FUND RAISE
Smart Capital Solutions
Our Advisory team sources and introduces optimal funding solutions for start-ups and scale-ups from equity or growth capital to venture debt & financing packages. Our network of investment partners can lead, raise or co-invest with angels, private equity, venture capital, capital managers or family offices & foundations.
Strategic Value-Add
We focus not just on delivering successful deals but leveraging our highly experienced team and established network of partners to build long-term value-add relationships for founders and investors alike. We take a creative approach to winning deals, building strategic partnerships or securing lifetime funding options.
Quality Curated Dealflow
Our deal flow comes via referrals from industry sources or established institutions and a trusted investor base grown over several years, which in itself is a testament to how Argento is regarded by those it deals with. We truly believe in our clients so we often invest directly or take some of our fees in equity.
Expert Founder Funding
Founders often struggle to source capital, unsure of the best option or how to best present their story, often lacking in the knowledge to deal with institutional investors. Argento introduces founding teams to sources of capital, taking a hands-on approach to ensuring they are best prepared to market themselves to investors.
Tailored Investor Fit
Prior to introducing an opportunity to investors, we assess it to establish fit and viability. Following this process, our Advisory team appraises the relevance of each opportunity and works to source capital on the best terms for clients. We leverage our IGNITE platform to deliver long-term benefits and additional client value.
Investor Mandates
For the professional investor community, Argento acts as a trusted partner in introducing unique, high-quality opportunities from around the globe. We have a track record of building long-term relationships with select investors and look to deliver lucrative opportunities. We can also scout for suitable projects based on investor mandates.
Optimal Investor Matching
When first introduced to an investor, we work to understand their specific criteria to find which of our pre-vetted investment opportunities are most relevant. This ensures that the opportunities we put in front of investors are clearly outlined, attractive and fit the investor objectives.
RAISE CLIENTS
RAISE CASE STUDIES
US MedTech
US Big Data
US MedTech
Secured a major Term Sheet for a MedTech startup - after modifying their go-to-market and product development strategies - to improve their product, develop AI capabilities and facilitate their a rapidly growing order book
EU FinTech
US Big Data
US MedTech
Led and secured multiple Angel rounds which enabled our client to pivot towards more attractive market segments - which has ramped up sales considerably to position a 12M EUR Series A in 2023.
US Big Data
US Big Data
EU Cybersecurity
Helped pivot the client to secure $12M Series A investment to transform the company into an enterprise-grade Big Data platform – and later arranged follow-on investment and brokered a transatlantic merger opportunity.
EU Cybersecurity
EU Cybersecurity
EU Cybersecurity
Pitched and secured first $2M Seed round from UK angel syndicate - was significantly over-subscribed. Client finished and launched product to critical acclaim and has seen continued global market success.
UK Analytics
EU Cybersecurity
UK Analytics
Helped pivot the client to secure Angel and later Series A rounds to fund overseas expansion, then re-positioned the client within the international landscape and developed early sales wins. Later brokered M&A deal from sector leader.
US BioTech
EU Cybersecurity
UK Analytics
Evaluated their investment proposition and created a compelling investor case that led to their first Seed and Series A investments. Attracted notable BioTech funds to support their research and cultivated future Pharma sales
EMEA Software
EU-US Green Tech
EMEA Software
We defined clear product proposition that helped the client gain early sales which validated their market attractiveness. Later we managed their US market entry and secured local distribution partners. This set them up for $10M Series A with leading US Private Equity firms.
UK MedTech
EU-US Green Tech
EMEA Software
Developed the Business plan, Financials, Go-to-market and agreed initial Seed to help secure client's first major customer acquisition - with a follow-up $9M funding agreed based on achieving targets over 2-3 years.
EU-US Green Tech
EU-US Green Tech
EU-US Green Tech
The client was not making traction, so we re-focused their market strategy and product-market fit to help gain notable reference sales wins. We used this market traction to attract several top tier ESG investors including Private Equity funds.
ARGENTO INVESTOR NETWORK
Intelligent Connections
Our Advisory team manages our relationships with investors and founders. For investors, we facilitate intelligent introductions to clients raising capital. Before that we work with clients to refine their business strategy and prepare quality investor materials suitable for investor evaluation. Our objective is to connect promising clients to appropriate sources of capital in the most efficient way for all stakeholders.
Deep Financial Expertise
Our partners bring decades of serial entrepreneurship (multiple exits), deep CxO connections at thousands of corporate enterprises, as well as Wall Street banking & fund management experience. While we work directly with our core investor base, we have over the years expanded this to reputable and regulated investment partners across Europe, US, UK and the Gulf.
Global Investor Reach
These are professional investors or qualified investment managers who bring a depth of knowledge and broad pools of investors, from Angels, Family Offices, Investment Funds, Foundations, Capital Managers, VCs, Private Equity and Investment Banks. This means we have more reach and wider pool of investors to quickly ascertain fit for a particular project.
Investor Profiling
We develop profiles for each of the investors in our network based upon several characteristics including:
- Sector of focus
- Company stage of development
- Geographic location
- Round of investment
- Fundraising amount
Family Offices
Argento has trusted relationships with many Family Offices and their Foundations or Endowments across Europe, the Gulf and the Americas. We have over 2,700 families in our network but deal with the 360 most active on sector-specific opportunities. Families deploy minimum $5M per investment. Their investment approach is similar to an owner-operator and they take 5-10 year investment horizon.
Angel Clusters
We have dealt with angels for 25 years, we know their motivations and concerns intimately. Be they solo investors or part of angel associations, we are adapt at positioning our clients to maximize angels interest and we provide them with regular updates which angels greatly value. While more opportunistic leaning, we cluster angels into chosen interest groups and only present clients of particular interest.
VC and Private Equity
We have excellent relationships with as many as 900 VC firms across Europe and the US mostly – besides dealing with we them, we helped organize the Web Summit investor conferences for many years. Similarly we have strong personal connections to the leading Private Equity firms from smaller sector leaders up to the world’s largest investor groups.
Investment Funds
Increasingly as the investment sector evolves more investment funds are constantly created. Through our own efforts but more broadly through our partner networks, we work with sector or stage specific funds across Europe, the Gulf and the Americas – from capital managers to hedge funds to leveraged asset to private funds.