stu@remap.online, Author at GCI Funds

Scale Up Finance

Bridging the valuation canyon

Why we launched the GCI Leap Capital Growth Fund When we launched GCI’s Leap Capital Growth Fund in November 2019, our goal was simple. We wanted to provide founders and early shareholders of emerging fast-growing companies with an alternative funding option. Typically, scale-up businesses would seek to raise equity from what was at that point […]

Strategic Capital

Finding balance in the valuation gap

Like many people in the Australian business community, a number of us at GCI start our day with the Australian Financial Review (AFR). Last Friday, these words in an article by James Thomson caught our attention: “but in an uncertain world, the question of what is fair value looms large”. In this piece, Thomson was highlighting the […]

Asset Backed Finance

Is the great Aussie dream turning into a nightmare for some?

With inflation and interest rates on the rise, lenders are increasingly scrutinising expenses such as home ownership when assessing borrower risks, reducing access to credit for many consumers and small businesses. Home ownership has traditionally been seen as the great Australian dream and has traditionally be seen as a positive when underwriting unsecured consumer or […]

Strategic Capital

The ‘ATO Bank’ is Closing for Business

Recent months have seen an increase in speculation as to whether we are seeing the first signs of distress appear in corporate Australia. Whilst the construction industry has laid bare its woes with the collapse of construction giant ProBuild and others, the cracks are appearing in several sectors, particularly where price increases cannot be passed […]