Finscoms Awarded Global Excellence Recognition

Finscoms Awarded Global Excellence Recognition

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Acquisition International have bestowed Finscoms with a ‘2022 Global Excellence Award’ for Financial Marketing & Communication.

Finscoms was selected ahead of several other nominees in the category most notably for its dynamic strategy shift in response to a new playing field created by the global pandemic. Finscoms was able to increase exposure to its clients making the very most of the abundance of digital pathways created worldwide. Finscoms was also celebrated for its work with Green Energy and Sustainability projects.

Acquisition International, is an international, monthly digital business magazine committed to bringing its readers up to the minute news, comment and analysis. Acquisition International magazine launched in 2010, is circulated to in-excess of 108,000 professionals, including Top Tier Managers, Investment Professionals, Business Advisers and Service Providers.

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Lithium Demand Far Greater than Supply

Lithium Demand Far Greater than Supply

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Article written by Ken Carmody.

Lithium is an essential material for the production of the batteries used for electric vehicles and energy-storage systems. These lithium-ion batteries are vital as the world moves away from fossil fuels to a greener model. There is now an insatiable appetite for green energy across the globe and our capacity to deliver is currently a critical challenge.

Our planet has sufficient Lithium to meet demand but it isn’t being extracted and refined quickly enough to match the current surge in demand for lithium-ion batteries. By 2030, there’s projected to be a lithium deficit between 455,000 and 1.7 million metric tons each year.

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As a result lithium prices are rising significantly. Battery costs continue to drop as other component parts are produced in mass but rising lithium prices will impact on battery cells costs in the medium term. Essentially, the industry is dealing with a structural shortage as there’s literally not enough capacity in the industry to meet demand. And that squeeze is now being felt and will continue to get tighter until Lithium Mining investment reaches the right levels.

There is a disconnect within the electric vehicles supply chain that being the mismatch between the timeline of building a lithium mine versus building the complimentary Gigafactory…>5 years vs 1 year. Much of the Electric Vehicle producers goals and targets set for 2026-2030 will miss as they have not factored in a Lithium supply bottleneck. Based on this, you will start to see a trend of automaker announcements based around the opening of a battery plant along with a new mine. Lithium-ion battery powered EVs are set to dominate the world (as long as Lithium Mines can keep pace).

Contact Finscoms for information on Lithium Mining investment opportunities. MKT@FINSCOMS.COM

Looking for Investment? Finscoms are Listening

Looking for Investment? Finscoms are Listening

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At Finscoms we receive many approaches from funds and projects looking to differentiate themselves from the rest and get attention from investors. As such we are in a position to cherry pick the best. Our screening and due diligence process leaves us to work with entities of which provide answers to market opportunities, and combine a sound business/financial model with corporate social responsibility, sustainability, scalability, and uniqueness.

These projects stand out from the rest as they also have compelling stories. We are proud to support them in translating their business strategy into stories that match our network’s vision and expectation. All projects and funds considered for advancement to our investor network are evaluated for their potential risk profile, impacts and economic quality.

The potential impact as well as the environmental and social risks of a project or fund are considered first. Projects are benchmarked by their social and environmental performance against conventional standards to ensure compliance and to test resilience. Projects and funds are also analysed quantitatively and qualitatively on technical and economic quality. Where possible we also use peer-group comparisons.

There are five stages to the Finscoms filtering process:

Step 1 – Submission

Candidates are invited to submit their details and marketing deck. If a nascent fund or project does not have a marketing deck we can help you to create one.

Step 2 – Preliminary Review

Once the marketing deck has been received into our ‘deal flow management system’ a member of our investment team will be assigned to your project for review. You will be notified if your enterprise will progress to the next stage or if it is declined. We provide brief feedback for each rejection.

Step 3 – Second Round

Bi-party NCNDA will be provided to protect both sides at this point. Further internal review by additional members of the Finscoms investment team. You will be requested to submit more detailed financial information about your fund or project at this juncture.

