Business Funding for SMEs

Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising

This Package Contains:

• What Is Crowd Sourced Funding?
• Stage I of the CSF Legislation Journey in Australia
• Stage 2 - Corporations Amendment (Crowd Sourced Funding for Proprietary Companies) Bill 2018
• Small Proprietary Company
• CSF Shareholder
• Eligible CSF Company
• Issuer Cap
• Fundraising in Addition to a CSF Offer
• Annual Financial Reports and Directors’ Report
• Small Proprietary Companies – Shareholder Directions
• CSF Audit Threshold
• Primary Issue Only
• Making a CSF Offer
• Corporate Governance Concessions
• CSF Intermediaries – Financial Services Licensing Requirements
• Australian Market Licence (AML)
• The Obligation of a CSF Intermediary
• Stages of a CSF Offer
• CSF Investors
• General Investor Protections
• Investor Protections For “Retail Clients” Only
• When is a CSF Document Defective?
• Obligations in Relation to Defective Documents
• Investor Rights – Defective Documents
• Criminal and Civil Liability
• ASIC
• Professional Advice

Early Stage Innovation Company

This Package Includes:

• Procedure Control Form
• Papers:

  • Early Stage Innovation Company (Paper 570-051)
  • Early Stage Innovation Companies (Paper 003-045)
  • Self-Assessment for Early Stage Innovation Company (Paper 003-046)
  • Investment Readiness for Early Stage Innovation Companies (Paper 040-010)
  • Investment Pitches for Early Stage Innovation Companies (Paper 040-096)
• ESIC - Eligibility Calculator, including:

  • Provisional Test
  • Gateway Test
  • Principles Based Test
  • Templates for supporting information for the test questions
  • Self-assessment as an Early Stage Innovation Company - Gateway Test Statement
  • Self-assessment as an Early Stage Innovation Company - The Principles Based Test Statement
• Investment Readiness Items
• Investment Pitch Items
• Marketing Material:

  • Seminar for promotion to clients and prospects
  • Promotional material for communication with clients and prospects
  • Video - "Why is ESIC Exciting for Businesses?" (BAS9400)
  • Template - "Why is ESIC Exciting for Businesses?" - to assist you to develop your own video (BAS9401)
  • Seminar Package for promotion to clients and prospects
• Investors:

  • Checklist on Early Stage Innovation Company (ESIC) for Investors (BAS9501)
  • Tax Incentives for Early Stage Investors (Paper 012-058)
  • Video - "Why will Investors be interested in an ESIC?"
  • Template "Why will Investors be interested in an ESIC?" - to assist you to develop your own video (BAS9552)>

• Preparation for Investment Readiness
• The Path to Investment Readiness
• Fund Raising by Private of Non -Listed Public Companies
• Investment Pitches
• Due Diligence Checklist
• Valuation of Emerging Companies Introduction
• Valuations Negotiations for Emerging Companies
• Required Share Ownership Method of Valuation
• Venture Capital Method of Valuation
• Hockey Stick Method of Valuation
• Hockey Stick Method of Valuation

• Coaching:

  
  ESS BIZTOOLS will provide 2 x 1 hour coaching via Zoom for an individual firm.
• Business Advisory Services Briefings:

  
  ESS BIZTOOLS will conduct monthly 30 minutes group update sessions with subscribers’ Business Advisory Services Managers.
• Business Plus Newsletter:

  
  Business Plus+ is produced monthly (February to December) with two additional editions being produced in May - "Federal Government's Budget Effects on SMEs" and "End of Year Tax Planning". Business Plus+ includes information on business development items, which will encourage your clients to use a wider range of services from your accountancy business. We also enclose links to the appropriate ESS BIZTOOLS material that contains additional information on the subject matters raised within Business Plus+ for internal reference.