Christian Gabriel on capital raising | Shieldcast

Fundraising: Christian Gabriel on capital raising and creating private company equity liquidity

Concluding our special five part Fundraising series, this episode of Shieldcast talks with the Capdesk founder about capital raising, preparing your investor shop window and creating private company equity liquidity for investors and employees.

In this episode of Shieldcast:

• How building relationships early on in the company lifecycle can yield capital later on
• Why venture capital funding can change the dynamics of your investor relations
• When to plan for fundraising rounds that will complement your company culture
• Why private companies are staying private for longer and how Capdesk helps employees get much needed transparency and liquidity over their shareholding
• What happens practically when you’ve raised Series A funding, with the right people in the door to start delivering results. 

Listen to this fundraising edition of Shieldcast to find out more!

About our guest

Christian is co-founder and CEO of fast-growing fintech platform Capdesk, founded on the wisdom of 10 years experience in the equity investment sector as a director for the investment platform FundedByMe and as managing partner of the Corporate Finance House, providing specialist financial guidance.

Capdesk is the rising star of the alternative corporate investment market by helping businesses to release equity through employees and partners. Recently working with Shieldpay and Seedrs, Capdesk processed almost £1M in liquidity in July 2020 alone, using their new secondaries feature.