SME & Alternative Business Finance
Through ZeeAssist Superfast Capital, I have spent many years helping small and medium businesses navigate cash flow challenges and identify alternative funding solutions outside traditional bank finance.
Having worked extensively across debtor finance, invoice finance, trade finance and other forms of alternative business funding, I understand that the right finance solution is rarely one-size-fits-all.
Today, my involvement in this area is more selective. Rather than trying to provide every solution directly, I use my experience and industry relationships to help businesses understand their options and, where appropriate, connect them with lenders and finance providers suited to their particular circumstances.
The objective remains the same, helping good businesses access the working capital they need to operate, grow and manage cash flow more effectively.
Solutions may include:
Single Invoice Finance
A flexible working capital solution that allows businesses to access funding against selected invoices rather than waiting for customers to pay. This can be particularly useful where a business has strong receivables but needs greater flexibility around short-term cash flow.
Debtor & Invoice Finance
Funding solutions structured around a business's accounts receivable, helping convert invoices into working capital and providing greater certainty around day-to-day cash flow.
Trade Finance
Funding designed to assist businesses with supplier and inventory payments, helping bridge the timing gap between paying suppliers and receiving revenue from customers.
Industry-Specific Finance
Through established finance relationships, I can also assist with identifying specialist solutions for particular industries and circumstances, including debtor finance solutions for automotive repair and panel businesses.
Finding the Right Solution
Alternative business finance has changed considerably over the years, with a growing number of specialist lenders offering different structures, criteria and funding models.
For me, the value is no longer simply in offering a particular finance product, it is in understanding the business, identifying what it actually needs and connecting it with the right people.
Where an opportunity sits outside my own area of focus, I am happy to draw on my network and refer businesses to trusted finance professionals and providers who may be better positioned to assist.
It is an area of my career that has taught me a great deal about business, cash flow and capital, and one that continues to complement the work I do today across finance, investment and capital solutions.