Equipment leasing Prefer not to take on debt for the equipment your business needs? Choose a lease and start benefiting straight away Apply now Equipment leasing is similar to a loan, however, the lender is the owner of the equipment and the business pays lease (or rent) payments to the owner of the equipment over […]
Equipment financing Finance the purchase of expensive equipment to spread the cost over a period & reduce the strain on your cashflow Apply now To keep your business operating efficiently and able to keep up with demand, you need to upgrade or replace your equipment regularly and economically. Any tangible asset other than property used […]
Startup with Swoop Starting a business can feel like a minefield – there are so many things to consider. At Swoop, we get it. That’s why we’ve broken it down into three simple steps so you have everything you need to scale and grow your new business. 1. Get up and running Register your business. […]
Studies show that there is bias in how funding is distributed. Daire Burke argues that involving machines in the funding process is important – but so too is a willingness to change AUTHOR: Daire Burke, Head of Canada at Swoop Conscious or not, bias is built into many of the systems that underpin the world […]
“Toronto has the highest volume of top-quality SMEs in Canada. From here, we can get to know the market and the nuances of the SME community not just in the city but elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.” Andrea Reynolds, Founder and CEO at Swoop Funding Three years after launching a digital platform in the […]
Raising startup and seed capital for young companies has always been challenging. Potential investors can be cautious about new ventures and untested ideas. The U.S. Government supports programs like the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) to simplify this process by offering substantial tax incentives to investors in new businesses. They invest, you secure funding, and […]
Author: Kerry Dwyer, Equity Account Manager, Swoop Women are under-represented in decision-making positions at venture capital (VC) firms, resulting in women claiming less funding than they deserve. Kerry Dwyer, Equity Account Manager at Swoop explains how this can (and must) change. Entrepreneurship is the bedrock of a thriving economy, and post-pandemic, supporting the country’s entrepreneurs […]
Banks and other traditional lenders have snubbed ecommerce businesses, but new approaches to funding are lightning fast, unsecured and won’t force you to give up ownership. AUTHOR: Bobby Gleeson, eCommerce Funding Manager at Swoop The ecommerce business sector is growing fast. It took 20 years from the inception of ecommerce to reach 10 percent retail […]
The coming Christmas will be unlike any other that has gone before. Are you prepared? Swoop has a lifeline for businesses getting ready to meet the challenge Christmas 2021 is going to be unlike any other. There are a number of factors contributing to this: The move to digital Leaders in the digital world are […]
A highly innovative company discover a new route to funding vital staff through Swoop The challenge Note Taking Express, part of Habitat Learn, began life as a directional microphone designed to help disabled and dyslexic students record lectures. Over the years, the company has grown and shifted to become a complete note-taking service available through […]
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Is your business being held back by late payments of invoices? Invoice finance could be the answer. What is invoice finance? Invoice finance is a way of borrowing money using your unpaid invoices. If you’ve issued invoices to your customers and they haven’t paid them yet, even if they’re not due to pay them any […]
By Rae Steinbach, Funding Circle If the title of this blog post has caught your eye, you might be an entrepreneur who’s recently started a business, or you might be involved in more established business. Either way, perhaps you wish you had a better handle on the financial side of things – specifically, a deeper […]