The Capital Raise Checklist – Are you ready for a raise?
[7 minute read] The Capital Raise Checklist - Are you ready for a raise? How do you prepare for a capital raise? What documents do you need? And how long will a capital raise take? Unless you’re prepared to bootstrap [...]
Are your investors in the loop? How to communicate with shareholders effectively
[4 minute read] Investor Updates...what should you share? When you hear the term “investor update”, what comes to mind? Numbers and dollar figures? Financial models and forecasts? Standard comments on the state of the economy? While it’s important for companies [...]
Wholesale Investor and Cake team up!
Fresh out of the oven - more exciting news from the Cake baking room! Cake has partnered up with the leading capital markets platform Wholesale Investor. This partnership will allow the streamlining and automation of equity to be accessed by [...]
What is the Start-up Tax Concession, and why bother using it?
2 Minute Read Nobody likes talking about tax until there is a perk in there for them...Selfish right? Cue the Start-Up Tax Concession! (Not the sexiest name, we know) If you're looking to issue shares or options to your employees [...]
How to Raise Money You’ve Already Spent – R&D Finance
Blog contributed by Alex Kaschuta at Fundsquire If you think about startup finance, you’re probably thinking about selling equity, VCs, angels, convertible notes, friends and family, series A, B, and beyond. A more distant thought could creep in, maybe to [...]
Bake That Cake – Settlement Engine coming soon
3 minute read: Exciting news from the Cake baking room! Our new fully automatable “Settlement Engine” is in production testing, and about to be launched. We are very excited about the peace of mind it will bring our customers when [...]
Employee Share Plan Jargon – All the terms, in simple terms
What does Vesting mean, what is a Vesting Period and when will my Options become Shares? Whether you're a company setting up an employee share scheme (ESS), or an employee reviewing your ESS Offer, you are not alone if the [...]
SAFE Notes – What are they, and when should you use one?
Last week, we talked about Convertible Notes. We explained why they can be a great way to raise when, well, you don't have the time to raise. Here in Australia, we are starting to slowly see the rise of 'SAFE [...]