Round2 invests: Meet our portfolio!
We already introduced to you the founders of Shortcut Labs and their smart flic button in the last blog entry about our first investment in Sweden. But there are others you need to get to know. We’ve invested in the inventive minds of very different businesses. They all have something in common: a promising future. […]
Round2 Capital Partners’ first investment in Sweden
Round2 Capital Partners (EuVECA) GmbH & Co KG announces the signing of an investment agreement with Shortcut Labs AB, Stockholm Sweden. Round2 Capital Partners will provide financing to Shortcut Labs AB in the form of a EUR 600,000 revenue based loan, an attractive investment alternative that avoids dilution of existing shareholders. This is the fund’s first […]
Round2 Lab expands to Stockholm
Round2Lab was launched 2017 in Vienna as a development program designed to support entrepreneurs that want to take their business to the next level. While the first group of lab participants in Vienna are currently finishing the program, Round2 is expanding to Stockholm. As of today we are open to receive participants’ application for the 2018 […]
Round2 Capital Announces first Closing of a New Growth Capital Fund Focused on Austria, Germany and Sweden
Round2 Capital Announces first Closing of a New Growth Capital Fund Focused on Austria, Germany and Sweden – Round2 Capital Partners (EuVECA) GmbH & Co KG Round2 Capital, a provider of innovative growth capital to fast growing companies with business models based on immaterial assets, has completed the first Closing of Round2 Capital Partners (EuVECA) […]
Why small innovative companies have the hardest time obtaining financing
When we talk to young, fast growing companies about their business, we are often struck by the amount of trouble they have to obtain external financing. Particularly companies that grow up based on digital business models appear to have a harder time than other young companies to get bank financing. Being built on software and […]
Financial Analysis using the DuPont formula
Shareholders of all firms want to achieve sustainable high return on equity (ROE) and even though the drivers will be very different, visualizing operating profits and cash flows as well as the required (or available) capital structure in a systematic way can be useful to better understand the creation of value. Start-ups may initially have […]
The SME funding gap in Austria – are we making progress?
Because of their impact on growth, both economic growth and growth in employment, there is a lot of discussion about what needs to be done to support SMEs, small and medium sized enterprises. They make up the vast majority of all companies and contribute about 2/3 of employment and economic value added in Europe. Since […]
Today`s economy is powered by immaterial assets – this requires new forms of financing
In the last decades we have seen a strong trend from tangible assets towards intangible assets as the primary source of value creation in the economy. Data from the US consulting company Ocean Tomo from 2015 shows that tangible assets represented 87% of the value of the S&P 500 in 1975, and intangible assets only […]
Find the right speed for your growth!
Starting and growing a business has many similarities to driving. To reach your destination safe and in time it is all about having the right vehicle, knowing how to handle it, adapting to road conditions and of course the right fuel. While the right fuel is the obvious part the right vehicle for your plans […]
What it takes to scale your business
Growth and innovation are the key drivers for economic and societal development. Gazelles – innovative fast growing businesses – account for an important part of this development. But Gazelles can only exist if there are passionate entrepreneurs building and leading these companies An entrepreneur does miracles, he does – as a popular saying goes – […]