{"id":48346,"date":"2023-10-20T15:58:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/equitise-launches-dual-investment-platform-for-australian-investors-as-lengthy-delays-on-equity-crowdfunding-legislation-continue-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:58:23","slug":"equitise-launches-dual-investment-platform-for-australian-investors-as-lengthy-delays-on-equity-crowdfunding-legislation-continue-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/equitise-launches-dual-investment-platform-for-australian-investors-as-lengthy-delays-on-equity-crowdfunding-legislation-continue-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Equitise launches dual investment platform for Australian investors as \u201clengthy delays\u201d on equity crowdfunding legislation continue – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
Crowdfunding platform Equitise will launch a new platform to enable sophisticated investors across Australia to co-invest in new tech ventures and startups alongside high profile venture capital firms and angel investors.<\/p>\n
Equitise co-founder Chris Gilbert says the Syndicate platform will enable investors who are new to the private company space to back ventures that have been \u201cvetted\u201d and \u201csponsored\u201d by industry veterans.<\/p>\n
The platform, which will open to the market in a couple of weeks, has already enlisted around 30 high profile venture capitalists and and angel investors, including Freelancer founder Matt Barrie, Reinventure<\/a> and Tank Stream Ventures<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cInitially, it will only be open to qualified and sophisticated investors in Australia,\u201d Gilbert tells StartupSmart<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough, a couple of deals we\u2019re going to be able to open up to retail investors as well [through] more heavy disclosure statements.\u201d<\/p>\n By the end of the year, Gilbert is hoping to have about 50 Syndicate campaigns active.<\/p>\n \u201cThe venture capital firm, family office or angel can create a profile and investment syndicate, which is essentially a white label version of the Equitise platform within the ecosystem,” he says.<\/p>\n \u201cThey can process their own deal flow \u2026 they upload a transaction, say how much money they\u2019re contributing towards the round.<\/p>\n \u201c[They will} show the terms on which they\u2019re investing, valuations and that sort of thing [and] they\u2019ll also upload supporting documents.<\/p>\n \u201cThen it\u2019s up to the investor to either subscribe to that syndicate or if it\u2019s a public syndicate, invest directly into the campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cEssentially, it\u2019s like crowdfunding but deals are sponsored by the investment community.\u201d<\/p>\n Gilbert says Equitise developed the platform after \u201clengthy delays\u201d by the federal government pushed back legislation to enable equity crowdfunding for startups.<\/p>\n