Ready, Set, Go! 3 Steps to Secure the Funding you need!

Posted on: July 20th, 2016

It is not always easy to expand your business. It can be even harder to grow using only the assets that you have. This is why many business owners turn to outside funding to help them accomplish their goals.

Here are three important steps to go about getting the funding you need:

Prepare your Financial Records: Financial records should always be reviewed and audited before presenting them to any lender. The audit adds credibility to the financial position and gets the lender to see that you take your financial results seriously. Companies with strong financial records are generally more professional and better managed.
Prepare a Professional Business Plan: Think about what you specifically need money for, how you will use it and what it will lead to in the next 3-5 years. Once you have that, configure it into a professional presentation. A Business plan is an important exercise as it leads to critical thinking and strategic planning. It will lead to better decision making and less mistakes in the long run.
Educate Yourself: The last step is to be knowledgeable. There are many sources of funding and many ways to go about getting them. If you educate yourself on the market and your options, you can save yourself valuable time and money.

As the Fed decides to ease interest rates, middle market acquisition financing structures will benefit in a number of ways. The underlying values of middle market companies will increase leading to a higher enterprise value and lower loan to value ratios for existing portfolio companies of acquisition financing lenders.

The role of acquisition financing is infrequently elevated above a functional transactional one. When a business needs financing to acquire, they go to the market and source acquisition financing to supplement their equity investment to close the deal. Despite existing in many different forms, acquisition financing is rarely explained in terms of the value it brings to the acquirer.

Acquisition financing underwriting usually focuses on business and financial issues that underpin the stability of cash flow. Providers of acquisition financing usually validate the durability of a company’s competitive advantage and the depth of its resource base. Environmental issues are usually not a major part of the analysis in today’s service and technology-based economy.