press Archives - Valutico https://valutico.com/tag/press/ Measure Value Thu, 20 Jul 2023 08:06:28 +0000 de-DE hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 Valutico Introduces New Feature to Support Documentation of Decisions and Assumptions https://valutico.com/de/enhance-valuation-documentation-and-communication-with-valuticos-new-notes-feature/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:11:31 +0000 https://valutico.com/?p=19877 Valutico Introduces New Feature to Support Documentation of Decisions and Assumptions     Valutico launches a new "Notes" feature to document decisions and assumptions in valuations. The feature empowers users to justify and communicate valuation inputs to third parties effectively. Users can take comprehensive notes, facilitating internal reflection and collaboration with colleagues. The new feature [...]

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Valutico Introduces New Feature to Support Documentation of Decisions and Assumptions

 

 

  • Valutico launches a new „Notes“ feature to document decisions and assumptions in valuations.
  • The feature empowers users to justify and communicate valuation inputs to third parties effectively.
  • Users can take comprehensive notes, facilitating internal reflection and collaboration with colleagues.
  • The new feature now means Valutico provides users both “numbers” and “narratives” to add important depth to each valuation.


Valutico is excited to introduce its latest feature, „Notes,“ designed to address the critical need for documenting decisions and assumptions in valuations. The new functionality aims to empower users to justify and communicate their valuation inputs effectively to third parties, such as clients, courts, and potential buyers.

 

Justifying Valuation Inputs Made Easy

 

Valuation processes often rely on standardized methodologies, but the decisions and assumptions underlying these valuations are highly subjective. When presenting a valuation to external parties, users frequently face the challenge of justifying specific decisions or assumptions made throughout the process. This could include explaining the selection of peers, rationale behind forecasts, or adjustments made during the quality assurance phase.

To overcome this challenge, Valutico’s new feature enables users to document decisions and assumptions directly within the platform. Users can take comprehensive notes to remind themselves of the reasoning behind specific choices or areas that require further analysis. This documentation not only facilitates internal reflection but also serves as a valuable resource for discussing decisions and assumptions with colleagues working on the valuation.

„We recognize the importance of providing our users with the tools they need to justify their valuations and enhance trust in their work,“ said Paul Resch, CEO at Valutico. „Our new feature allows users to document decisions and assumptions comprehensively, empowering them to demonstrate their expertise, professionalism, and preparation.“

 


Seamless Integration For an End-to-End Valuation Workflow

 

The new functionality caters to a diverse range of users who require robust documentation capabilities. Notetaking facilitates collaboration and discussion among team members, providing a platform to explain and share rationales. But users can also leverage the solution to present well-structured and professional justifications for their valuations to clients or other stakeholders, even when they don’t have access to the underlying spreadsheet-based model.

Currently, users resort to workarounds such as maintaining separate documents for note-taking. Valutico’s new feature eliminates the need for third-party tools and consolidates all documentation within the platform, aligning with the company’s commitment to an end-to-end valuation workflow.

 

 

 

By introducing this feature, Valutico aims to improve user experiences and enhance trust in valuations. Users will also be able to export the comprehensive documentation as part of their reports as part of a planned update in an upcoming phase, which will foster transparent communication with third parties and showcase the thought process behind their valuation inputs.

 


Key New Note Features

 

Core Features of Valutico’s New Note Taking Product Feature:


Comprehensive Note-Taking:

Users can take notes at various stages of the valuation process, including the qualitative assessment, peer choice, valuation methodology selection, and parameter adjustments.


Documentation of Decisions and Assumptions:
The feature allows users to document the rationale behind specific decisions and assumptions made in the valuation. This documentation helps justify inputs to third parties, such as clients, courts, and potential buyers.


Collaboration and Discussion:
For internal users, the feature facilitates collaboration and discussion among team members. Users can explain their rationales and share notes with colleagues, enhancing teamwork and understanding.


Seamless Integration within Valutico:
The note-taking feature eliminates the need for third-party tools or Excel spreadsheets. Users can keep all their documentation within the Valutico platform, aligning with the platform’s end-to-end valuation workflow.


Filter by Stage:
Users can filter for specific notes within valuations, making it easy to find relevant information when reviewing or sharing valuations. The ability to add, remove, and edit notes ensures that users always have an updated set of notes.

 

To explore this new feature further, we invite you to book a demo and connect with one of our Valutico experts.

