#Spark capital series#
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Second, simplicity - We developed a product that is very easy to manage and use.

вЂњOur competitive advantage is based on three key anchors: First, being speed - it takes customers only 1 hour to gain complete access to our cloud application. We werenвЂ™t proactively looking for investors, but just like the last round, we received many offers to invest in AxisвЂ™s future.вЂќ What differentiates your platform from other competitors in the zero-trust market? While chatting with Geektime, CEO and co-founder Dor Knafo said that the company wasnвЂ™t planning to fundraise: вЂњWe didnвЂ™t plan on funding after such a short time. The Axis Security cloud-based platform allows private access to company applications, enabling secure and no-network-configuration connection for users from anywhere and from any device in minutes.ДЄxis Security say that their solution solves application access, erasing the need for VPNs, which the company defines as вЂњcomplex and blind to application content,вЂќ specifically when providing access to third-party suppliers. The startup, which first left stealth mode a year ago, has raised $100 million to date. Also participating in the round were existing investors Ten Eleven Ventures, Cyberstarts, and Canaan Partners. The investment was led by Spark Capital, a former investor in Slack, Twitter, and Tumblr.

#Spark capital series#

As a growth company adviser, SPARK assists clients on the buyside, including bespoke acquisition searches вЂ“ unlike many sell-side focused boutiques.Axis Security, an Israeli startup developing cloud-based security for organizational application access, secured $50 million in Series C funding. We have excellent relationships amongst the financial buyer community, successfully completing a number of cross-border transactions utilising our contacts and relevant databases. As an adviser with expertise across the capital structure, we use our leverage knowledge and experience to drive value or introduce debt funders as an alternative to a total sale to best fit client objectives. We believe in running a structured and streamlined sales process, where significant resources are deployed in buyer identification which we believe delivers optimal results and minimises business disruption. SPARK has extensive experience acting on both the buy side and sell side of M&A transactions. As a result, we often become a trusted, independent adviser to our clients. Our partner led approach allows us to take a long-term approach, and to work with clients to optimise their business model in readiness for a potential transaction. We assist clients in the evaluation of strategic key options, undertaking strategic reviews, assessing capital raising options and running acquisition and buyer searches for our clients.

We provide partner led strategic advice to companies looking to grow, to realise capital or to engineer corporate development. We have significant experience in maintaining pricing tension within the fundraising process, optimising the transfer of value from existing shareholders to incoming investors.

#Spark capital free#

SPARK is able to advise clients free from conflict of interest on valuation and overall project viability. From the outset, one of the key benefits we offer is to assist our clients with the selection and management of broker(s) whose underlying clients are the investing institutions. We are independent from any broker, meaning that we provide impartial advice on the approach to IPOs (and life after IPO). We are one of a very small number of firms who are able to act as both a Sponsor for companies seeking a standard or premium Main Market listing and Nominated Adviser to those looking to join AIM. We have an enormous depth of experience in successfully bringing companies to market and raising capital in a broad range of sectors, including both trading companies and investment vehicles (such as VCTs) in the UK and internationally. We advise companies seeking a listing in the UK on the Main Market or AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange, or on AQSE.