# Taged Articles: Capital Raising [ 9th Dec, 2025![Lead SMEs Through the Innovation Journey: Part 3](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/2025/am437banner.jpg) Lead SMEs Through the Innovation Journey: Part 3 Accountants Minute 437 Where Innovation Meets Investment — And Accountants Become the Essential Link What if your client’s brilliant idea is ready to take off…but their bank account isn’t? 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This is where your role as SMEs’ trusted advisor becomes transf… - Tags: [Accountants](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Accountants) | [accountants for SMEs](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/accountants%20for%20SMEs) | [advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/advisory%20services) | [Bookkeepers](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Bookkeepers) | [Business Advisors](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Advisors) | [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [Capital Raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Capital%20Raising) | [Chief Financial Officers](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Chief%20Financial%20Officers) | [Crowd Sourced Funding](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Crowd%20Sourced%20Funding) | [Early Stage Innovation Company](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Early%20Stage%20Innovation%20Company) | [Export Market Development Grant](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Export%20Market%20Development%20Grant) | [Government Grants](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Government%20Grants) | [R&D](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/R?D=) | [R&D Tax Offset](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/R?D_Tax_Offset=) | [Research & Development](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Research?Development=) | [Virtual CFO](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Virtual%20CFO) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/advisory-that-pays-help-smes-secure-funding) [ 22nd Jul, 2025![Help SMEs Get the Funding They Need](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/2025/am416banner.jpg) Help SMEs Get the Funding They Need Accountants Minute 416 Access to funding is one of the most significant challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – yet it’s also one of the most underutilised opportunities. Many great businesses stall… - Tags: [Accountants](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Accountants) | [accountants for SMEs](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/accountants%20for%20SMEs) | [advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/advisory%20services) | [Business Advisors](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Advisors) | [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [business growth](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20growth) | [Capital Raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Capital%20Raising) | [Capital Raising under Section 708 of Corporations Act](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Capital%20Raising%20under%20Section%20708%20of%20Corporations%20Act) | [Crowd Sourced Funding](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Crowd%20Sourced%20Funding) | [Early Stage Innovation Company](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Early%20Stage%20Innovation%20Company) | [ESIC](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/ESIC) | [Export Market Development Grant](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Export%20Market%20Development%20Grant) | [R&D tax incentive](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/R?D_tax_incentive=) | [venture capital raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/venture%20capital%20raising) | [Virtual CFO](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Virtual%20CFO) | [virtual cfo services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/virtual%20cfo%20services) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/help-smes-get-the-funding-they-need) [ 1st Jul, 2025![Capital Raising Advisory: A Powerful Diversification for Your Firm](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/2025/am413banner.jpg) Capital Raising Advisory: A Powerful Diversification for Your Firm Accountants Minute 413 Capital raising isn’t just for big business. With government-backed programs like Crowd-Sourced Funding Equity Raising and Early-Stage Innovation Company (ESIC) status, small businesses now have powe… - Tags: [accountants for SMEs](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/accountants%20for%20SMEs) | [Accountants Minute](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Accountants%20Minute) | [advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/advisory%20services) | [Business Advisors](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Advisors) | [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [Capital Raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Capital%20Raising) | [Crowd Sourced Funding](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Crowd%20Sourced%20Funding) | [Early Stage Innovation Company](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Early%20Stage%20Innovation%20Company) | [Early Stage Innovation Company Capital Raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Early%20Stage%20Innovation%20Company%20Capital%20Raising) | [ESIC Calculator](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/ESIC%20Calculator) | [Non-Compliance Services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Non-Compliance%20Services) | [Real Accountant's Work](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Real%20Accountant's%20Work) | [Virtual CFO](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Virtual%20CFO) | [virtual cfo services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/virtual%20cfo%20services) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/capital-raising-advisory-a-powerful-diversification-for-your-firm) [ 24th Jun, 2025![Stand Out with R&D Advisory Services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/2025/am412banner.jpg) Stand Out with R&D Advisory Services Accountants Minute 412 Are you looking for a powerful way to differentiate your firm and deliver real value to your SME clients? 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Advertising and marketing this type of capital raising is no… - Tags: [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [capital raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/capital%20raising) | [Predictive Accounting](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Predictive%20Accounting) | [Ssection 708 of Corporations Act](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Ssection%20708%20of%20Corporations%20Act) | [virtual cfo services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/virtual%20cfo%20services) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/daily-posts/weekly-reflection-most-capital-raising-from-smes-start-with-section-708) [ 16th Feb, 2024![Documentation for investors](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/bas-updates/BASU2024/basp170224.jpg) Documentation for investors Business Advisory Services Update Companies seeking to raise funds from investors by utilising Section 708 of the Corporations Act need to ensure that only ‘personal offers’ are made, and that there is no marketing or advertising rel… - Tags: [Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Budgets%20and%20Cashflow%20Forecasts) | [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [capital raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/capital%20raising) | [Predictive Accounting](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Predictive%20Accounting) | [Ssection 708 of Corporations Act](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Ssection%20708%20of%20Corporations%20Act) | [virtual cfo services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/virtual%20cfo%20services) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/daily-posts/documentation-for-investors-2) [ 