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C&C Tendencias Interview with Valutico and Dextra https://valutico.com/de/cc-tendencias-interview-with-valutico-and-dextra/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 12:49:31 +0000 https://valutico.com/cc-tendencias-interview-with-valutico-and-dextra/ C&C Tendencias Interview with Valutico and Dextra Spanish version here: tendencias_valutico_cc56_v5 As in all crises, the divergences in price between buyers and sellers are preventing a significant volume of transactions from materializing. In this market context, in which technology is also revealed as more necessary than ever, Valutico has opened an office in Spain to [...]

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C&C Tendencias Interview with Valutico and Dextra

Spanish version here: tendencias_valutico_cc56_v5

As in all crises, the divergences in price between buyers and sellers are preventing a significant volume of transactions from materializing. In this market context, in which technology is also revealed as more necessary than ever, Valutico has opened an office in Spain to provide reliability and speed, allowing the preparation of high-quality and accurate valuation reports in less than a day. In short, sustainably transforming the way of approaching valuations. Dextra Corporate shares how the platform is accelerating and optimizing its processes at a time of expansion for the M&A boutique.

The pandemic has spread access to technology and data tools…
Stephan Koen: Without a doubt, the need to continue incorporating technology into the analysis and execution processes of the M&A industry is a pre-existing trend to the pandemic (as in many other sectors), but Covid-19 is causing a certain acceleration in the adoption of technology such as video- conferencing and teleworking tools, in- formation sharing and teamwork, etc. Obviously, professionals in the sector have to be open to the fact that more and more “technology” is involved in our day-to-day lives, which will undoubtedly be beneficial for our industry.

Marco Van Velzen: At the same time, teleworking requires technology to integrate new functionalities to facilitate remote work and remote collaboration, sharing information more easily.
Companies will have to adjust their processes to make them more homogeneous and it will be interesting to see if, after the pandemic, we continue to give the same importance to face-to- face meetings. In our opinion, they will remain highly relevant, but possibly at a more advanced stage. In other words, the first introduction will surely continue to be done online, but as the collaboration progresses, there will be a need to meet again in person, due to the greater trust that is generated.

Will the positive trend of closing deals continue in the coming months?
SK: The market is regaining its pulse after a very peculiar 2020 in the mid- market M&A. The main players in the sector, such as private equity funds and industrial investors, have been waiting until they see the final effect of Co- vid-19 in the different industries, but as a certain sense of normalcy resumes, the recovery and ramp up of transactions seen during the last months of 2020 is consolidating in 2021.

MVV: Our database of transactions in Spain shows this trend explained by Dextra. The volume of M&A activity decreased by 24% between 2019 and 2020, mainly due to the impact of the lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020 (-66% between Q2 2019 and Q2 2020) and to a lesser extent in the third quarter (-42%). In the fourth quarter there was a very significant acceleration, with a no- table increase in deals (+ 42%). Since the beginning of 2021 we have seen some normalization in the number of transactions, somewhat less than in 2019, but clearly better than in 2020.

Price differences, are they one of the biggest showstoppers?

SK: In general, it is one of the main reasons why a significant volume of transactions does not materialize. The selling party requires a certain time to assume the new reality and internalize that the results of their company have deteriorated and this implies a lower valuation of their shares. This occurs especially in crisis situations such as the current one, which appears to be temporary. However, this crisis is leaving a structural footprint. It remains to be seen how long it will last and how it will impact the P&L of companies, ta- king into account that the impact has been uneven for different sectors.

How does Valutico optimize Dextra Corporate’s valuation processes?

SK: Valutico brings us two great advantages. On the one hand, speed, allowing a complete valuation report to be issued in less than a day, with high quality and different methodologies, and considerable time savings. In addition, Valutico has access to leading market databases that alone already justify its use. Its simple and intuitive workflow serves as a training tool for our team.

In addition, the use of a consistent methodology in each of the assessment projects makes it possible to improve the general quality of the result, minimizing the possibility of introducing errors and the excessive level of arbitrariness that each individual may end up contributing to the result, without undermining the ability of tailoring each valuation project, enabling them to leverage their experience and knowledge.

MVV: I’m delighted by Stephan’s comments. The key for Valutico has always been to help the valuation expert work more efficiently without losing the ability to bring the depth of their expertise into each assessment, and to improve the quality of their valuations. Our goal is for the experts to have more hours available to focus on the part of the process where they can add the most value.

