Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
leveur des fonds
English translation:
fundraiser
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Steve Melling
Jul 11, 2012 08:46
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leveur des fonds
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lever des fonds
Hello,
I believe we say "raising finance" for a business context. But is there a specific term for the job?
"Le leveur de fonds permet à l’entrepreneur d’économiser, du temps, de l’argent et de nombreux efforts. En effet, lever seul nécessite beaucoup de temps au détriment du business quotidien et de l’équilibre privé et aboutit à un rapport de force déséquilibré : la plupart des entrepreneurs ne réalisent qu’un nombre limité d’opérations financières dans leur vie… au contraire des fonds !"
I believe we say "raising finance" for a business context. But is there a specific term for the job?
"Le leveur de fonds permet à l’entrepreneur d’économiser, du temps, de l’argent et de nombreux efforts. En effet, lever seul nécessite beaucoup de temps au détriment du business quotidien et de l’équilibre privé et aboutit à un rapport de force déséquilibré : la plupart des entrepreneurs ne réalisent qu’un nombre limité d’opérations financières dans leur vie… au contraire des fonds !"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +5 | fundraiser |
Mathilde Renou
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| 3 | (funding) intermediary |
Wolf Draeger
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| 3 -1 | fund manager |
Karen Vincent-Jones (X)
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Proposed translations
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3 mins
Mathilde Renou
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in French
Specializes in field
Netherlands
Translation is not a matter of words...
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, French, and 1 more.
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fundraiser
L'Association Française des Fundraisers (AFF) est l'association des professionnels du mécénat et de la collecte de fonds.
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"Professional fundraisers
Many non-profit organizations take advantage of the services of professional fundraisers. These fundraisers may be paid for their services either through fees unrelated to the amounts of money to be raised, or by retaining a percentage of raised funds (percentage-based compensation). The latter approach is expressly forbidden under the Code of Ethics of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), a professional membership body.[1] However, by far the most common practice of American non-profits is to employ a staff person whose main responsibility is fund raising. This person is paid a salary like any other employee, and is usually a part of the top management staff of the organization."
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http://www.davy.ie/Generic?page=fundraising
Private Company Fundraising
You are here: Home > Corporate & Institutional > Corporate Finance > Fund Raising
The public capital markets may not be the most appropriate source of capital for a company. Davy Corporate Finance has the expertise to review a company’s existing capital structure and devise an optimal structure for its future needs. This may involve a fundraising of equity, debt or mezzanine finance.
We can manage the whole fundraising process from the preparatory stage, to arranging roadshows with the appropriate international institutional and private client investors, to term sheet negotiations, to ultimate closure.
We pride ourselves in bringing PLC standards to private company transactions.
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Note added at 4 mins (2012-07-11 08:51:31 GMT)
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"Professional fundraisers
Many non-profit organizations take advantage of the services of professional fundraisers. These fundraisers may be paid for their services either through fees unrelated to the amounts of money to be raised, or by retaining a percentage of raised funds (percentage-based compensation). The latter approach is expressly forbidden under the Code of Ethics of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), a professional membership body.[1] However, by far the most common practice of American non-profits is to employ a staff person whose main responsibility is fund raising. This person is paid a salary like any other employee, and is usually a part of the top management staff of the organization."
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-07-11 10:23:31 GMT)
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http://www.davy.ie/Generic?page=fundraising
Private Company Fundraising
You are here: Home > Corporate & Institutional > Corporate Finance > Fund Raising
The public capital markets may not be the most appropriate source of capital for a company. Davy Corporate Finance has the expertise to review a company’s existing capital structure and devise an optimal structure for its future needs. This may involve a fundraising of equity, debt or mezzanine finance.
We can manage the whole fundraising process from the preparatory stage, to arranging roadshows with the appropriate international institutional and private client investors, to term sheet negotiations, to ultimate closure.
We pride ourselves in bringing PLC standards to private company transactions.
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fund manager
"Fundraiser" is mainly used in the not-for-profit sector rather than in normal commercial activity, so I suggest "fund manager", probably a professional from the banking sector.
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Wolf Draeger
: A fund manager is something else entirely; see http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fundmanager.asp and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_management.
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(funding) intermediary
I'm not sure there is a specific EN equivalent for *leveur de fonds*; essentially, the FR expression refers to a professional intermediary with access to venture capital and private equity networks, as well as the knowledge and skills required to structure a fundraising proposal optimally.
I think the Anglo-Saxon entrepreneurial culture is more inclined towards sourcing funding directly from VC's, private equity, seed funding and angel investors; different actors also play different roles at various stages of the financing journey; so the concept of a professional intermediary, while existing, may not yet be sufficiently established to have a particular name.
Other options:
Funding strategist.
Business advisory firm (but this could also refer to services outside the scope of a leveur de fonds).
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-07-11 10:54:34 GMT)
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Sry, forgot to add the following web refs.
Leveur de fonds: http://www.journaldunet.com/0611/061115-leveur-de-fonds.shtm... http://levee-de-fonds.comprendrechoisir.com/comprendre/levee... and http://fr.techcrunch.com/2012/04/30/pourquoi-travailler-avec...
Intermediary: http://www.gerschick.com/PDF/article_uoi.pdf and http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2327586?uid=3739368&ui...
General interest: http://www.instigatorblog.com/an-introductory-guide-to-start...
I think the Anglo-Saxon entrepreneurial culture is more inclined towards sourcing funding directly from VC's, private equity, seed funding and angel investors; different actors also play different roles at various stages of the financing journey; so the concept of a professional intermediary, while existing, may not yet be sufficiently established to have a particular name.
Other options:
Funding strategist.
Business advisory firm (but this could also refer to services outside the scope of a leveur de fonds).
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-07-11 10:54:34 GMT)
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Sry, forgot to add the following web refs.
Leveur de fonds: http://www.journaldunet.com/0611/061115-leveur-de-fonds.shtm... http://levee-de-fonds.comprendrechoisir.com/comprendre/levee... and http://fr.techcrunch.com/2012/04/30/pourquoi-travailler-avec...
Intermediary: http://www.gerschick.com/PDF/article_uoi.pdf and http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/2327586?uid=3739368&ui...
General interest: http://www.instigatorblog.com/an-introductory-guide-to-start...
Discussion
That said, if translating for a general audience -- rather than the City or the readership of the Financial Times -- I too would avoid using the word without a qualifier for people who drum up money to finance business ventures.
In the US (and UK?), the entrepreneur usually does that herself, or with the help of her contacts, which is why I'm not sure there is a specific term for it in EN. Fundraiser is the right idea, it's just not the right term :-P
So basically, yes, a fundraiser solicits financial contributions, but only for charities and other non-profit organizations, not companies/for-profit organizations.
"FUNDRAISER (noun)
The noun FUNDRAISER has 2 senses:
1. someone who solicits financial contributions
2. a social function that is held for the purpose of raising money.
http://www.davy.ie/Generic?page=fundraising
Private Company Fundraising
You are here: Home > Corporate & Institutional > Corporate Finance > Fund Raising
The public capital markets may not be the most appropriate source of capital for a company. Davy Corporate Finance has the expertise to review a company’s existing capital structure and devise an optimal structure for its future needs. This may involve a fundraising of equity, debt or mezzanine finance.
We can manage the whole fundraising process from the preparatory stage, to arranging roadshows with the appropriate international institutional and private client investors, to term sheet negotiations, to ultimate closure.
We pride ourselves in bringing PLC standards to private company transactions.