Sam Smith
@SamSmithTF
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Founder and former Chief Exec @finnCap. NED and Scale Up Champion. Entrepreneur. Advisor. Author. Mother. Passionate about ambitious companies.
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Joined December 2014
I am delighted to be @LSEplc this morning to welcome the #IPO of finnCap Group plc! It is a testament to the combined strengths and long-term potential of @finnCap and @CavendishCF that we can float in a challenging market and I am excited for a prosperous future together.
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An important subject covered by The Entrepreneurs Network on Uni spin outs #growth #Entrepreneurship
🚨🎓 NEW @tenthinktank REPORT 🚨🎓 Britain has some of the world’s top universities – but we underperform on turning academic research into commercial success. In Academic to Entrepreneur, @antonhowes, @Sam_Dumitriu and I look at how the UK can become a true spinout superpower.
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Thanks to everyone who bought the book today. I am very excited it made No. 1 bestseller. @RethinkPress
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My new book! Inclusive Culture is so important and a real growth driver. Out on amazon today and for next 48hrs 99p on kindle e book. https://t.co/h8FEAgx1dQ
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Education needs a rethink to give children the skills they need #notjustmaths
🚨 NEW: Today we launch our latest report! 🚨 Written in partnership with @youngenterprise, What Applied Learning Really Looks Like examines what applied learning is, how it can prepare children for life beyond school, and what schools can do to implement it more widely… (1/11)
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Looking forward to speaking at #ScaleupWeek2022 where I’ll be discussing the crucial issues facing growing businesses as they look to harness the vast opportunities for growth in a decade of change. If you’d like to join you can find out more & register at https://t.co/oCBJCIaoMr
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Great to sit down with @acatherwoodnews for @BBCRadio4 @BBCWomansHour to discuss how we've continued to build the culture of doing things differently, with a focus on inclusion, at @finnCap, and how things have changed for women in the finance industry
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How easy is it to access all-girl teams around England?
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@SamSmithTF was the first, and youngest woman to ever to run a stockbroking company in the UK. She is now stepping down and speaks to @JessCreighton1 about how things have changed for women in finance.
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Our Consumer Sector M&A team have found an ideal partner for @barburtweeto in The Restaurant Group, to take the strong hospitality brand that Barburrito has created on the next stage of its growth journey.
Delighted to have advised on the sale of @barburtweeto, on its sale to The Restaurant Group plc. The sale to TRG will enable the business to expand its footprint across the UK and strengthen its offering. Read more: https://t.co/L0dBvZRx3n
#consumer #restaurant #entrepreneur
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Yesterday we launched the new APPG ‘Education Entrepreneurship’ report by @TenThinkTank & @finnCap proposing to add entrepreneurship to the curriculum Read the report: https://t.co/8TnRuIjBNj And please sign our petition: https://t.co/keYBkrGsq7
#teachentrepreneurship
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Link to the letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AkYhDchm1wwvjnYxK-s5aXUx7F7SJvT5w1CrbeYXMCE/edit?usp=sharing Any questions: [email protected]
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The finance world is booming with exciting new tech players and property finance is no different, so I’m delighted that we’re joining @LendInvest , which is disrupting the property finance sector with its tech platform, on its onward growth journey
finnCap Capital Markets is delighted to announce our appointment as Joint Broker to @LendInvest (Market Cap: £244m). LendInvest is a technology-focused property finance asset manager. We are looking forward to accompanying LendInvest on the next phase of its growth trajectory.
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Proud to be on Taskforce on Women-Led High-Growth Enterprises supporting #femalefounders. Launched by @trussliz, chair @AnneBoden, includes @ES_Entrepreneur @JuneAngelides @PoppyGustafsson @adepledge @deepalinangia @checkwarner @zandramoore and more https://t.co/yHbuTZqz8D
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The ‘Taskforce on Women-Led High-Growth Enterprises’ will support women entrepreneurs, tackle investing barriers, and increase the number of women-led fast-growing businesses.
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An honour to be mentioned as a Top 32 ESG Pioneer. My thanks to @BLeaderNews: https://t.co/DeMi9h8lB5 for recognising our support of businesses of tomorrow – offering strategic advisory & capital raising services to businesses driving innovation, social and environmental impact
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We’ve worked with @Ideagen_Plc for many years and they’ve consistently demonstrated incredible growth ambitions, so I’m delighted that we can support them once again with this fundraise to drive their acquisitions strategy.
finnCap is delighted to advise @Ideagen_Plc on its oversubscribed £103.5m Placing in support of its acquisition strategy. Ideagen is a leading supplier of #InformationManagement #Software to highly regulated industries. finnCap acted as NOMAD & Joint Broker.
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A privilege to judge today’s NatWest @everywomanUK Awards #eWawards. Congratulations to the nominees that inspire the UK’s female-led companies. These are the businesses of tomorrow and this is a fantastic opportunity to recognise that. I look forward to seeing where you go next
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Great to speak with @CityAM & a privilege to be involved in the 25x25 initiative, helping boost number of female CEOs in the FTSE 100. We’ve worked on many IPOs unfortunately rarely for co's with #femalefounders. There's an opportunity now to affect change https://t.co/hInMI06xyc
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Sam Smith has led FinnCap through a particularly busy six months, as a flurry of activity in the M&A and IPO markets helped the City broker achieve Sam Smith has led FinnCap through a particularly...
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Another great innovator hits #AIM today; we’re delighted to have advised Eneraqua Technologies on this landmark #IPO & £20m Placing. This opens new doors for the development of its products in energy and water efficiency. Excited to accompany Eneraqua on its next phase of growth
We are delighted to advise Eneraqua Technologies #ETP on its admission to AIM and £20m Placing. Eneraqua is a specialist in energy & water efficiency, helping customers to reduce carbon emissions and water consumption. On #IPO, Eneraqua has received the @LSEplc #GreenEconomy Mark
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I’m very much looking forward to this discussion tomorrow which looks set to cover all sorts of themes for global growth businesses and our thanks go to @CriticaleyeUK for hosting.
We look forward to John Farrugia, Managing Partner @CavendishCF, speaking at @CriticaleyeUK virtual Growth Company Forum #GCForum, held in association with finnCap, as leaders convene to discuss the global outlook for growth businesses. From 8:30am tomorrow (29/9/21)
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Our Tech Research team turn their attention to IT and tech innovation in the global healthcare industry in this latest finnCap Insights report. If you have interests in these sectors and would like to find out more about what this all means for investors I’d recommend downloading
#Healthcare has been slow to adopt #digitaltechnology but it can bring efficiency, time and cost savings, all much needed in the sector in years ahead. Our Tech Research team reviews #healthtech in light of #COVID19. Download our new report: https://t.co/AI9Rhh8tCA
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A great result for our ever busy Life Sciences team working with @genedriveplc. Very happy to be able to support such an exciting company at the cutting edge of molecular diagnostics innovation.
finnCap Capital Markets is delighted to have advised @genedriveplc, a commercial-stage molecular #diagnostics business, on its fundraise of up to £10.5m via a placing and open offer. finnCap acted as Joint Broker.
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A huge honour to be shortlisted in two @AIM_Awards categories, ‘2021 Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ and ‘Diversity Champion Award’. We are passionate about both and delighted to be recognised for our ambition to promote entrepreneurship and diversity. https://t.co/dix6owyUBb
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