16th Feb, 2024![Documentation for investors](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/bas-updates/BASU2024/basp170224.jpg) Documentation for investors Business Advisory Services Update Companies seeking to raise funds from investors by utilising Section 708 of the Corporations Act need to ensure that only ‘personal offers’ are made, and that there is no marketing or advertising rel… - Tags: [Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Budgets%20and%20Cashflow%20Forecasts) | [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [capital raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/capital%20raising) | [Predictive Accounting](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Predictive%20Accounting) | [Ssection 708 of Corporations Act](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Ssection%20708%20of%20Corporations%20Act) | [virtual cfo services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/virtual%20cfo%20services) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/daily-posts/documentation-for-investors) [ 13th Feb, 2024![Do small companies need a ‘disclosure document’ to raise capital?](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/bas-updates/BASU2024/basp140224.jpg) Do small companies need a ‘disclosure document’ to raise capital? Business Advisory Services Update NO, this is a MYTH! Section 708 of the Corporations Act gives a special exemption from having to produce a ‘Disclosure Document” for companies undertaking ‘Small Scale Offerings’. This is commonly k… - Tags: [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [capital raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/capital%20raising) | [Section 708](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Section%20708) | [Ssection 708 of Corporations Act](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Ssection%20708%20of%20Corporations%20Act) | [virtual cfo services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/virtual%20cfo%20services) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/daily-posts/do-small-companies-need-a-disclosure-document-to-raise-capital) [ 12th Feb, 2024![Taxation Benefits for Investors](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/bas-updates/BASU2024/basp130224.jpg) Taxation Benefits for Investors Business Advisory Services Update Investors who contribute capital to a company that wishes to qualify as an Early Stage Innovation Company (ESIC) receive significant taxation benefits from the ATO for their investment in a company t… - Tags: [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [capital raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/capital%20raising) | [Early Stage Innovation Company](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Early%20Stage%20Innovation%20Company) | [Predictive Accounting](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Predictive%20Accounting) | [virtual cfo services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/virtual%20cfo%20services) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/daily-posts/taxation-benefits-for-investors) [ 6th Feb, 2024![Deciding to go?](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/2024/am370banner.jpg) Deciding to go? 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Business Advisory Services Update BIRCHAL have reported that only “380 companies were successful in raising capital from Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising in 5 years.” EQUITISE have reported that they “take on fewer than 5% of th… - Tags: [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [Capital Raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Capital%20Raising) | [Crowd Sourced Funding](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Crowd%20Sourced%20Funding) | [crowd sourced funding equity raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/crowd%20sourced%20funding%20equity%20raising) | [virtual cfo services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/virtual%20cfo%20services) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/daily-posts/weekly-reflections-small-companies-can-raise-capital-but-they-need-assistance-by-accountants) [ 30th Jan, 2024![Small companies don’t have to borrow](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/bas-updates/BASU2024/basp310124.jpg) Small companies don’t have to borrow Business Advisory Services Update The Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising amendments to the Corporations Act in 2018 enabled private companies to be able to offer the public shares as an alternative to borrowing money. Crowd Source… - Tags: [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [Capital Raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Capital%20Raising) | [Crowd Sourced Funding](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Crowd%20Sourced%20Funding) | [crowd sourced funding equity raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/crowd%20sourced%20funding%20equity%20raising) | [virtual cfo services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/virtual%20cfo%20services) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/daily-posts/small-companies-dont-have-to-borrow) [ 29th Jan, 2024![Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising only for public companies?](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/bas-updates/BASU2024/basp300124.jpg) Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising only for public companies? Business Advisory Services Update This is a MYTH! Whilst eligible ‘Unlisted Public Companies’ are able to utilise Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising to raise capital, very importantly, so can ‘Private Companies’. When the legisla… - Tags: [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [Capital Raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Capital%20Raising) | [Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Crowd%20Sourced%20Funding%20Equity%20Raising) | [Predictive Accounting](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Predictive%20Accounting) | [virtual cfo services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/virtual%20cfo%20services) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/daily-posts/crowd-sourced-funding-equity-raising-only-for-public-companies) [ 14th Aug, 2023![Crowd Sourced Funding: great for innovative businesses!](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/bas-updates/bas150823.jpg) Crowd Sourced Funding: great for innovative businesses! Business Advisory Services Update Most innovative businesses will need to seek “seed capital” to get them started. This will be funding primarily from friends, family and associates who are aware of your client’s innovative project… - Tags: [Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Budgets%20and%20Cashflow%20Forecasts) | [business advisory services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/business%20advisory%20services) | [Business Plan](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Business%20Plan) | [capital raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/capital%20raising) | [crowd sourced funding equity raising](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/crowd%20sourced%20funding%20equity%20raising) | [Predictive Accounting](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/Predictive%20Accounting) | [virtual cfo services](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/ess-biztools-blogs/tag/virtual%20cfo%20services) Read more ](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/daily-posts/crowd-sourced-funding-great-for-innovative-businesses) [ 7th Aug, 2023![“Seed Capital” needed in most innovative projects](https://www.essbiztools.com.au/images/zoo/blogs/bas-updates/bas080823.jpg) “Seed Capital” needed in most innovative projects Business Advisory Services Update Undertaking an innovative project invariably costs more money than what the inventor originally envisaged. 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