can work with you to discuss your business plan, and help find the investors who may be ready to join with you and support your growth plans, with expertise as well as funding.

Understanding the requirements of providers may be essential to integrate Growth Equity lending into your business planning. It may be valuable to discuss its potential and its implications before you develop your vision for growth. It will certainly be necessary to find investors whose attitudes and ambitions match your own.

At Rangewell, our experts are ready to work with you to understand your needs and explain the possibilities before you finalise your plans, and to help you secure the funding you need - whether that solution is Growth Equity lending, or alternatives such as specialised finance for scaleups, Growth Finance, Private Equity for management buyins or even Private Equity for management buyouts, we can help.