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How to finance growth without losing control of your business?

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Discussions about startups tend to focus on growth, international expansion, funding rounds and, above all, how much capital a company manages to raise. Yet one important question often receives too little attention: how much of the company do its founders still own once it reaches a significant scale, goes public or is sold?

International trade in the age of geoeconomics

3 min to read

Corporate insights

Governments are increasingly using trade, tariffs and sanctions to advance strategic objectives. For Nordic companies, understanding the shift is becoming essential to managing risk and identifying opportunities for growth.

The hidden cost of resilience: What supply chain redesign means for working capital

3 min to read

Cash management

As geopolitical pressures force companies to rethink their supply chains, the working capital implications are larger than many realise. You cannot redesign the physical supply chain without redesigning the financial supply chain, and treasury needs a seat at the table. Nordea’s Richard Hayes explains why in our recent Trade Trends webinar.

Making sustainability-linked loans more accessible for SMEs

Sustainable finance

A new guide from the Loan Market Association (LMA) makes sustainability-linked loans more accessible and practical for smaller companies, with an approach better suited to SME’s business needs, resources and sustainability maturity.