Step 4 – Video Interaction

We follow up with a video meeting to get a feel for your passion and enthusiasm for your enterprise. We dive in deeper to iron out any further questions from the internal review. Discuss strategy around bespoke targeting of investors rather than scatter gun approach.

Step 5 – Promote to Investors

Once our filtering stages are satisfied and once marketing materials are to our standards then, we introduce your project or fund to suitable investors in our network.

So, take the first step today and submit your details and marketing deck to mkt@finscoms.com. Don’t have marketing materials? Our marketing team are here to help.

mkt@finscoms.com  

+353 1202 4444

Phase 1 – Tell your story to create interest

Phase 1 – Tell your story to create interest

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Part 1 of 2 in a series looking at the Capital Raising struggle. Look out for part 2 – Extend Your Reach

In my research through pages and pages of a search engine, it revealed little or no information on the vast numbers of projects/funds looking at funding, compared to the numbers of projects/funds that succeed. What was apparent to me was the mind boggling numbers looking at funding and the limited few that were funded. The route to the funder is not only heavily congested but one full of failure, loss of time, money and effort. This article, writes Edward Simpson, looks at the importance therefore of your narrative to create interest in you.

If we take a moment to look at this from the funder’s perspective they are inundated with funds, project’s, entrepreneur’s and so forth all armed with let’s face it poorly written prospectuses, I have seen fintech funds going to market and they don’t even have a website. Funders in the case of a number of private equity managers I know now adopt AI, one such private equity manager received approx. 3000 prospectuses in a year, AI selected 3 that matched investment strategy, the human got involved and all 3 were declined. A funder on average invests in fewer than 0.3% in a given year those seeking investment would see this as low whereas the funder might see this as perhaps too high.

How then can we ensure your project/fund is noticed? What is the alternative, how does a project/fund generate interest in its route to funding? Filling up email inboxes leads to negative branding, connecting your story with interested funder’s who are searching right now for opportunity is what Finscoms does.

We have now identified the problem – list of applicants high, funder’s time is short.

Solution – an improvement/investment into communications to tell your story will generate interest.

I believe there to be a stunning lack of communication and communications skills in the route to the funder, this may well be the number one barrier achieving funding or at the least one of the major components to a lack of funding/interest?

“The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.”  – Steve Jobs

What creates interest? Too many are overfamiliar with their project/fund, leaving the reader to ask ‘what is this about’. Easy to mention financials, the solution to the problem, is your story needs to encourage a funder to read further into your document not to give them reasons to say no.

Below is what a funder is looking for, this is based on feedback from the funder and differs from what the project/fund thinks the funder wants to see:

  • Your team – Who are you and why are you suited/your expertise to lead this project/fund? Avoid the ‘I am an entrepreneur with loads of experience but no success’
  • Product or Service – What exactly does your project/fund do exactly? Avoid a generic description and too much technical information. What specific results are/can be achieved? What is your solution to a problem?
  • Market Demand – What is the potential for your project? What are your USPs? Why would anyone care about your project/fund? Avoid ‘everyone will need this’ or ‘its the next Google’
  • Market Sector – Describe the market sector. Give examples of how your project/fund adds to its sector, is it sustainable? Does it have green credentials, show the value adds.
  • Competition – Who else is in your sector, what is the competition – give examples. What are your differentiators?
  • Financials – Include the amounts you are seeking for funding, what type of funding be it equity/debt/hybrid, what are your plans with the funding?

Effective communication means telling your audience a story funder’s understand, that captivates them and that makes them want to come back for the next chapter. Create hook’s with the above to create interest yes, but to also open up dialogue leading to a discovery call. Digital Marketing today allows for and creates inbound enquiries. Given recent lockdowns, funders are researching projects/funds, if the story is good they will make contact, you’ve now bypassed the high failure rate of projects/funds and their congested route to the funder.

Is it all about effective communications absolutely not, to tell your story in the first place you need a foundation a brand, create that all important first impression. A wise and small investment on your marketing materials, your projects/fund is well placed to tell the story, this small investment in your foundation is an asset that you own, shows a funder that you are understanding of the traditional and digital world’s with high returns on investment, telling your story is made all the easier to create.

