Here is a list of 10 of our success stories chosen to give you a picture of the businesses we work with.

Business Management Software

We helped a Web Based Business Management System for Opticians raise £600,000 from Angels, two small venture capital funds and a bank.

Pharma

Over £370,000 was raised for a pharmaceutical development company Located at Oxford Science Park and this company successfully floated on the AIM stock market 2 years later.

Data Cabling

A £5m turnover business based in West Midlands where ownership change and a period of adverse trading had resulted in a severe deterioration in working capital. Others had proposed a £0.75m equity refinancing that would have diluted the owner to 50% or even less. With the help of the company’s accountants we devised and negotiated an extended debt repayment plan then raised £150k in equity. Result: the owner retains 75+% equity control.

Foreign Language Translation Software

A start-up company approach us with a business plan, over the next 2 years we raised just under £2m the major part of which was done on a full Companies Act prospectus to enable the company to build its product and come to market.

Vending Business

A business with a turnover of under £50k based in Midlands wished to acquire a business in the same sector with turnover of over £1m which had an excellent strategic fit. The vendors offered a period of exclusivity and we help find £630k of equity finance from a group of private investors plus two highly experienced non-executives with industry experience. The fund raising and take-over was completed in four months and one day.

Building Trade

his Kent based Company specialises in brick, concrete and masonry repairs, specifically for bridges, arches and tunnels, using a Patented System and Specialist Material. We found them £100,000 from an Angel.

Telecoms

We assisted a very small company who was involved in negotiations with banks over a new loan and intense negotiations with a major plc over the joint marketing of our the company’s new technology. Our ideas; reputation and presence created that extra layer of confidence in the small company. We introduced specialist marketers and working with the company’s existing accountants and lawyers we helped to implement a new corporate structure to maximise ownership of their intellectual property while motivating the plc to sign a key distribution agreement. Result: the company was successful in obtaining the contract and the loan funding.

Leisure Sector

As Corporate Advisor we advised the first company to use Investbx to raise funds. This issue of new shares was successfully floated at a time when the main stock markets were falling rapidly and confidence had just been hit by the first realisation of the size of the credit crunch and the problems at Northern Rock.

Charity Search Engine

ABA found £22,500 from an Angel and £75,000 from an Early Growth Fund for an Internet “pay for performance” Marketing Model.

HI Tech Company

ABA helped a Battery-less tyre monitoring company received £25,000 from an Angel and £25,000 from an Early Growth Fund.