b. Lack of knowledge of, and access to capital/investment: Technology
providers noted a lack of knowledge of, and access to
capital and investment, meaning that expansion and other
business objectives requiring financing were unable to be pursued;
for instance, linked to the above noted barriers, without
access to this finance, impact studies could not be conducted to
prove the claimed impact of technologies. In some instances,
technology providers pursued novel finance raising strategies,
yet these were also hindered by lack of guarantees and other
factors associated with start-up companies.
We don't ask for investors. The growth has been founded by clients,
but we faced barriers; we are an innovative firm, not mature, so we
can't give guaranties for investors. But at this step we want to
control the development of our own technology … (P1)