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How do I invest in a syndicate?

Last updated on May 10, 2024

There are two ways to invest on Funderbeam – invest in an open investment offer or via trading on the Marketplace. Both require that you are a verified investor. This guide covers investing in an open investment offer.

Step 1 – Find an investment offer

To find an investment opportunity, browse the New Deals page for current investment offers.

Step 2 – indicate your interest

When you’ve found a suitable investment offer, you can indicate your interest. Click the “Invest” button on the investment offer to enter your indication.

The indication is not a legally binding contract, but rather a way to express your interest to invest in a particular investment offer. When the investment offer closes, the lead investor will send out investment proposals using your indication as a guide.

Step 3 – accept the proposal

When the investment offer has collected sufficient interest (surpassing the minimum target specified on the Terms tab), the offer is closed and the administrator will send official investment proposals to all investors whose indication was accepted.
You can either reject or accept the investment proposal. Once you accept, you will be legally obligated to invest and have the required amount of funds available in your Funderbeam wallet before the date of the payment deadline.
 

Step 4 – payment

After you’ve accepted the Investment Proposal, you will receive a payment notice and must ensure that you top up your Funderbeam wallet by the payment deadline at the latest.
If you have sufficient funds in your Funderbeam wallet to cover the investment, we will reserve these funds until the investment round is closed and you don’t have to do anything else.
 

Investment done

After funds are collected from all investors, the funds are transferred to the company and the instruments are distributed to your portfolio.

What is the smallest amount I can invest?

There are two ways to invest, through the primary (investment offers) and the secondary (trading) market. As a result there are two different minimums, outlined below;

Investing in Fundraising Companies

For each investment offer, the minimum investment amount is decided by the company and the lead investor. This minimum is set as the lead investor considers the startup’s funding needs, as well as the number and kind of potential investors.

Typically the minimum is between €250 and €1,000, but we recommend looking at the details of the investment offer page to find out the specific terms.

Trading through The Marketplace

Funderbeam offers a Marketplace for investors to trade their investments with each other. Buyers and sellers can post orders with flexible quantity and value so the cost to becoming an investor can fit any budget. You can find out more details about trading here

️Warning: Investing in early-stage and growth companies puts your capital at risk. Please read our Risk Disclosure Statement

 

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The information about the investment opportunities profiled on this website is provided for general information and marketing purposes only and should not be considered an invitation or inducement to engage in any investment activity. Complete and comprehensive information about an investment opportunity is only available only to investors who have been approved by a Funderbeam group entity.

You should ensure you carefully read the Risk Disclosure Statement before deciding to proceed with any investment or transaction, including making a purchase of securities via the Marketplace. Funderbeam has taken steps to ensure that company and securities offering information is clear, fair and not misleading in accordance with its internal verification procedures. Funderbeam does not provide investment advice or any recommendation to invest. Any investment opportunity on this website should not be considered as an offer to the public and is not directed at or offered to anyone to whom it may not be so directed or offered, or located in a jurisdiction where it is unlawful to do so.

It is important to note that funds are raised, investments are made and trade orders are placed through three investment firm service provider entities: Venturebeam Markets AS (VBAS) (authorised and regulated by the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority under permit 4.1-1/212), Venturebeam Markets Limited (VML (authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority under FRN 794918), and Venturebeam Markets Pte. Ltd., (VB Pte) (licensed and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore under Capital Markets Services (CMS) license CMS100863). VBAS and VML are MIFID investment firms.

This page provides you with an overview of the services provided by different entities belonging to Funderbeam group. In the pages of this website, platform, and documents located on these pages (save to where referred otherwise), we generally refer to the group, which includes group of entities being direct or indirect subsidiaries of Funderbeam Ltd, including VBAS, VML, and VB Pte, as “Funderbeam”, “we”, “us” or “our”.

A Funderbeam client (whether investor or company) is a client of the service provider and under the protection of the requirements of the regulator under which that service provider operates: An EEA client’s service provider is VBAS, a UK/ non-EEA/ non-Singapore client’s service provider is VML, and a Singapore client’s service provider is VB Pte.

The applicable Funderbeam service provider has, prior to the offering of the investment offer on its Platform, verified from public registries in reasonable levels of due diligence, notwithstanding the due diligence which is also performed by the Lead Investor where applicable, which will cover at the minimum: a. that the project owner has no criminal record in respect of infringements of national rules in fields of commercial law, insolvency law, financial services law, anti-money laundering law, fraud law or professional liability obligations in all jurisdictions where practicable for such checks to be conducted; b. that the project owner is not established in a non-cooperative jurisdiction, or in a high-risk third country as set out by the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”), and/or other government directives in jurisdictions where Venturebeam is operating.

The Marketplace is operated as an organised market by VB Pte., in Singapore as a Recognised Market Operator (RMO) under the supervision of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. VBAS and VML are Trading Members of the RMO’s Marketplace. Access to the Marketplace for EEA and non-EEA clients is only provided by and through such clients’ service provider (ie VBAS or VML). The Marketplace does not provide services directly to investors outside Singapore.

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