Nicolas Christiaen, CEO en mede-stichter van Cashforce, komt de financieringsstrategie toelichten van zijn groeibedrijf dat een cloudoplossing heeft ontwikkeld voor treasurers en CFO's van middelgrote tot grote multinationals die de cashflow van hun bedrijf moeten beheren en plannen. Cashforce heeft begin dit jaar twee miljoen euro opgehaald bij een aantal grote investeerders.

1. MAY THE
BE WITH YOU

2. *Best-in-class & award-winning technology
- Best Practice in Working Capital - CFO magazine
- European Fintech Awards – Nomination
- …
Cashforce is a ‘next-generation’* Cash & Smart Treasury Platform,
focused on automation and integration.
• Team of Cash flow & IT specialists
• Offices in Europe (BE, NL, FR, UK) & US (New York)
• Our clients are large to mid-size global enterprises
• Backed by Techstars Ventures (US), Volta Ventures & Pamica (EU)
Some of our References – Users in over 120 countries
What isWhat is

3. Order-to-Cash Analytics
Purchase-to-Pay Analytics
Inventory Analytics
Bank statement processing
Statement translation &
validation
Bank Account Management
Outgoing payment
processing
Integration of ERP
& other data sets
Manual input with audit trail
Smart Cash flow logics
Simulations
Target Balancing / Funding
Actuals vs Forecast Analysis
Forecast vs Forecast Analysis
Bank Balance Reporting
Automated Cash Flow
Classification based on G/L &
bank statements
Bank fee analysis
Credit facility Management
GL - Bank
account reconciliation
Cash Flow
Management
Cash Flow
Forecasting
Working Capital
Analytics
Smart
Treasury
Bank connectivity
& payments
Cashforce connects Treasury and Finance with the business
Deal Management
Treasury accounting &
payments
Market data integration
FX exposure Management
ICO netting
Cash pooling
& in-house bank mgmt.
Bank covenant reporting
By third party

4. © Cashforce
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Unlock Working
capital
Working Capital
Analytics

5. © Cashforce
Understand your
cash flows
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Cash Flow
Management

6. © Cashforce
Cash Flow
Forecasting
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Make an accurate
forecast

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Smart
Treasury
Nothing like a
classic TMS

8. The start
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9. Our road to...
Start Cashforce 2014
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Problem/Solution Fit
by bootstrapping
...
Do I have a problem worth solving?
Product Pivot! Techstars accelerator
2015

10. Where to find investment ?
Source: www.blog.capitalpitch.com

11. 2016
...
Our road to...
Start Cashforce 2014
Seed round (€1M)
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Problem/Solution
Fit by
bootstrapping
Product/Market
Fit by raising
money
Have I built something people want?

12. What do you need?

13. Does your story make sense?

14. What do you offer = Valuation

15. Some of our references – Users in over 120 countries
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16. “Toen de bestuurders positieve feedback over ons
product kregen uit hun netwerk, werd het enthousiasme
alleen maar groter”
Source: What the fund- Nathalie De Ceulaer

17. Signing off

18. The board
• Strategy
• Monitoring progress
• Sounding board
• Intros & hiring

19. “Het voelt heel “safe”, als je dan
ineens 1 miljoen euro op de
bankrekening hebt staan. Maar
dat duurt maar even. Al heel snel
voel je de druk om te presteren
en om de KPI’s te behalen.”
Source: What the fund- Nathalie De Ceulaer

20. 2018
2016
...
Our road to...
Start Cashforce 2014
Seed round (€1M)
Series A round (€2M)
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International scale-up
Problem/Solution
Fit
Product/Market
Fit
Scaling
How do I accelerate growth?

21. USA
BE
NL
FR
UK
Geographical expansion ambition 21
End 2018

22. Building an eco-system of partners
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PRIVATE EQUITY
CREDIT COLLECTION
MARKET DATA PROVIDERS
TREASURY ADVISORY
ERP / ACCOUNTING
DEAL TRADING PLATFORM
BANK CONNECTIVITY & PAYMENTS
BANKING

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What’s next?

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• Scaling (internationally)
• Expanding the Cashforce eco-system
• Continuously developing the product

25. nicolas.christiaen@cashforce.com
+32 479 65 52 95
Nicolas Christiaen
Managing Partner