Dextra Corporate is in a period of high growth …..

SK: Yes we are. We are increasing our participation in larger transactions. Some recurring clients whom we advise on inflows of private equity funds and family offices, as well as their subsequent build-up strategy have been an important source of deals in 2020, although from the beginning from 2021 new ones have been added. Our great differentia- ting factor is our other activity, consisting of the structuring and management of investment vehicles (not Private Equity) such as real estate and hotels. This allows the generation of a recurring revenue, which in turn facilitates the decision to invest time and effort of our M&A team and its success.

In which markets does Valutico operate at the moment?

MVV: In Europe we are present in 10 countries. Our headquarters are in Vienna (Austria), but we are also in Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, the Netherlands and soon in Italy, among others. We currently have more than 250 clients in more than 30 countries. Undoubtedly, Spain is an important market due to its volume and because the M&A and Private Equity sector is highly professionalized.

Finally, you said that your greatest competitor is Excel …..

MVV: Indeed. We want to be the main reference in the market for professional company valuation software, but we are obviously not as popular as Excel yet. Still many professionals experts carry out the entire assessment process in Excel, with some important disadvantages: time-consuming, very manual work, with a high possibility of errors and subpar ways to share efficiently with teams and colleagues.

Read the full article here: Interview C&C – Valutico (ENG)

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C&C Tendencias Interview with Valutico and Dextra https://valutico.com/de/cc-tendencias-interview-with-valutico-and-dextra/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 12:49:31 +0000 https://staging.valutico.com/cc-tendencias-interview-with-valutico-and-dextra/ C&C Tendencias Interview with Valutico and Dextra Spanish version here: tendencias_valutico_cc56_v5 As in all crises, the divergences in price between buyers and sellers are preventing a significant volume of transactions from materializing. In this market context, in which technology is also revealed as more necessary than ever, Valutico has opened an office in Spain to [...]

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C&C Tendencias Interview with Valutico and Dextra

Spanish version here: tendencias_valutico_cc56_v5

As in all crises, the divergences in price between buyers and sellers are preventing a significant volume of transactions from materializing. In this market context, in which technology is also revealed as more necessary than ever, Valutico has opened an office in Spain to provide reliability and speed, allowing the preparation of high-quality and accurate valuation reports in less than a day. In short, sustainably transforming the way of approaching valuations. Dextra Corporate shares how the platform is accelerating and optimizing its processes at a time of expansion for the M&A boutique.

The pandemic has spread access to technology and data tools…
Stephan Koen: Without a doubt, the need to continue incorporating technology into the analysis and execution processes of the M&A industry is a pre-existing trend to the pandemic (as in many other sectors), but Covid-19 is causing a certain acceleration in the adoption of technology such as video- conferencing and teleworking tools, in- formation sharing and teamwork, etc. Obviously, professionals in the sector have to be open to the fact that more and more “technology” is involved in our day-to-day lives, which will undoubtedly be beneficial for our industry.

Marco Van Velzen: At the same time, teleworking requires technology to integrate new functionalities to facilitate remote work and remote collaboration, sharing information more easily.
Companies will have to adjust their processes to make them more homogeneous and it will be interesting to see if, after the pandemic, we continue to give the same importance to face-to- face meetings. In our opinion, they will remain highly relevant, but possibly at a more advanced stage. In other words, the first introduction will surely continue to be done online, but as the collaboration progresses, there will be a need to meet again in person, due to the greater trust that is generated.

Will the positive trend of closing deals continue in the coming months?
SK: The market is regaining its pulse after a very peculiar 2020 in the mid- market M&A. The main players in the sector, such as private equity funds and industrial investors, have been waiting until they see the final effect of Co- vid-19 in the different industries, but as a certain sense of normalcy resumes, the recovery and ramp up of transactions seen during the last months of 2020 is consolidating in 2021.

MVV: Our database of transactions in Spain shows this trend explained by Dextra. The volume of M&A activity decreased by 24% between 2019 and 2020, mainly due to the impact of the lockdowns in the second quarter of 2020 (-66% between Q2 2019 and Q2 2020) and to a lesser extent in the third quarter (-42%). In the fourth quarter there was a very significant acceleration, with a no- table increase in deals (+ 42%). Since the beginning of 2021 we have seen some normalization in the number of transactions, somewhat less than in 2019, but clearly better than in 2020.

Price differences, are they one of the biggest showstoppers?

