No one has to tell a business owner that getting access to much needed cash flow is a difficult task today. It matter not if you are in Canada or the United States, if you have gone to the bank to inquire about financing, there is a good chance you were turned away. For this reason many companies turned to Angel Investors for that all important cash injection.
Angel Investors look at deals differently than banks, or most other lenders for that matter. Their focus is to net between 5 and 10 times their initial investment in a period not to exceed 5 years. They do this by carefully plotting their exit strategy to recover their funds within the specific time period they define which can take the form of public offerings of stock, takeover or liquidating the assets of the company. What ever it takes.
Since the market over the last few years has been such a challenge, Angel Investors have now increased their requirements fro 10 to 50 times their initial investment because the time frame they need to have funds tied up for has increased to up to 10 years.
Because of this high return on investment, Angel Financing is very expensive, but the lesser costing funds such as banks and credit unions are rarely available for new business start-ups. This is because the traditional financiers have a high threshold for accepting young companies for Business Loans.
So you are declined at the bank and you can not afford Angel Investors now what?
Reality is it does not matter if you are in Canada or the United States you do have options. Here I will give you a real example of a business that found the best option. There is a company in Alberta Canada that was looking to expand throughout North America with their product. The owner of the company went to the usual channels to get Commercial Financing. After he was turned down by the banks he the spoke to some Angel Investors and received proposals. After considering what was at steak by accepting the proposals he decided to continue looking for options. This is when he and I met over the internet and I presented him with options he had never considered, nor heard of for that matter. Accounts Receivable Factoring and Purchase Order Finance.
The company had just shipped out one order which took nearly 70% of his inventory and he had another order going out the following week which would wipe out the rest. They he was planning to wait until he received payment from his customer before he could order more product from his suppliers. Next trouble was the he had other orders waiting to be filled.
Within a week of his initial application the company was funded and he now had the operational funds needed to operate his business smoothly.
The moral of the story is quite simply, even if you are turned down by your bank, and you are not interested in giving your company away, there may be options to be had. Do your homework and seek alternative Commercial Finance options. - 31384
Angel Investors look at deals differently than banks, or most other lenders for that matter. Their focus is to net between 5 and 10 times their initial investment in a period not to exceed 5 years. They do this by carefully plotting their exit strategy to recover their funds within the specific time period they define which can take the form of public offerings of stock, takeover or liquidating the assets of the company. What ever it takes.
Since the market over the last few years has been such a challenge, Angel Investors have now increased their requirements fro 10 to 50 times their initial investment because the time frame they need to have funds tied up for has increased to up to 10 years.
Because of this high return on investment, Angel Financing is very expensive, but the lesser costing funds such as banks and credit unions are rarely available for new business start-ups. This is because the traditional financiers have a high threshold for accepting young companies for Business Loans.
So you are declined at the bank and you can not afford Angel Investors now what?
Reality is it does not matter if you are in Canada or the United States you do have options. Here I will give you a real example of a business that found the best option. There is a company in Alberta Canada that was looking to expand throughout North America with their product. The owner of the company went to the usual channels to get Commercial Financing. After he was turned down by the banks he the spoke to some Angel Investors and received proposals. After considering what was at steak by accepting the proposals he decided to continue looking for options. This is when he and I met over the internet and I presented him with options he had never considered, nor heard of for that matter. Accounts Receivable Factoring and Purchase Order Finance.
The company had just shipped out one order which took nearly 70% of his inventory and he had another order going out the following week which would wipe out the rest. They he was planning to wait until he received payment from his customer before he could order more product from his suppliers. Next trouble was the he had other orders waiting to be filled.
Within a week of his initial application the company was funded and he now had the operational funds needed to operate his business smoothly.
The moral of the story is quite simply, even if you are turned down by your bank, and you are not interested in giving your company away, there may be options to be had. Do your homework and seek alternative Commercial Finance options. - 31384
About the Author:
Wade Henderson - recognized Professional - 15 yrs in the Business Finance Field - strong reputation for getting the deal done. IMMFinancial.com international loans commercial lending
