Peter Varga at SLOVCA: Alternative Financing for Growing Companies 2025 conference on bond and fund options for raising capital for venture capital/private equity companies

On 12 March 2025, entrepreneurs and investment experts met at The SPOT in Bratislava for a conference on financing opportunities for growing companies. Experts from investment, private equity and venture capital discussed the challenges and opportunities in raising capital.

Among the speakers was also Peter Varga, co-founder and partner of Highgate Group, who presented the opportunities and challenges in raising capital through funds and bond issues, emphasizing the necessity to have professionalized accounting and CFO services, even in smaller companies that can outsource CFO services. Thus, for example:

• alibistic determination of accounting depreciation as well as tax depreciation distorts the accounting in front of the bank, the investor or the buyer;
• a poorly set up calculation of custom production not only distorts the accounting but also reduces the likelihood of the entrepreneur making informed decisions; or
• poorly set up analytics for individual services or goods distort the transparency of accounting and financial indicators.

At Highgate Group, we strive to give entrepreneurs a helping hand on these topics as well. To have legal, tax, accounting and eventually CFO services under one roof and at the same time it is also cost effective.

If you are interested in this topic, please do not hesitate to contact us:

• Peter Varga, e-mail: peter.varga@highgate.sk

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