SK: In general, it is one of the main reasons why a significant volume of transactions does not materialize. The selling party requires a certain time to assume the new reality and internalize that the results of their company have deteriorated and this implies a lower valuation of their shares. This occurs especially in crisis situations such as the current one, which appears to be temporary. However, this crisis is leaving a structural footprint. It remains to be seen how long it will last and how it will impact the P&L of companies, ta- king into account that the impact has been uneven for different sectors.

How does Valutico optimize Dextra Corporate’s valuation processes?

SK: Valutico brings us two great advantages. On the one hand, speed, allowing a complete valuation report to be issued in less than a day, with high quality and different methodologies, and considerable time savings. In addition, Valutico has access to leading market databases that alone already justify its use. Its simple and intuitive workflow serves as a training tool for our team.

In addition, the use of a consistent methodology in each of the assessment projects makes it possible to improve the general quality of the result, minimizing the possibility of introducing errors and the excessive level of arbitrariness that each individual may end up contributing to the result, without undermining the ability of tailoring each valuation project, enabling them to leverage their experience and knowledge.

MVV: I’m delighted by Stephan’s comments. The key for Valutico has always been to help the valuation expert work more efficiently without losing the ability to bring the depth of their expertise into each assessment, and to improve the quality of their valuations. Our goal is for the experts to have more hours available to focus on the part of the process where they can add the most value.

Dextra Corporate is in a period of high growth …..

SK: Yes we are. We are increasing our participation in larger transactions. Some recurring clients whom we advise on inflows of private equity funds and family offices, as well as their subsequent build-up strategy have been an important source of deals in 2020, although from the beginning from 2021 new ones have been added. Our great differentia- ting factor is our other activity, consisting of the structuring and management of investment vehicles (not Private Equity) such as real estate and hotels. This allows the generation of a recurring revenue, which in turn facilitates the decision to invest time and effort of our M&A team and its success.

In which markets does Valutico operate at the moment?

MVV: In Europe we are present in 10 countries. Our headquarters are in Vienna (Austria), but we are also in Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, the Netherlands and soon in Italy, among others. We currently have more than 250 clients in more than 30 countries. Undoubtedly, Spain is an important market due to its volume and because the M&A and Private Equity sector is highly professionalized.

Finally, you said that your greatest competitor is Excel …..

MVV: Indeed. We want to be the main reference in the market for professional company valuation software, but we are obviously not as popular as Excel yet. Still many professionals experts carry out the entire assessment process in Excel, with some important disadvantages: time-consuming, very manual work, with a high possibility of errors and subpar ways to share efficiently with teams and colleagues.

Read the full article here: Interview C&C – Valutico (ENG)

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Podcast interview: The Corp Dev Podcast https://valutico.com/de/podcast-interview-the-corp-dev-podcast/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:54:41 +0000 https://valutico.com/podcast-interview-the-corp-dev-podcast/ Our CEO Paul Resch went onto the Corp Dev podcast to talk SPACs, valuations in a Covid world, and share his insights with host Darryl Bull, listen here or on Spotify, Apple Music, or other platforms https://youtu.be/3jJ_aHd-IGE

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Podcast interview: The Corp Dev Podcast https://valutico.com/de/podcast-interview-the-corp-dev-podcast/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:54:41 +0000 https://staging.valutico.com/podcast-interview-the-corp-dev-podcast/ Our CEO Paul Resch went onto the Corp Dev podcast to talk SPACs, valuations in a Covid world, and share his insights with host Darryl Bull, listen here or on Spotify, Apple Music, or other platforms https://youtu.be/3jJ_aHd-IGE

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Valutico featured in TaxTech market map 2021 https://valutico.com/de/valutico-featured-in-taxtech-market-map-2021/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:14:43 +0000 https://valutico.com/valutico-featured-in-taxtech-market-map-2021/ Valutico featured in TaxTech market map 2021 On April 21, 2021, TaxTech.at hosted an update on the development of digitization in tax consulting. The presentation of the TaxTech Map 2021 and the discussion on the question “What does digitization bring in financial criminal law?” Led to an intensive and multi-layered exchange. The event was opened [...]

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Valutico featured in TaxTech market map 2021

On April 21, 2021, TaxTech.at hosted an update on the development of digitization in tax consulting. The presentation of the TaxTech Map 2021 and the discussion on the question “What does digitization bring in financial criminal law?” Led to an intensive and multi-layered exchange.

