Espresso Capital http://www.espressocapital.com Financial services firm providing non-dilutive risk capital to emerging, high growth technology companies. The right capital at the right time. Thu, 23 May 2013 23:38:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Science Powers Commerce – commentary on 2013 Federal budget http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/05/23/science-powers-commerce-commentary-on-2013-federal-budget/ http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/05/23/science-powers-commerce-commentary-on-2013-federal-budget/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 23:38:10 +0000 Gary Yurkovich http://www.espressocapital.com/?p=2807 This is a guest blog post by Alma CG 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 more »

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]]> http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/05/23/science-powers-commerce-commentary-on-2013-federal-budget/feed/ 0 Espresso finances Mobio acquisition via SR&ED bridge loan http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/05/21/espresso-finances-mobio-acquisition-via-sred-bridge-loan/ http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/05/21/espresso-finances-mobio-acquisition-via-sred-bridge-loan/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 17:01:47 +0000 Gary Yurkovich http://www.espressocapital.com/?p=2801 Guest Blog Post by Bernd Petak, CFO of Mobio Technologies Espresso Capital Partners (ECP) recently assisted 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 more »

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]]> http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/05/21/espresso-finances-mobio-acquisition-via-sred-bridge-loan/feed/ 0 Espresso Announces First Close of $35M Fund III http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/04/04/espresso-announces-first-close-of-35m-fund-iii/ http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/04/04/espresso-announces-first-close-of-35m-fund-iii/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:25:05 +0000 Gary Yurkovich http://www.espressocapital.com/?p=2767 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 »

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]]> http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/04/04/espresso-announces-first-close-of-35m-fund-iii/feed/ 0 SCL Elements acquired by Schneider Electric SA – Espresso Capital provides standby credit facility http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/02/18/scl-elements-secures-a-standby-credit-facility-from-espresso-capital-partners/ http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/02/18/scl-elements-secures-a-standby-credit-facility-from-espresso-capital-partners/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:27:55 +0000 Ben Forcier http://www.espressocapital.com/?p=2711 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 »

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]]> http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/02/18/scl-elements-secures-a-standby-credit-facility-from-espresso-capital-partners/feed/ 0 Conflicts in Directors Making Direct Loans to Companies http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/01/11/conflicts-in-directors-making-direct-loans-to-companies/ http://www.espressocapital.com/2013/01/11/conflicts-in-directors-making-direct-loans-to-companies/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:02:57 +0000 Gary Yurkovich http://www.espressocapital.com/?p=2702 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 »

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