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11 July, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm BST
“Sell or Raise? Exclusive Online Complimentary Reception in Partnership with finnCap to Discuss the Challenges of Exiting, Expanding or Merging with 3 of the UK’s Most Successful Entrepreneurs
Sunday, 11 July 2021
08:00hrs
"Sell or Raise? Exclusive Online Complimentary Reception in Partnership with finnCap to Discuss the Challenges of Exiting, Expanding or Merging with 3 of the UK's Most Successful Entrepreneurs
Cost: Complimentary
About The Event
For many entrepreneurs, weighing M&A options, choosing to exit strategy or raising capital for expansion is difficult enough in the best of times. Enter Covid-19, and it all became even more complex. But after a sluggish 2020, the UK business landscape looks more optimistic, with deal-making activity having its strongest start in 40 years and low-interest rates likely to persist.
But how do you choose between the options that will change your business and your life?
In partnership with finnCap we hosted a private online reception, giving to our members the unique and exclusive opportunity to learn about how to set up a profitable exit, manage your way through the M&A process, or simply find the right financing from three business leaders who have done it themselves and a financing expert who has helped others reach their personal and business goals.
Meet Your Guest Speaker
Tim Weller
Founder & Chairman of Incisive Media (Enterprise Value of £1bn) as Non-Exec Chairman of Trustpilot he has led it’s recent £1.4bn London IPO.
A serial entrepreneur and Chairman. Tim is the founder and Chairman of Incisive Media which he started in 1994 and successfully floated on the main market of the London Stock Exchange in 2000. In August 2007, 12 years after starting Incisive, he completed the $630m acquisition of American Law Media creating a group with an enterprise value over $1bn, 2500 staff and revenues well in excess of £250m.
Tim has extensive experience of Chairing public or private equity, or venture backed businesses in the technology and media sector. He is currently Chairman of RESI the largest online residential architect in the UK, SohoNet a leading technology provider to the Media and entertainment sector and Chairman of Pixomondo an Oscar winning VFX company and Mayfair Portfolio Company.
In March this year Tim led the successful $1.4bn London IPO of TrustPilot, the leading provider of trusted company reviews where he remains Chairman.
He was chairman of Superawesome a leading provider of technology powering the kid’s digital media ecosystem until its sale to EPIC Games in October 2020, and he was also Chairman of TI Media one of the largest branded media companies in the UK until its successful sale to Future plc in May 2020. Tim was Chairman of AIM listed Tremor international PLC a global leader in video advertising technologies until September 2020.
Cecile Reinaud
Last year, she has sold her maternity wear brand; Seraphine, to Private Equity for £50m.
As the sole founder of Seraphine, Cecile built the brand to become the most famous global
brand of maternity wear. With a turnover over £35 million and profits in excess of £6
million, Seraphine is recognised amongst the most successful private fashion brands in
the United Kingdom. With 90 per cent of the turnover coming from online sales, the
the company has a digital first strategy. Famous for dressing celebrities and Royals all
around the world the brand is particularly recognised as being the favourite brand of
maternity wear of The Duchess of Cambridge and gained international fame when The
Duchess wore Seraphine on multiple official occasions.
The brand positioning of affordable luxury and its strong PR image have sales in over 40 countries with its website available in 6 languages. Flagship stores in London, Paris, New York and L.A. complement the digital offering. Cecile led the growth of the business and managed a team of 100 employees: in 2017 she sold a majority stake of the business to Bridgepoint Capital and in December 2020 she sold the remaining equity to Mayfair Capital in a transaction valuing the business at over £50
million.
Robert D. Kilgour
One of our own Advisory Board Director’s! He founded Four Season Heathcare which was one the largest care industry exits in the history of the UK. He is currently Chairman of Renaissance Care & CEO of Dow Investments Plc.
Robert is a Scottish entrepreneur, investor, property developer and philanthropist who founded Four Seasons Health Care in 1988, opening its first care home in May 1989 in Fife in Scotland. He left the company in early 2000 when it was operating 101 care homes and employing around 6,500 staff, the UK’s fifth largest care home operator, subsequently making his final financial exit from the company in 2004. Four Seasons Health Care is still one of the UK’s largest care home operators with around 190 care homes, caring for about 9,000 residents and employing over 12,000 staff. Robert founded and is CEO of Dow Investments Plc, now in its 32nd year.
In 2004 he founded and is currently Executive Chairman of Renaissance Care which operates sixteen care homes throughout Scotland with around 1,200 staff. He is a co-founder and Director of video and security systems specialists, NW Security Group (16 staff) and was also a founder shareholder and Chairman of Kingdom FM Radio, the local radio franchisee for Fife until he engineered its recent sale. Robert holds several other Non-Executive Directorships as well as several Senior Consultant and Senior Adviser roles.
Meet Your Hosts
John Farrugia
John is Managing Partner and Head of Technology at finnCap Cavendish and has 19 years of corporate finance experience.
John is a seasoned M&A advisor with 19 years of corporate finance experience and an outstanding deal completion track record within the technology and tech enabled business services sectors.
John has built particular expertise advising entrepreneurs on their exit options, successfully working with them to sell their businesses to either trade or private equity on a global basis.
He has successfully completed over 70 corporate finance transactions mostly valued between £15m and £300m. Successful assignments include M&A (Sell-side/Buy-side), LBO, Public Takeovers, Public-to-Private and Fundraising transactions.
John has co-founded an online SaaS analytics platform in 2007 and successfully sold the business to a division of Sony Music in 2011. His experience in advising technology entrepreneurs was further extended since he has immense understanding of the importance of working with the right corporate finance adviser when selling your business.
Shalini Khemka
Founder & CEO – E2E, Member of the Mayor of London’s Business Advisory Board, Deal Maker – UK Government
Shalini founded E2E in 2011. Her mission was to develop the largest and most active entrepreneurial community in the UK to enable extraordinary connections for entrepreneurs.
Under Shalini’s guidance E2E has become a trusted entrepreneurial community which has one objective: to unlock the full potential of ambitious entrepreneurial businesses by enabling extraordinary connections. It has developed into an exciting and thriving powerhouse of international entrepreneurs, investors and entrepreneurial non-execs, coupled with access to globally leading corporate services. E2E’s ecosystem has ambition and innovation at its core.
Shalini is also a Deal Maker for the UK Government, a Member of the Mayor of London’s Business Advisory Board, a Fellow of Burton & South Derbyshire College and a Judge for The Great British Entrepreneurial Awards. Before establishing E2E, Shalini co-founded the world’s first bank to bank trade finance platform. She was an Investment Director at LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyd’s Banking Group and held finance related roles at Deutsche Bank, Bankers Trust, Natwest Bank and Coopers & Lybrand.
