Espresso Says ‘Yes’ to Financing 10 Times A Month
Alkarim Jivraj joins Espresso Capital Partners I am often asked why I joined Espresso Capital. My glib answer is “I got tired of saying ‘NO’ to prospective investees.” At Espresso we currently fund an average of 10 companies per month, more »
Science Powers Commerce – commentary on 2013 Federal budget
Guest Blog Post by Alma Consulting Group Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered the government’s 2013 federal budget on March 21, 2013. Due to uncertain global economic times, relatively modest measures, mainly through existing programs, were announced to support business innovation. more »
Espresso finances Mobio acquisition via SR&ED bridge loan
Guest Blog Post by Bernd Petak, CFO of Mobio Technologies Espresso recently assisted our company, Mobio Technologies Inc., with a SR&ED secured loan facility to bridge to a then-confidential acquisition transaction with LX Ventures (TSX Venture: LXV). The facility allowed more »
Espresso Announces First Close of $35M Fund III
We are happy to announce the first close of our $35M Espresso Fund III focused on tax credit financing for Canadian technology companies. We anticipate the total investment program for Fund III will be in excess of $150M. Espresso Capital more »
SCL Elements acquired by Schneider Electric SA – Espresso Capital provides standby credit facility
Espresso Capital Partners (ECP) recently structured a Standby Credit Facility for the benefit of Montreal-based SCL Elements Inc. (http://www.can2go.com). The facility provided the founders and management team of SCL Elements added flexibility during the negotiations of the sale of the company more »
Conflicts in Directors Making Direct Loans to Companies
Fiduciary Duties are potentially compromised and it just has bad optics I am a manager of a Fund that loans money to technology companies. Separately, as an individual, I am an active independent director on the Board of several technology more »
Sidense closes $1.1M Financing led by Espresso Capital
Espresso Capital Partners (ECP) recently led a $1.1 million round of financing in Ottawa-based Sidense Corp. (www.sidense.com). Sidense is a leading developer of silicon-proven embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP). Sidense’s technology enables a wide range of electronic products more »
The Cost of Equity Capital
Why borrowing at 20% may be ‘cheaper’ When you take money from investors to build your business, it costs something. The true ‘cost’ of that investment money, or capital, can be difficult to determine depending on the financing. The primary more »
Espresso Capital adds agile lending service with Comerica Bank
The rapid business rhythms of growing technology companies in Canada don’t always match those of most traditional financiers such as banks and venture capital firms. VC funding typically takes far too long, is difficult to obtain, and rarely fits with more »
Why I am joining the Espresso Team
For the last 9 years, I have been working as a VC investor and advisor to many technology companies in Atlantic Canada. As entrepreneurs in the region know too well, it has always been very challenging for companies in the more »
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