Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising – Accountant’s Role – Assisting a Company on the Journey

Accountants can assist companies to prepare the documentation that they will require:

• Business Plan
• Budgets/Cash Flow Forecast
• Customer analysis
• Identification of unique competitive advantage
• Business valuation to determine the number of shares to be offered and pricing

Company directors and managers will benefit from advice on how Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising operates including:

• An explanation of the Intermediary’s role, duty, responsibilities and powers
• An overview of the Intermediaries that have been appointed by ASIC
• Assistance in conducting meetings with a number or all of the Intermediaries
• Assistance in the appointment of an Intermediary
• Most companies will require a significant amount of assistance from an accountant in the preparation of the Crowd Sourced Funding Offer Document.
• Company directors and managers will require guidance on how the listing process on the Intermediary’s website operates
• Advice on the processes required at the end of the capital raising (hopefully a successful capital raising) relative to the preparation of the return of allotment of Crowd Sourced Funding Shareholders to be submitted to ASIC and the preparation of share certificates.
• Many companies which raise capital as Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising Companies will require a part-time or Virtual Chief Financial Officer

Some people will enquire “where are these companies that aspire to raise capital in this manner?” – Most likely they are clients of small/medium-sized accountancy businesses situated all over Australia.

The ESS BIZTOOLS’ product package includes a “Client Matrix” to assist in the identification of companies that might be interested in utilising Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising to raise capital for their business.

ESS BIZTOOLS has developed a comprehensive product package to assist accountants to deliver a complete professional service to companies relative to Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising including:

• Papers on how Crowd Source Funding Equity Raising operates
• “Client matrix” to assist in the identification of clients who might be interested
• Marketing material to assist in promotion to clients and prospects
• Briefing material on the processes involved in Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising including:
  • explanation of Intermediary’s duties, responsibilities and powers
  • explanation on the amount of documentation required in the Crowd Sourced Funding Offer Document
• A review of the other documentation needed to facilitate the preparation of the Crowd Sourced Funding Offer Document
• The process of having meetings with intermediaries either in person or by digital communication as part of the selection process of an Intermediary to act for the client
• Finalisation of negotiations with the Intermediary in relation to their fees and charges
• Preparation of the Crowd Sourced Funding Offer Document
• Explanation of what the directors and senior managers responsibilities are whilst the companies offer document is listed on the Intermediary’s website
• A briefing on what the process is when the capital raising concludes

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