We provide alternative investment and alternative capital services through investment crowdfunding and equity partnership.
SEC is currently reviewing our application to operate as Crowdfunding Intermediary and Crowdfunding Platform.
Under investment crowdfunding, investors invest in securities issued by the business whereas under equity partnership, investors are pooling funds to build the business.
Under equity crowdfunding, investors acquire shares in the business and not interest on their investment as in debt crowdfunding. Under contractual crowdfunding, the parties agree on profit-sharing or similar arrangements.
A retail investor is an individual investor with no accreditation to invest more than 10% of gross annual income in a 12-month period.
Institutional investors as well as investors accredited by SEC can invest without limit.
Yes, they have up to 48 hours prior to the end of the offer to change their minds and cancel the investment.
Advanced security measures such as SSL/TLS encryption, firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems are employed to protect the platform and payment gateway from cyber-attacks, data breaches, and other security threats.
An issuer is the company or entity which issues the security or investment instrument.
Securities are investment instruments such as shares, bonds, and others permitted by SEC.
An issuer is required to create a platform user account, submit company profile and other business details as well as a comprehensive offering document.
After the issuer’s offering document and marketing plans are thoroughly vetted and approved, all relevant campaign materials including product photos and videos are uploaded by the issuer ready to be published by the platform.
Yes, there are limits on the amount to be raised through investment crowdfunding. The maximum amount an issuer (business) can raise is 6,000,000.00 cedis per year or 10,000,000.00 cedis if the funds are for agriculture projects or physical assets.
The offer period shall not exceed 60 days. It may however be extended by 30 days subject to approval by SEC.
The campaign will close unsuccessfully and the issuer (business) will not receive any funds. Investors will receive a refund.
When the target amount is exceeded within the offer period, the issuer shall implement the oversubscription provisions and modalities detailed in the offering document.
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An issuer shall not issue more than one investment instrument during a single offering period and shall not host an offering concurrently on multiple platforms.
Investors pay no fees on the platform but issuers and other fundraising entities are required to pay fees up to 5% of funds raised.
Dispute resolution is a key responsibility of the Crowdfunding Intermediary. All complaints are first directed to the intermediary.
The platform hosts two equity partnership options namely Model Business Investment and Vetted Business Investment.
The platform hosts two special partnership options namely Portfolio Partner Investment and Short-term Partner Investment.
Only thoroughly assessed projects submitted by reputable organizations or individuals are profiled on the platform.
After the not-for-profit fundraising proposal and marketing plans are thoroughly vetted and approved, all relevant campaign materials including photos and videos are uploaded by the fundraising entity, ready to be published by the platform.
Our company provides paid business valuation services to individuals/entities interested in investing in businesses or buying businesses. Likewise, businesses can use our valuation services to determine their value before fundraising or outright sale.
Our company provides paid business transfer services to business owners interested in selling their businesses and investors desiring to buy existing businesses. Available businesses are profiled on dedicated pages on the platform.