2024 Barometer of equity and bonds financing

FirmFunding publishes its business barometer for 2024. The main points are as follows:

• in terms of sectors: Real estate financing takes first place, for the first time. Bank disengagement, more pronounced in this sector, is the most likely reason. Services, Industry and Green Energy are equal next. FirmFunding also continued to focus on the Green / Impact aspects of SME financing needs, which accounted for 38% of financing in 2024, across several sectors including real estate. The presence of two financing projects in the biochar sector is particularly noteworthy.
• in terms of types of financing: Pure private debt (dry bonds) accounted for 43% of the number of financing requests, and 35% for "pure" equity transactions.
• in terms of project types: Organic and external growth projects accounted for 41% of projects. Capital reorganization accounted for 9% of financing. Asset financing, particularly real estate, unsurprisingly took first place with 50% of financing.
• Ile de France has overtaken the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in 2024 in terms of the location of SME head offices. Occitanie, Bretagne, Bourgogne Franche Comté, Normandie and PACA come next, with one financing in each region. There are 3 financings outside France: in Luxembourg, the UK and the USA, all in the real estate sector.

With 147 million euros of financing put on line, in a 2024 market context that remained wait-and-see in the face of the reorganization of the interest rate market and political uncertainties, FirmFunding maintained its ability to provide SMEs with access to equity financing, enabling them to bring projects to fruition while preserving the impact on company cash flow.