Londra has as its principal a leading ventures professional, Martin Stockman.

Martin Stockman has extensive contacts within the technology sector and the wider investment community. He has access to high quality projects and, most importantly, a network of funders with appetite for early stage technology investment. These include well-known Angel investors and Venture Capital funds. Martin ran the ventures at a major computer company and has brokered many deals as an independent business development consultant

What is the Equity Gap? Many businesses working in the hi-tech space find it hard to raise investment funding when they have early (or relatively modest) revenues. The challenge they face is that they are too mature for the business angel – who might typically invest £50k to £250k in a pre-revenue company – and too early for the classical Venture Capital investor which might only want to back a company with, say, over £1m in earnings. Some people refer to this stage as the Equity Gap, mainly because many well-run companies, with early market penetration and, perhaps, some intellectual property, don’t fit the criteria of the process-driven corporate finance community. The founders of Londra, however, have compiled a database of qualified investors – be they family funds, high net worths, niche VCTs, regional / sector specific investors or angel groups – that look to invest in businesses looking for funding in the Equity Gap.

Preparing for Investment meetings. Ken and his associates have attended hundreds of investor meetings (as Investors, Entrepreneurs and Brokers!) and know what each specific funder may require to proceed with a fundraising. With this in mind Londra offer assistance with the preparation of Business Plans, Executive Summaries, Financial Projections, and the actual Investor Presentations. The key added value here is the appreciation of each funder’s investment criteria, and, specifically, which elements of an investment proposition are prioritised in their decision-making.