After the workshop, I sent follow-up emails to the Hurlbut Visuals team to stay in touch and kept my eye on the Hurlblog for any opportunities. I met Shane, and my mind was blown by all that I learned. The day before the event, my friend (who was the other scholarship student chosen for the workshop) and I hopped in a car and drove straight to Denver from New Mexico.ĭriving to Denver to Shane’s Illumination Experience A professor of mine told me to apply to the scholarship program that would allow for two students to attend the Illumination Experience for free. Getting the Mentorship:ĭuring my last year as an undergraduate film student at the University of New Mexico, I heard about Shane’s Illumination Experience Tour Workshop in Denver. Then I was about to realize that with opportunities comes the challenging aspect of expanding my comfort zone.
Spending my whole life in Albuquerque, I was used to familiarity, and everything I needed was comfortably close. I grew up in a little house with English as my second language. I’m from a small city called Albuquerque, New Mexico, where there’s a total of two highways. This pretty much describes my Female Cinematographer Mentorship. I’ve always been afraid of heights but somehow I’m up there and finally realize that I’m getting better at stepping out of my comfort zone. Somehow, I’m working in Los Angeles for Shane Hurlbut, ASC, climbing up and down a 15 foot ladder, taking down Lekos rigged on the ceiling. In the coming months, iFactor aims to accelerate its traction on the Romanian market and to become a relevant player while also having a viable factoring and loan product on the UK source: courtesy of the company)Yes, I’m 104 lbs. Through its business model, iFactor brings the next step in its market: it shifts SME financing that has thus far revolved around the banking sector towards a digital entrepreneur-centric model that stimulates growth. It has received permission from Romania’s National Bank (BNR) to include private investors in the business circuit, thus enabling them to easily invest in SMEs. IFactor presents itself as the first European company to use a hybrid business financing model. Impetum Group’s vast experience in multiple areas, and particularly in the business distress area (through CITR and ROCA Investments) will aid us not only in overcoming the obstacles that we’ll undoubtedly encounter as an emerging fintech but more importantly in shaping the iFactor product as the go-to option for SME financing,” said Cosmin Curticapean, iFactor CEO & co-founder. “I have chosen Roca X as the main partner due to the synergies that our product has with Impetum Group’s existing brands and business lines. The company has multiple products in development and is currently focusing on optimizing and strengthening its offering. iFactor plans to heavily scale-up its operations in the next two years, starting from Romania, its expansion plans target markets such as the UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The amounts raised will support the company in developing its services, as it aims to offer European private investors access to a new class of investment assets.
The company operates on the Romanian market and aims to extend its operations into the UK in 2021. One of his early partners is Manuel Costescu, a former JPMorgan banker in London, who served as a state secretary for foreign investments in the technocrat government of Dacian Ciolos.
It was founded in 2016 by Romanian entrepreneur Cosmin Curticapean. It draws money from private investors and offers factoring financing to SMEs. IFactor is a startup that specializes in digital SME financing solutions. Romanian venture capital fund ROCA X, part of the local Impetum Group, led the financing round with an undisclosed investment. The Romanian startup was aiming to get EUR 625,000 for 15.2% of its shares at a valuation of EUR 3.9 mln for the whole company. IFactor, a Romanian fintech that aims to democratize SME lending, has raised close to EUR 700,000 in an equity crowdfunding campaign on the London-based equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs.
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