If all this is too much, or you don’t have the time nor skills then Finscoms can help.

Whether you are just starting out or an established project/fund we can help. Why not send us your project/fund to mkt@finscoms.com we will reply with where we can help or not, improve the visuals, the telling of your story, to what audience, there is no cost to do this you have nothing to lose.

Finscoms are a full services marketing and communication’s company, we do not sell product nor do we give investment advice. With our expertise we do help you in your route to funding, we have a network of funder’s whom we could introduce you to.

Edward Simpson

Founder and Co Managing Partner

Mkt@finscoms.com  

+353 1202 4444

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In the post-Coronavirus economy, where are the smart investments?

In the post-Coronavirus economy, where are the smart investments?

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The covid19 crisis has turned into a major economic crisis. However, some positive evolutions have been noticed in the last weeks and we can now see light ahead at the end of the tunnel even if the tunnel is still quite long. 

At Finscoms, we are positioned between investor and investee acting for both and as such we have our ear to the ground. This gives us a unique opportunity to share with you what we are currently hearing from our extensive and diverse network. What are our investors seeking? What are the sectors that they believe will present the best upward trends in the coming months? This is not deep market research or investment advice. This is simply a summary of the investment sentiment in our circles over the last few days. We think this could be valuable for you to integrate into your own analysis.

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Covid19 has not stopped investors searching for targets and sourcing deals. The PE funds and the wider investment community are cash rich and dry powder has probably reached record highs. Here are three sectors that many are discussing:

  • Telecom / Digital: Covid19 has boosted the use of all kind of digital technologies. From home leisure, home working, but also all social media, digital collaboration, … as well as “digital health”, “security and tracking”, … The move towards a digital era has significantly sped up and will probably remain the norm after the pandemic. This situation has shown that there are bottlenecks in infrastructure where more capacity is needed now, even before IOT and 5G. Netflix and other streaming providers have reduced the quality of their data to reduce the impact on the network. More investments will be needed in this area to strengthen the capacity.
  • Renewable energies: one positive aspect of this pandemic is that it has highlighted very concretely our dependence on the world and nature. The strong demand of investors towards the Energy sector that we had before the confinement has not been reduced. However, it has shifted: Oil & Gas projects have stopped due to over-capacity and some investors have directed their investments towards Renewable Energy “projects”.
  • Hospitality: this sector has been very badly hit … and it will probably continue to be so for the next few months. A recovery won’t happen in the short term, the horizon/timeline will probably be next year. However as soon as a vaccine and confinement is behind us, this industry will probably recover sharply: after months of privation people will spend a lot in the leisure sector. Undoubtedly, it means that many firms will have an urgent need for cash for the next 12 to 18 months, with a positive prospect after this period. Making this sector an ideal target for distressed finance!

On the project side, the impact of Covid19 has now more than ever meant that there is an emphasis on the quality of the project. Like in any difficult period the weakest will die and the strongest will survive. There are of course many criteria to identify and consider which will deem whether a project will survive. Given Finscoms’ positioning, we have noticed that the role of the communication of the value proposition and its uniqueness has become vital. More than ever, projects who want to have a chance to succeed need to stand out of the crowd and communicate a strong message through first class presentation. Given the extraordinary times we are in, the knee jerk reaction is to reduce or even cut out all marketing when the reality is those that invest further in their marketing and communications are better placed when restrictions are finally lifted. Give yourself a running restart.

The projects with a strong vision and a strong team have understood that the communication is key in their efforts to reach their audience (clients or investors): they are still investing to raise their profile. Others, less mature projects, the weakest ones, have made another choice and have reduced their spending … or even stopped their project!

Finscoms.com is a consulting firm helping our clients connect with all kind of financial services suppliers. We are sourcing investments targets worldwide for our investors with a particular focus on Europe. We have a portfolio of around 100 projects (Telecom, space, blockchain, biotechnologies, infrastructure, transportation, logistics,…) and around 300 real estate opportunities.

Benoît Egée, Co-Managing Partner

mkt@finscoms.com  

+353 1202 4444

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