Equipment Financing

CCC can provide financing for capital equipment, including ships, aircraft, and manufacturing equipment. In a world where equipment financing is becoming a matter of complex deal structuring, that involves several multilateral currency transactions, mixed maturities, and more than one interlinked borrower, one essential test of a large scale equipment financier is how well it can communicate within itself. CCC is particularly strong in this respect.

As with an application for any type of funding, CCC requires a full business plan. This should contain information about market size, sustainability, niche position, and management. It should also address any potential problems. CCC looks not only at new technological companies with so-called leading edge technology, but also seeks companies, new or established, which have a potential for high growth, in whatever field they are active.

Venture capital funding will, of course, require a higher rate of return to the investor than would, for example, a traditional mortgage loan. This return can be either in the form of debt (interest) or equity (stock) participation, and is often a combination of both.

Applications for venture capital generally require just as much scrutiny as a normal loan request, if not more. The willingness to invest risk capital does not mean that the risk must not be carefully considered. If the time frame for the raising of the required capital is short, it is imperative that a well-prepared business proposal be produced, in order to have the best possibility of obtaining funding in a short time frame.