What do we finance?

Ensuring an appropriate working capital level is crucial for every company, especially the ones that expect strong revenue growth, have long production cycle, are exposed to sales seasonality or require flexible solutions for suppliers and clients. CVI understands that additional and often unpredictable elements also come into play, such as one-off sizeable contract or liquidity shortages that require a quick response.

CVI can provide funds to strengthen working capital through a range of instruments, from senior financing to subordinated financing to minority equity investments. CVI financing can be launched as new financing, to pay down existing debt, or to supplement existing financing in the company, including bank financing.

CVI finances capital expenditures related to product or service development, production or warehousing capacity extension, etc. CVI can base its analysis not only on historical results, but also on projected results that include additional growth from the utilisation of the agreed capital expenditure. This differentiates CVI from banks which typically base their analysis solely on historical figures and require heavy additional collateral.

CVI can provide funds for investment through a range of instruments, from senior financing to subordinated financing to minority equity investments. CVI financing can be launched as new financing, paying down existing debt or as a supplement to existing financing in a company, including bank financing.

Companies often acquire other companies. CVI has experience across the whole region and can support such acquisitions as a sole provider of capital or in combination with other capital providers, such as banks. CVI supports both one-off acquisitions as well as buy & build strategies. CVI is experienced in cross-border transactions, which can sometimes be difficult for other providers.

CVI can provide M&A funding through a range of instruments, from senior financing to subordinated financing to minority equity investments. CVI financing can be launched as a stand-alone financing or as part of a larger transaction financing package, including jointly with banks.

Business development or personal plans can sometimes require changes in the shareholder structure. In CVI we have tools that allow us to offer shareholder buyout in both private and public companies. CVI finances both full company buyouts (leverage buyouts, management buyouts) or buyouts of individual shareholders, quite often holding minority stakes.

At CVI, we offer tools to finance both shareholder buyouts in a private company and to finance a tender offer for shares in a listed company. To finance shareholder buyouts, we can offer debt financing instruments, but also private equity instruments with the possibility of taking minority stakes.

In a refinancing process, older financing (delivered by various financial institutions) is replaced by a new financing structure that is specifically tailored to the needs of the company at that time. In many cases, refinancing takes place when new investors enter the company and redefine the strategic plans. As part of the refinancing, CVI can offer unitranche, junior or mezzanine debt solutions.

CVI can provide funds for refinancing through a range of instruments, from senior financing to subordinated financing to minority equity investments. CVI financing can be launched as a stand-alone financing or as part of a larger refinancing package, including jointly with banks.

The use of additional debt to finance a one-off dividend to private or institutional investors is usually used in companies that have stable cash flows and a proven business model. Investors use this mechanism to get back a portion of the invested capital. CVI can offer a wide range of solutions for these purposes.

CVI is able to enter restructuring processes, including acquiring debt from banks or suppliers that want to exit companies. In difficult liquidity situations or restructuring processes, available collateral plays a crucial role, while additional capital support from shareholders is often also very important.

CVI can provide funds for restructuring through a range of instruments, from senior financing to subordinated financing to minority equity investments. CVI financing can be launched as new financing, to pay down existing debt or to supplement existing financing in the company, including bank financing.