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

May 4, 2023
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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 financingbanks and credit unions;
  • public share offeringprospectus/offering memorandums, subscription agreements and others;
  • private share offeringsubscription agreements, prospectus exemptions and reporting requirements;
  • subordinated debtdebentures and preferred sharesexemptions to national instruments; and
  • shareholder loansinterest rates, loan agreements and cross-border implications.
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