Capital Raising, Innovation Consulting, Technology Licensing Services - Alchemy Innovation

How to build credibility around your business

8 Dec, 2011

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At some point your business will need resources to reach a next level. Alchemy Equities is about helping businesses get access to funding and support to make that happen.

A key element of getting access to resources is building credibility around your business, particularly if you wish to attract private equity funds.

Key strategies to build credibility when attracting private equity funds:
• Work hard.
• Balance your entrepreneurial enthusiasm with experience: Build a team with that includes people with significant experience.
• Exposure and network. Make sure who ever is on your team also has exposure and a network that helps build the business
• Create solid communication around building the credibility of the team: investors want to see a team of people who complement each other, not an individual.

So how do you create that kind of communication?

When attracting equity funds, either through angel investors, venture capital in Australia or via the platform the Small Scale Offerings Board or Wholesale Investor, how you communicate your investment offering is critical. Read more →

Business plans for raising funds

8 Dec, 2011

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Want to create a comprehensive 40-page investor quality business plan in a day?

Many would be entrepreneurs stumble around in the dark with templates or software and spending thousands on so called Success Guru’s

Innovation consultants, Alchemy Equities has recently partnered with Business Plan HQ to deliver a service which focuses on what you need to know to make your business venture a success.

Thousands of potential entrepreneurs spend months trying to write a business plan from some under-done template or software. Chances are you have already spent months thinking about or trying to prepare a business plan. What would it be worth to you if you could get this done in just one day?

Innovation consultancy Business Plan HQ guarantees that you will have a powerful document that you can actually use to attract partners, equity capital, government grants, or bank loans.

By using unique technology created by a master entrepreneur and ex-Venture Capitalist, you will work your business idea, determine viability, establish a successful business model, prepare all the documentation you need in order to raise capital and execute your idea. Read more →

Want to claim 45c for Your rd dollar

8 Dec, 2011

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R&D tax concessions

The Australian federal government is prepared to share the risk with firms who are willing to invest and use innovation as a business driver.

Companies will get 45 cents for their R&D dollar. But who is eligible? What does using the scientific method mean to prove your eligibility? What are the new rules and what do I need to put in place to claim?

To navigate through the government red-tape, Alchemy Equities, asked industry specialists TCF Services, to present what is involved for start up R&D firms and firms under $20m in annual sales doing R&D. Many of these companies are currently trading in a tax loss position and have never made claims in the past as they could not receive cash, only further tax losses which they did not need or wish to pay a consultant to receive. TCF Services, a specialist in grants for small business, will outline how best to manage these situations.

This presentation complements the recent ausindustry / Australian Tax Office presentations on R&D in a candid, accessible way, using case studies and followed by a Q&A session.

Presented as a recorded webinar, principal of TCF Services, Gerry Frittmann also covered:
* how to structure your R&D entity before you start to be in a position to receive the funding
* how the new rule as to how payments must be made if associated entities/ parties are involved – unlike the old scheme – physical payments must be made
* what records need to be kept to prove your experimental approach.
* when you can claim and how long it take to receive the funds.

To access the webinar recording visit http://www.alchemyequities.com.au