Mawji Centre Spring into Business Series: 
Capital-Raising Strategies Available to Startups

Gavin Millan and Amy Verhoeff presented to NAIT's Mawji Centre for New Venture and Student Entrepreneurship. The session focused on capital-raising strategies available for startups and emerging enterprise. The presentation outlined general considerations for when different capital raising strategies make sense, including:

• traditional asset based financing—banks and credit unions;
• public share offering—prospectus/offering memorandums, subscription agreements and others;
• private share offering—subscription agreements, prospectus exemptions and reporting requirements;
• subordinated debt—debentures and preferred shares—exemptions to national instruments; and
• shareholder loans—interest rates, loan agreements and cross-border implications.