SME has partnered with world-class Canadian firm Intercap and Egyptian counterpart Intercap Capital to deliver an outsourcing service of professional-standard valuation and investment appraisal services at affordable rates for investment bankers, venture capital firms, business valuers and financial advisors.
In short, we save you significant time and financial resources involved in your due diligence and reporting preparation processes, whilst maintaining a world-class professional level of quality.
Our experts are Canadian-accredited Chartered Business Valuators (CBV) operating according to the guidelines and code of ethics of the Canadian Chartered Business Valuation Institute (CBVI). All Business Valuations are carried out according to the valuation standards of the institute.
Since its founding in 2000, Intercap has helped its investment capital, financing and business valuation partners as well as business clients with affordable services and solutions for their business ideas.
We support investors, entrepreneurs and companies seeking to optimise their operations, expand, diversify their activities and outsource aspects of their labour-intensive due diligence and financial data analysis processes.
Our outsourced financial analysis services cover:
Mergers And Acquisitions
Applicable to small and midsize companies in various stages of development in order to buy, sell or find an ideal partner that matches their business philosophy and their management model.
Business Research Opportunities:
For entrepreneurs, investors and funds looking for specific investment opportunities, we help them find, analyse and evaluate target companies, minimising costs and investment risks.
Merge or Acquire:
For companies, entrepreneurs, investors and funds looking for specific investment opportunities, we help them find, compare, analyse and evaluate target companies, minimising costs and investment risks. Depending on the targeted sector and the market conditions the research process can take a few weeks to a few months.
Business Buy/Sell Transactions
Assistance with preparation of IMs and investment proposals and preparation of marketing plans to attract the most motivated buyers and overall analysis of buy sell opportunities.
Sell side services:
- Business value estimation
- Business sale preparation (short, medium and long term)
- Marketing and sale strategy
- Finding buyers and key investors
- Negotiations
- Review and enhancement of documentation
- Buy side services:
- Business research
- Feasibility studies
- Financial statements analysis
- Modelling and projections
- Due diligence
- Negotiations
- Financing
Financing / Capital Raise
Assistance with documentation aimed at acquiring funding to complete a purchase, restructuring, expansion, recapitalisation or share liquidation. We can assist with determining the capital structure best suited to particular situations and establishing a focused business plan and negotiate the best terms for you.
We support you in preparing documentation to conventional lending institutions such as chartered banks, insurance companies, etc., along with non-conventional, institutional or private sources offering second mortgages, equity loans or mezzanine loans. We can assist in the preparation of documents for commercial property acquisitions or refinance existing loans.
We can help with the following financing options:
- Common and Preferred Shares
- Majority or minority investments
- Recapitalisation and Restructuring.
- Mezzanine financing
- Senior debt and subordinated debt
- Redemption by executives
- Loans
- Grants
Business Valuations
In an M & A transaction, we are often engaged by clients to prepare Business Valuations executed to understand – and defend – the fair market value of the business, whether on the buyer or seller’s side.
We cover situations such as:
- Strategic Planning
- Redemption of shares of one or more partners by the Company (Treasury Buys)
- Formation of a system of an employee stock option plan
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Financing
- Obtaining venture capital funding for startups
- Private placements
- Litigation support
- Tax planning
- Estate Planning
- Divorce Settlements
- All other transactions requiring an expert opinion