Mezzanine debt: cost, equity kicker and Belgian lenders
Mezzanine debt for a Belgian SME: definition, real cost with capitalised interest and equity kicker, how it differs from unitranche, who lends and at what ticket.
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Start-ups & scale-ups
Stock options and warrants in Belgium: the plan step by step
Stock options and warrants in Belgium: pool size, company law procedure, 18% or 9% flat-rate tax at grant, the 20% cap and the stake a founder gives up.
Understanding funds
Business financing glossary: pre-money, covenant and more
Business financing glossary: pre-money, post-money, covenant, quasi-equity, drag along, ratchet. Each term explained with its effect in figures.
Understanding funds
Evergreen vs closed-end fund: the impact on your SME
Evergreen or closed-end fund: fund life, exit pressure, follow-on investment. What the fund's structure changes for a family-owned SME, criterion by criterion.
Understanding funds
Investment funds for SMEs: who finances what
Investment funds for SMEs: how a fund makes money, what stake it takes, and the tickets published by nine funds active in Wallonia and Brussels.
Understanding funds
Placement fund vs investment fund: the difference
Placement fund or investment fund: one puts savings on the stock market, the other finances unlisted SMEs for years. Who supervises what in Belgium.
Understanding funds
Private equity, venture capital and growth capital
Private equity, venture capital, growth capital, buyout capital: which kind of fund steps in at which stage of your company, and what it asks in return.
Understanding funds
Public invest or private fund: which one for your SME?
Public invest or private fund in Wallonia: requirements, published ticket, instruments, exit horizon, and how to combine Noshaq, Sambrinvest and ORSA.
Funds by region
Financing a business in Brussels: who pays for what?
finance&invest.brussels lends, guarantees and invests up to €5m per SME, never alone. Who completes a Brussels round, and which funds remain open to you.