Equity Business Breakfast: Capital raising, strategic investors, M&A transaction, exit
First-hand experience - with a cup of coffee
The purpose of the Equity Breakfast, organised with a limited number of participants, was to present in detail the processes and key milestones that could support effective preparation, investor search, and successful capital raising, company sale and exit, through practical domestic and international examples and experiences. During the business breakfast, the topics were discussed in an informal conversation with our invited guests, and participants were able to ask related questions interactively at any time, allowing them to receive personalised answers to the issues and challenges most relevant to them.
Covered topics
- A USD 5 million capital raise at Starschema, the “rising star” of the domestic and international Big Data industry. The details and lessons of the transaction, which became public in recent days, shared first hand.
- Life after a company or ownership stake sale exit what textbooks do not talk about. Predictable consequences and unexpected experiences through the story of evopro.
- Did the market favour transactions in 2018?
Agenda
Arrival, registration, welcome coffee, breakfast, networking
8:30 - 9:00
Opening remarks
Lenard Horgos - Partner, Absolvo
9:00 - 9:10
Case study
A USD 5 million capital raise at the fast growing Starschema – the details of the deal, or how it all happened behind the scenes
Peter Csillag and Tamas Foldi – founder owners – Starschema
Starschema’s USD 5 million capital raise became public in recent days, aimed at accelerating regional and overseas expansion. Starschema was one of the most influential and fastest growing technology experts in BI and Big Data, with clients including Apple, Facebook, Netflix, Vodafone and many other Fortune 500 companies. But how did it all happen?
- Background, preparation, processes, pleasant and unpleasant surprises and experiences, turning points from the first steps to closing
- Investor outreach, negotiation of terms, challenges, pitfalls and success factors how many parties were involved, for how long, what was negotiated and how and what could be expected
- The time factor in a dynamically changing sector what impact speed as a competitive advantage had if any on the fundraising process and conversely whether the time required for capital raising slowed down the execution of growth plans
9:10 - 10:00
Break
10:00 - 10:15
“What they do not teach about life after the deal”
Csaba Mészáros – owner and CEO, evopro Holding Zrt.
In 2013, Csaba Meszaros sold the industrial and embedded software development and services business unit that generated a significant share of the profits of the nearly 1,000 employee evopro group to the international Accenture, and continued operations with only 200 professionals on automotive, nuclear energy and innovation projects. At the time, many predicted failure, yet the exit brought dynamic growth as well as unexpected lessons and experiences.
- What difficulties were encountered after an exit or ownership stake sale?
- What good advice did he have for owners and leaders considering a partial or full sale?
- The strategic background and preparation of the exit, and the challenges, results and unexpected lessons of life after the exit through the story of evopro
10:15 - 11:00
Q&A, networking
The participants had the opportunity to ask their questions personally and in private to our guests and experts during the networking session.
11:00 - 11:30
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