ONSIDE / INTERVIEW
SENECA SUPPORTS BUSINESS
Nick Leitch explains what’s special about how the Seneca team source new opportunities to back
business. Interview by Michael Taylor
What’s special about how Seneca operates?
Aside from targeting opportunities that present attractive
returns, the key common factor is the number of ‘off
market’ opportunities we are introduced to from our
networks. Seneca are able to support a broad range of
transactions to small and medium sized enterprises (SME),
either Management Buyouts (MBOs), Management Buyins (MBIs), partial or full exits, refinancing opportunities,
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turnarounds and the provision of growth capital. It’s
a market where we have a strong brand and a highly
respected team. Few transactions are straightforward
therefore our introducers want to work with a team that
have the expertise and can deliver. As a result we also seek
to avoid auction processes and the related risk of inflated
entry valuations for investments.