The event was opened by Franz Althuber, lawyer and founding partner of ASP Rechtsanwälte GmbH, with a welcome note. This was followed by the presentation of the Tax Tech Map 2021 by host Sophie Martinetz, founder of TaxTech.at. While the switch to digital work is currently a major challenge for many companies, the Tax Tech Map provides an overview of the Tax Tech Tools available on the market. In this way, tax consultants and tax departments can be supported in finding their way around the tax tech jungle and getting an idea of ​​which strategies and tax tech tools might suit their specific case.

This was followed by an exciting panel discussion with the invited experts. Franz Althuber put specific questions to the speakers and covered so many aspects of the topic. From the advantages of digitization in financial criminal law, through its application and development, to specific tools – the discussion was very diverse and informative and gave the participants a good overview.

“ Tax evaders have a hard time, because digitization does not stop at financial criminal law. Modern tax investigation methods and analyzes of previous tax behavior lead to an increased risk of discovery. “, Says Althuber.

The virtual discussion and questions about the topic were continued together with the experts and the audience.

Link to the article: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://taxtech.at/5809-2/ 

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Valutico featured in TaxTech market map 2021 https://valutico.com/de/valutico-featured-in-taxtech-market-map-2021/ Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:14:43 +0000 https://staging.valutico.com/valutico-featured-in-taxtech-market-map-2021/ Valutico featured in TaxTech market map 2021 On April 21, 2021, TaxTech.at hosted an update on the development of digitization in tax consulting. The presentation of the TaxTech Map 2021 and the discussion on the question “What does digitization bring in financial criminal law?” Led to an intensive and multi-layered exchange. The event was opened [...]

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Valutico featured in TaxTech market map 2021

On April 21, 2021, TaxTech.at hosted an update on the development of digitization in tax consulting. The presentation of the TaxTech Map 2021 and the discussion on the question “What does digitization bring in financial criminal law?” Led to an intensive and multi-layered exchange.

The event was opened by Franz Althuber, lawyer and founding partner of ASP Rechtsanwälte GmbH, with a welcome note. This was followed by the presentation of the Tax Tech Map 2021 by host Sophie Martinetz, founder of TaxTech.at. While the switch to digital work is currently a major challenge for many companies, the Tax Tech Map provides an overview of the Tax Tech Tools available on the market. In this way, tax consultants and tax departments can be supported in finding their way around the tax tech jungle and getting an idea of ​​which strategies and tax tech tools might suit their specific case.

This was followed by an exciting panel discussion with the invited experts. Franz Althuber put specific questions to the speakers and covered so many aspects of the topic. From the advantages of digitization in financial criminal law, through its application and development, to specific tools – the discussion was very diverse and informative and gave the participants a good overview.

“ Tax evaders have a hard time, because digitization does not stop at financial criminal law. Modern tax investigation methods and analyzes of previous tax behavior lead to an increased risk of discovery. “, Says Althuber.

The virtual discussion and questions about the topic were continued together with the experts and the audience.

Link to the article: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://taxtech.at/5809-2/ 

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Valutico featured in MergerMarket https://valutico.com/de/valutico-featured-in-mergermarket/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:41:18 +0000 https://staging.valutico.com/valutico-featured-in-mergermarket/ Our CEO Paul Resch recently sat down with MergerMarket to discuss Valutico's growth plans Read the article (subscription required) at https://www.mergermarket.com/intelligence/view/intelcms-4z26mj Valutico, a Vienna-based fintech that provides valuation tools, wants to raise EUR 3m to EUR 5m in its rst institutional round in the second half of the year, CEO & co-founder Paul Resch said. [...]

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Our CEO Paul Resch recently sat down with MergerMarket to discuss Valutico’s growth plans
Read the article (subscription required) at https://www.mergermarket.com/intelligence/view/intelcms-4z26mj
Valutico, a Vienna-based fintech that provides valuation tools, wants to raise EUR 3m to EUR 5m in its rst
institutional round in the second half of the year, CEO & co-founder Paul Resch said.
The company is seeking a relatively modest amount because it is frugal and able to grow organically, Resch said.
(…) read the rest on mergermarket.com
by Rupert Cocke

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Valutico featured in MergerMarket https://valutico.com/de/valutico-featured-in-mergermarket/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 19:41:18 +0000 https://valutico.com/valutico-featured-in-mergermarket/ Our CEO Paul Resch recently sat down with MergerMarket to discuss Valutico's growth plans Read the article (subscription required) at https://www.mergermarket.com/intelligence/view/intelcms-4z26mj Valutico, a Vienna-based fintech that provides valuation tools, wants to raise EUR 3m to EUR 5m in its rst institutional round in the second half of the year, CEO & co-founder Paul Resch said. [...]

