Taged Articles: crowd sourced funding equity raising

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…

The vast majority of companies who are interested in raising capital require assistance from Accountants who can perform the ‘Chief Financial Officer’ role, to prepare the company’s documentation and…

Accountants and Bookkeepers servicing the SME market need to have an awareness of the ‘fund raising opportunities’ that Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising presents for SMEs. An ASIC appointed Crow…

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…

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…

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…

In the Thomson Reuters White Paper released last week, a key comment was, “The past has no future.” In the discussions relative to financing of businesses, accountants were put on notice that SMEs we…

In the ESS BIZTOOLS’ Business Advisory Services Webinar/Conversation on Wednesday 10th March 2021, Peter Towers, Managing Director, ESS BIZTOOLS will discuss with Priscilla Bea Smith, Director, Cloud…

83 days to go to the end of JobKeeper – will your clients be ready? Business advisory service expected to be the most in demand! The CommBank Accounting Market Pulse for June 2020 has identified th…

Bank problems? Are your clients having difficulties borrowing from banks? Peter Towers, Managing Director, ESS BIZTOOLS, will be making a presentation to the Crowdfunding Institute of Australia nex…

The Financial Review Top 100 Accounting Firms for 2019 Report has again identified that many of the top 100 firms have expanded beyond traditional auditing and taxation work into higher margin consul…

Yes, 19 October 2019 was the first anniversary of the commencement of Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising when private companies were able to raise capital direct from the public. If you have clien…

The Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising Scorecard produced by ESS BIZTOOLS as at 31 July 2019 has identified that 31,141 investors have invested an average of $1,207 in the 44 companies that have ra…

What is in it for a company? Ability to raise up to $5 million in a 12 month period direct from the public This is not a loan therefore: No loan application required No security req…

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…

Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising is not the same as “Crowdfunding”. Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising is governed by the Australian Government’s “Corporations Act” which specifies stric…