What Finaves Offers
The Finaves team recognizes the time and effort required for launching a new company and subsequently provides substantial effort and expertise to help convert start-ups into sustainable businesses. Entrepreneurs benefit from Finaves’ 11 years of experience, and the support and knowledge of Finaves’ board members, IESE professors, alumni and partners.
New investments require a great deal of support, and Finaves’ investors and board members have a wide range of expertise that can be called upon to guide new ventures. Finaves representatives take an active position on the Board of Directors of the companies and advise entrepreneurs on best business practices to help them structure and grow the business during its initial phases.
Finaves provides capital, networks and joint investors to the businesses in which it invests. Additionally, in keeping with the spirit of CEFIE, the Finaves team is in constant contact with non-portfolio companies led by IESE alumni to advise them on all aspects of fundraising and introduce them to other potential investors.
The services Finaves provide to IESE entrepreneurs span the entire business development process, from inception to growth, and include the following:
| Investment readiness | - Market research and investigation |
| - Analysis of the feasibility and scalability of the business model | |
| - Networking and mentoring with relevant business and industry contacts | |
| - Drafting of the business plan | |
| - Preparation of investor presentations | |
| Legal orientation in | - Incorporation of companies |
| - Legal and administrative corporate obligations | |
| - Structuring and drafting of investment contracts and shareholder agreements | |
| Financing through | - Capital investments or participative loans |
| - Support in seeking grants/subsidies from public organisms and institutions | |
| - Approach to investors/co-investors | |
| - Contact with banking entities and financial institutions | |
| Participation in the strategy
and development of the invested companies by means of: | - Governance through the direct presence of investors or IESE professors on the boards of participated companies. |
| - Ongoing monitoring and support from the Finaves team | |
| - Fostering of synergies between the different business projects | |
| - Contribution of knowledge and expertise of the funds' board members and investors | |
| - Support and collaboration of both IESE faculty and the IESE institution | |
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