Wellspring Global Capital works with clients in the public and private sectors to design and develop innovative financing structures that ensure the most efficient and appropriate financing is successfully obtained for projects and their sponsors.
We have structured, managed and advised on a comprehensive spectrum of complex, large-scale project financings and public private partnerships (PPPs) completed internationally across schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, tunnels, prisons, rail, telecommunications, energy from waste, wastewater treatment and social housing.
We are particularly adept at engaging not only with banks but also newly emergent infrastructure funds – as they and other forms of capital (government, bank and institutional funding) seek to meet an infrastructure gap estimated at $1 trillion in low and middle income countries.
Our capital-raising services are aimed at delivering the most suitable debt and equity funding package to a project.
We assist our clients with all aspects of capital-raising, including:
• Transaction/legal structuring, including structuring of special purpose vehicles for project execution.
• Financial modeling and structuring, security structuring.
• Development of the project information memoranda (PIM) and prospectus.
• Identification and matching projects and funding requirements to appropriate lenders and investors, and subsequent capital raising.
• Managing the financing documentation, and negotiation of funding agreements up to financial close on behalf of clients.
Senior debt, mezzanine debt, working capital, including bridging finance facilities.
Equity funding for mergers and acquisitions, including leveraged finance transactions (MBO’s, MBI’s) and preference share funding for BEE transactions.
Early stage project preparation funding for feasibility studies and other early-stage project development activities.
• Sell your uncollected invoices to us.
• We dispense a percentage of the invoice value upfront, and we take our capital and fee once the invoices are paid.
• The next invoices are then to be presented for Discounting, and the process repeats itself.
• Quick solution to cash flow problems: Invoice Discounting releases cash that you’ve got locked in your customer invoices, shortening working capital cycles. Commercial loans can take weeks or even months, whereas Invoice Discounting can be processed within approximately 10 business days.
• There’s no credit or collateral at stake: In most cases, you won’t need to use any of your assets as collateral as your loan is based on invoices that your customers will pay in the future. Invoice Discounting turns your accounts receivable (debtors journal) into liquid cash.
• Invoice Discounting is completely confidential: Unlike Invoice Factoring, your customers won’t be aware of your loan and will never need to deal with a third party.
• Allows more room for credit sales: You can improve your relationships and reputation with your customers, by allowing them a longer credit period (e.g. 60 days as opposed to cash on delivery) without your business suffering.
Alternative Funding is short-term financing, used to improve the working capital and cash flow position of your business. Businesses that have large corporates as customers typically have to wait 30-90 days for their invoices to be paid. Invoice Discounting enables you to sell your invoices at a discount and get paid immediately.
Most businesses are suitable for a Cash Flow Funding Facility, as long as you have business to business sales on credit terms. Invoices to your customers must be for goods and services that have been delivered in full.
Debtor Finance is secured primarily by your debtors’ ledger (accounts receivable).
Yes, if you are a South African registered business with customers that are large corporations or government bodies and you need working capital to grow your business.
The total cost of funding will be clearly presented before an invoice is discounted and will depend on the invoice value and expected payment date.
As you build up an invoice trading history with us and investors see a history of repayment from your debtors, your cost of funding may reduce over time.
If payment takes longer than anticipated, we still charge the agreed fee, however this shall be calculated pro rata for such particular month.
It depends on the size of the invoices.
Recourse is to you in the event of non-payment by the debtor.
Yes, we will verify whether the invoices were submitted to your client for payment.
• Application Form
• Purchase Order
• RFQ/Specification
• Suppliers Quotation for evaluation
2. An obligation free proposal will be emailed through to you for consideration.
3. Validation and verification of Purchase Order will be obtained.
4. On acceptance of proposal and successful verification/validation of your P.O., we will request FICA documentation.
• Access to funding
• Access to our team of experts
• Rapid expansion of your business
• Improve your reputation as a successful supplier to government and/or parastatals by increasing your rating
• We provide management of the process and/or mentorship, advice and assistance
• Access to our vast network of reputable suppliers in a wide variety of speciality fields
• Financial risk, we carry the entire financial risk
We assist clients that are in possession of either an official government, parastatal or multi-national companies’ purchase order. We pay your suppliers directly!
Fresh Produce; maintenance; service contracts; renovations; repairs; commodities; partial funding; bridging finance; etc
We do not charge an interest rate. We make funding available at a pre-agreed fee as stipulated in our obligation free proposal.
Approximately 10 business days, but it depends on a few factors out of our control.
As soon as the purchase order gets paid by the relevant purchase order issuer.
Yes.
The minimum requirement is that the expenditure should be above R250,000. Should the expenditure be below R250,000 then your company's annual turnover should be above R1,000,000 for us to be able to assist you.
Yes
Businesses often face problems when they try to secure large orders from new customers. Competing for new business is a difficult process in itself, since customers are constantly looking for the lowest price. Another challenge is getting the capital to buy supplies or products to deliver on the new orders.
Your business may be in a position where it is not able to fulfil a customer’s order because it does not have the materials in stock or the cash to acquire them. When this happens, the business risks losing both the order and the customer. A purchase order loan can tide you over.
Purchase order funding has become a popular way to finance a company that has received a large purchase order from a customer. This is one step before the invoice is generated.
A purchase order loan bridges the gap between order and payment and has the advantage of being faster and easier to obtain than a traditional bank loan. A P.O. loan is based on the creditworthiness of your buyer (customer) and your business.
• Is designed specifically to help wholesalers and distributors who resell products to commercial customers
• Is used by companies who need funds to pay suppliers
• Helps companies grow past their financial limitations
• It’s easier to get than bank financing
• It can be set up quickly
• The credit line can grow with your revenues
• It’s available to small companies (and start-ups, in some cases)
• The size of the line is limited only by the capabilities of your suppliers, the credit quality of your customers, and your ability to deliver orders
• It only helps companies that supply and deliver finished goods that don’t require manufacturing, assembly, installation, or customization
• It only covers direct supplier expenses
• It only works in transactions that have a gross margins of 25% or more (with exceptions)