12 / International Finance Awards 2016 www.acquisition-intl.com/2016-finance-awards Originally founded in 2008, ClearlySo has helped more than 100 clients raise more than £100 million in impact investment from its extensive network of high-net-worth individual and institutional investors. We are headquartered in London, which provides us with the ideal base for our operations. It is with great pride that we can call ourselves Europe’s leading impact investment bank; we have helped more high impact start-ups and impact investment funds raise more capital than anyone else. Our vision is of a world where the financial system is a powerful force for good and where businesses consider the impact of all their investment decisions. Our mission is to bring impact in as the third dimension into investing, where all investors consider risk, return and impact, thus creating an environment for entrepreneurs and businesses that make a difference to thrive. We are able to serve both entrepreneurial and early growth start-ups alongside more established and mature businesses. For early stage businesses, our extensive network of high-net-worth individuals provide investments that range from £250,000 to £1.5 million. For more established businesses and impact funds, we have an extensive network of institutional investors who provide investments that range from £1.5 million to £20+ million. The company is an intermediary in the truest sense of the word; we connect and bring together diverse parties to create new models and ways of doing business. Our team of experts are committed to client service and to our vision of using the financial system as a force for good. Our Impact Services team advises PE and VC funds, regarding the overall social, ethical and environmental impact of their investee portfolios. We consider ourselves sector agnostic, but have considerable experience and expertise in Health, Education, Technology, Energy and Environment, Food and Agriculture and Transport. We embody the model that we advocate, as we firmly believe that businesses can be both high-return and high- impact. Our team are a group of diverse professionals, from corporate finance, entrepreneurship, law and social impact backgrounds. We are committed to building a financial system that accounts for social and environmental impact and supports businesses and funds to do good while they are doing well. Company: ClearlySo Name: John Lloyd, Chief Marketing Officer Email:
[email protected] Web Ad- dress: www.clearlyso.com Address: 35 Paul St, London EC2A 4UQ Telephone: +44 20 7490 9520 ClearlySo is Europe’s leading impact investment bank, working exclusively with businesses and funds delivering positive social, ethical and/or environmental impact, along with financial return. It supports capital raising activity through financial advisory work. We spoke to John Lloyd, Chief Marketing Officer, who told us more about the firm. Best Impact Investment Bank 2016 – UK & Award for Excellence in Early-Stage Investment - UK Established in 2010, Capnua is a specialist corporate finance boutique focussing on M&A as well as debt and equity financing advisory services. Eamonn discusses the firm’s clients, as well as talking us through how it aims to serve them in accordance with its overall mission. “Here at Capnua we are focussed on medium to large sized Irish businesses looking to expand or acquire in Ireland and internationally and on advising the shareholders of Irish businesses on the sale of their business. “Our strong focus allows us to build up strong experience in this market, which helps us to achieve our overall mission: to be a leading corporate finance advisory firm focussed on advising leading Irish businesses and their shareholders in relation to M&A and fundraising. We also aspire to be a leading advisor to private equity firms looking to acquire or invest in Ireland due to our un-paralleled level of market knowledge and contacts in the country.” Being based in Ireland and focusing on supporting businesses in the region offers the firm strong insight into the market, which Eamonn is eager to share with us. “The finance industry in Ireland is current performing very well but there are un-certainties arising as a result of Brexit. This will present both opportunities and threats for Ireland, where businesses which are reliant on the UK as a sales market will be impacted negatively in the short term. “However, there are businesses which will benefit from the opportunities which Brexit will present in relation to certain industries which will relocate specific activities from UK to Ireland, and also businesses which export into other EU markets where they may benefit from the perceived certainty of businesses acquiring from a Eurozone business rather than a business in the UK. We remain excited about the Irish economy and the opportunities that will arise both domestically and internationally for Irish companies.” Ultimately, what sets the firm apart is this strong regional focus, as well as the firm’s collaborative nature, as Eamonn explains. “Overall, by focusing on the sectors which are particularly relevant to the Irish mid-market, we remain at the forefront of developments in the sectors we work in. We generally have long term relationships with our clients and accordingly we have an on-going and evolving knowledge of their businesses and the sectors they operate in. This longer term approach is a key part of our value proposition to our clients.” Company: Capnua Corporate Finance Address: 51 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Phone: +353 1 605 0002 Fax: +353 1 676 9907 Email:
[email protected] Website: www.capnua.com Best Corporate Finance Advisory Firm - Ireland Capnua Corporate Finance is one of Ireland’s leading specialist corporate finance advisory firms. We spoke to Eamonn Hayes, Managing Director to learn more.