Steps to Funding

• Apply for Funding
• Go through a background check
• Application gets reviewed by industry analyst
• Deliver a Webcasted Investor Pitch
• Get placed on SME Platform
• Set clear and achievable milestones for investors to hold you accountable for by the end of month 3
• Pool of interested investors commit funds to your business
• Investor funds gets placed in a secure escrow account
• If you raise 100% of your target raise, the majority of the funds will be released to you (If you do not raise 100% of target raise, funds will be released back to investors)
• All company funds, including raised capital, get transferred over to SME’s partner bank in order to be integrated into SME proprietary business analytics platform
• Achieve milestones by the end of month 3 and receive the remainder of your raised funds
• Build your business!

Steps to Return on Your Investment

• Apply to as an Accredited or Unaccredited Investor
• Go through background check
• Get access to SME Marketplace with best-of-breed registered financial professionals that can provide meaningful consultation
• Get access to all SME startup deals
• Review the deals which is accompanied by a review from independent industry analysts
• Fund the startups you believe have captured a real opportunity
• Invested funds go into a escrow account until the complete target raise is achieved
• Get access to your company’s business analytics in real time to monitor it’s progress towards achieving set milestones
• At the end month 3, if milestones are not reached, you have the choice of partially recuperating your investment
• If milestones are met, the remainder of held funds will be released to the entrepreneur
• If you invested in equity, you return on investment may come in the forms of dividend payments, selling your shares on a secondary shares market (after 12-months of holding the securities), the company gets acquired and your shares are bought out, or the company applies to be listed on a public stock market, by filing for an Initial Public Offering (IPO)
• If you invested in corporate debt, you returns may come in the form of scheduled principal and interest payments