Our Experience

This is the section of the website where you would normally see transaction ‘tombstones’, with logos and monetary values. Transactions are perhaps the end-all but we feel they shouldn’t be the be-all of financial advice. And we’re pleased to say that after our projects are completed, our customers are still very much alive, often coming back to us for more advice. So, the last thing we should do is put them in a cemetery. Instead, here’s a confidential glimpse at some of our recent work.

Financial optimisation

Identified €1m of annual operating cost savings and €1m of inefficient capital allocation in a €40m manufacturing firm.

Developed a sustainable growth model for a fast-growing global technology company to maximise cash flow, which avoided the need for €10m of additional borrowing.

Reduced the cash conversion cycle of an e-commerce firm by €9m over 3 years by optimising business processes.

Revised and simplified the operating financial model of a €25m turnover technology company, enabling more accurate projections and financial stress testing.

Modelled a £100m port investment project for infrastructure clients, forecasting fishing fleet growth and the impact on revenues of a new oil field, within the constraints of quay length, ship sizes and available dockside area.

Developed the business plan and financial model for a £750m roll out in digital infrastructure.

Intelligent mentoring

Built a growth and customer strategy for a global technology company, enabling EBITDA growth to accelerate from single digits to above 25% year on year.

Developed and implemented a strategy to turn around a loss-making tech firm with declining revenues; within 18 months, revenues had doubled and gross profits had risen by €5m.

Added €40m to the value of a technology company when preparing it for sale, by streamlining operations, improving business plans and untangling its ownership structure.

Helped a founder-CEO navigate a €50m tech company through multiple financing and exit opportunities, converting an early-stage investment offer into a non-dilutive license agreement with a global technology giant.

Devised a two-country ‘trombone’ structure for optimal wealth protection for a £50m family trust and worked with specialist advisors to reduce the risk of double taxation.

Transaction strategy

Structured and executed the leveraged buyout of one founder of a global technology and services company by the others, then sold it to a PE firm for an enterprise value of €75m.

Advised a €30m turnover manufacturing firm on a €6m acquisition of a technology bolt-on company; identified, valued and presented three potential £25m acquisitions to a global conglomerate.

Renegotiated the shareholders agreement on behalf of management to remove toxic investment terms, then arranged and executed a €20m management buyout of a manufacturing company.

Developed and spun out a premium brand offering for a well-established B2C company, structured the capital raise and attracted multiple offers for 35% of the business.

Spun out non-core activities of a large tech company, enabling the group to be sold as separate units, for an overall 20% higher price.

Developed a valuation model for investors looking to exit a complex global manufacturing group with enterprise value of €65m, enabling a sub-optimal offer to be rejected.

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Little Venice Partners LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.