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Growth financing for your business?

Review the steps in the financing process

Every day, we help entrepreneurs who are looking for financing to grow their businesses. They often want to explore their options first and find out what is involved in applying for financing. And that's great! Our investment managers are familiar with many financial options and are happy to help entrepreneurs get started. Curious about what is involved in applying to LIOF? On this page, you will find the steps we go through together when we use the Limburg Startup Capital Fund for financing.

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How do we proceed?

It starts with an exploratory discussion about your financing needs. Among other things, we will discuss whether your request fits within the framework we use. This is because your innovation must offer a solution to the challenges of tomorrow. Depending on how far you are with developing your innovation, we will start the financing process. We may first take a side step and help you refine your business plan. Below are the steps we will then go through together if financing from the Limburg Startup Capital Fund (LSCF) proves to be the best fit.

The steps in the LSCF funding process

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The initial contact.
Introduction and discussion of investment needs and financing requirements (often a face-to-face meeting).
Discussing the steps in the financing process.

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Share your business plan, including financial information such as forecasts (and any background information). The Limburg Early Stage Fund (LVFF) has an application form, while the Seed Fund Limburg (SFL) requires a business plan.
Analysing business plans and financial, legal and technical aspects.
Discuss analyses and insights regarding the financing question.
Optional: interviews with key stakeholders.
The investment manager draws up a term sheet (at SFL) and/or conditions sheet (LVFF), which is a quotation for the financing.

The investment manager draws up an investment proposal and discusses any questions about it with the entrepreneur.
Investment proposal is submitted to the investment committee (monthly meeting).
At SFL, the entrepreneur is invited to give a presentation about his/her business plans.
The investment committee will issue an opinion on the proposal.

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Develop a term sheet or conditions sheet into a fully-fledged contract.
Drafting and signing contracts.
Payment of financing. And, if necessary, notarisation.

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Interim financial reports.
Regular contact, consultation, including through shareholders' meetings, advice.
Matching companies with the LIOF network.
Working towards a desirable exit or repayment of the loan in the long term.

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We are happy to help you with:

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Advice on starting or growing your business.
Access to our extensive network within and outside Limburg, such as co-financiers.
Financing options from various funds.

Three funds

for your growth plans

It doesn't matter what stage you're at. Whether you're still working on an idea or starting your business, or whether you're busy growing your business. You can always discuss financing with us. We have various funds with different types of financing to make your growth plans possible:

The Limburg Startup Capital Fund, a fund with two financial instruments for developing innovations from idea to market.
The Participation Fund, a fund for innovative SMEs that want to grow or are considering a takeover, business succession or turnaround.
The SME Transition Loan, a (subordinated) loan for SMEs, where co-financing is at least 50% of the loan amount provided and where a demonstrable impact is made on one of the transitions.

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You don't need to wonder whether LIOF is right for you: just give us a call. We will work with you to see how we can help your business grow (further).