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Our CEO Paul Resch recently sat down with MergerMarket to discuss Valutico’s growth plans
Read the article (subscription required) at https://www.mergermarket.com/intelligence/view/intelcms-4z26mj
Valutico, a Vienna-based fintech that provides valuation tools, wants to raise EUR 3m to EUR 5m in its rst
institutional round in the second half of the year, CEO & co-founder Paul Resch said.
The company is seeking a relatively modest amount because it is frugal and able to grow organically, Resch said.
(…) read the rest on mergermarket.com
by Rupert Cocke

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FinExtra article – Valutico to explore ESG valuation https://valutico.com/de/finextra-article-valutico-to-explore-esg-valuation/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:54:18 +0000 https://staging.valutico.com/finextra-article-valutico-to-explore-esg-valuation/ Fintech startup Valutico to explore ESG valuation Source: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/86747/fintech-startup-valuteco-to-explore-esg-valuation Valutico, the first Fintech to provide web-based company valuation tools to the financial sector, has received the go ahead to build a framework that bridges the gap between ESG factors and modern valuation theory and practice, thanks to the support of the Vienna Business Agency. The [...]

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Fintech startup Valutico to explore ESG valuation

Source: https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/86747/fintech-startup-valuteco-to-explore-esg-valuation

Valutico, the first Fintech to provide web-based company valuation tools to the financial sector, has received the go ahead to build a framework that bridges the gap between ESG factors and modern valuation theory and practice, thanks to the support of the Vienna Business Agency.

The move comes in response to sustainability considerations becoming an increasingly integral part of the financial industry. The ability to quantify the ecological and societal impact of a company will become essential if not a mandatory requirement due to recent European regulatory developments and therefore beneficial to all financial professionals. The European Commission has set itself the task of encouraging financial institutions to help redirect capital flows in favour of combating climate change. Over the last 24 months, the European Commission has issued a number of directives that will change processes in the financial sector, especially in banks and financial service providers under The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

In the future, banks and financial institutions will have to take the sustainability performance of their corporate clients into account when providing loans. But also outside of regulatory pushes towards sustainable finance. The valuation experts and investors have shifted their focus towards making investment decisions based on ESG factors due to rising demands to consider the societal value of their investments.To do so, they need appropriate tools that enable them to effectively and inexpensively determine and measure the sustainability „footprint“ of companies. Making these tools available – that is the purpose of ValutECO.

ValutECO will be an innovative product extension of the existing valuation models, which currently focus on the financial value of a company. Rooted in Valutico’s core competency of financial business valuation, the goal is to develop and offer a robust qualitative and quantitative module for the holistic assessment of an organisation’s impact on the environment (e.g. climate, biodiversity, water), on society (e.g. ILO standards, diversity and human rights) and on governance (e.g. proactive stance against corruption), and factoring it in to calculate the overall “Societal Value” of any organisation.

It is Valutico’s understanding that ESG integration strategies secure a financial edge by directing more capital towards companies doing a better job of managing pecuniary ESG risks, as often reflected in their higher ESG ratings. ESG aims to achieve the triple bottom line – good for people, planet and profits.

CEO & Co-Founder Paul Resch, a Corporate Finance professional formerly in M&A, comments:
“This is a huge accolade for us – we are really proud to have secured the support and approval from the Vienna Business Agency. Only a handful of start-ups are awarded with this type of funding so we are grateful. This is timely as ESG-oriented advisory and investing is experiencing a meteoric rise and will only increase. ESG proposition can safeguard a company’s long-term success and from the investor’s perspective, a company’s track record in handling environmental, social and governance aspects is an essential consideration for investing. Historically, analysing these aspects could be challenging, primarily due to lack of resources including time and data. This will no longer be the case. ValutECO is the logical next step in growing our business and further supporting our clients’ future requirements.“

Valutico’s integration of the best databases and semi-automated processes is already empowering a much wider audience to perform company valuations that meet and exceed the standards of the leading players in the industry. With the ValutECO project, Valutico has set out to democratize the tools for sustainable finance.

Find out more at valutico.com/esg

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