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Funding Events and Milestones April 2017

Every month here at Techboard we publish a ranking of Australian Startups and Young Technology Companies (see our April Ranking). One of the most significant inputs into a company’s monthly score is milestones and funding events. We collect this information in a number of ways: we use our semi-automated google news scraper, we keep track of what we hear on the grapevine (the public information) and companies report their achievements to Techboard using our Announcements platform.

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Australian Startups: $160M Raised and $170M in Acquisitions During March Quarter 2017

Startup & Tech Company Funding report for March Quarter Out NOW!!

This is the second funding report we have published, and the first covering the eastern states, so it is an exciting milestone for Techboard. The Report only includes deals announced or confirmed in the January to March 2017 quarter, involving startups and tech companies which are eligible for a listing on Techboard. The scope is currently limited to New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.  In line with Techboard’s plans to take its Startup Ranking fully National, we will also be expanding the coverage of future funding reports to include the remaining Australian states. 

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Innovation Tax Incentive: Techboard Partners with BDO

Techboard is pleased to announce that on the not so long lead up til the end of another tax year we have partnered with BDO to bring the Techboard audience increased guidance on the application of the Innovation Tax Incentive.

BDO have developed a number of documents to help Australian startups, tech companies and investors to self assess for the Innovation Tax Incentive. For an investor they will assist to determine if an investment they have made or are planning to make will entitle them to tax relief and for a company the forms will help them to judge whether they are eligible as a Early Stage Innovation Company which can arm them for discussions with potential investors. 

 

 

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Australian Startups Milestones and Achievements March 2017

Every month here at Techboard we publish a ranking of Australian Startups and Young Technology Companies (see our March Ranking). One of the most significant inputs into a company’s monthly score is milestones and achievements. We collect this information in a number of ways: we use our semi-automated google news scraper, we keep track of what we hear on the grapevine (the public information) and companies report their achievements to Techboard using  our Announcements platform.

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Perth-based ASX listed companies dominate Techboard’s March Startup Ranking

This Startup Ranking is our third to cover Startups and Young Technology Companies from WA and from NSW. This month the top five companies in our Startup Ranking were all ASX listed and all from Perth Western Australia (although 1 has relocated its HQ to Melbourne). Our top four startups collectively raised over $25m in March, through a combination of share placements and backdoor listings.

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Is it time make an Announcement on Techboard?

We have our March Startup Ranking coming out THIS WEEK. Our most popular content on the Techboard platform is our Monthly Startup Ranking. When we publish our ranking we always get more visits to the site and more attention generally.  So now is a great time to make an announcement and capitalise on this.

 

So who can make announcements on Techboard?

Any Australian Startup or Young Tech Company can set up or claim a company profile the Techboard Team have created. Once they have done this they can use our Announcements platform. Claiming profiles and making announcements is FREE.

Do you have anything you could or should announce?

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Senate Passes Crowd Funding Legislation – Finally

Well Federal Parliament has finally passed Australia’s first equity crowdfunding legislation.

According to Federal Treasurer, Scott Morrison in his Treasurer’s Second Reading Speech for theCorporations Amendment (Crowd-Sourced Funding) Bill 2016 “The Bill forms part of the government’s commitment to help transition the Australian economy from the mining investment boom to a more diversified economy, with broader based growth, and long-term strength and resilience.”

The new legislation enables unlisted public companies with up to $25 million in annual turnover and less than $25 million in gross assets to raise up to $5 million via equity crowdfunding platforms over a 12 month period.  Retail investors will be able to invest up to $10,000 per company in a 12-month period.

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I Want to Bring On Investors, What are the Legal Steps?

This Blog Post comes from Ursula Hogben from LegalVision and was first published on their Site on 6 January 2017. LegalVision have signed up on Techboard as a Problem Solver an have a special offer for Techboard users who will receive a 5% discount on their bill if they get a quote via LegalVision’s Techboard Landing Page.

You’ve made your pitch, shared information about your company and agreed how many shares the investors will receive for what investment. You may have signed a term sheet or agreed to the key details informally. Now, what legal steps should you take to bring on board investors?  Read More

Raising the profile of your startup as part of the capital raising process – from the Archives

This post by Techboard co-founder Peter van Bruchem was first published by our friends at Capital Pitch in November 2016. In the piece Peter highlights the importance of startups investing time in raising their profile even before they are ready to raise capital. 

In this post I explore the importance of investor communications or investor relations for startups and suggest that taking an investor relations style approach before raising capital could be beneficial to a startup. There two main reasons for Startups wanting to raise their profile are customers (finding, acquiring and keeping) and seeking investment. In this piece I will focus on investment and will seek to answer four simple questions Why, When, Where and How. Why take efforts to raise your company’s profile when raising capital? Where, geographically should those efforts be focused? When should a startup start raising their profile and finally how can a startup go about raising their profile?

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