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I am risk consultant in the field of venture capital. I can answer questions on business start up, dealing with Venture Capital Consultants and the risks involved, due diligence and the due diligence check list, corporate research, reorganizing bad debt, dealing with creditors, raising private capital, factoring and collection issues.

If you are concerned about the risks of dealing with a Venture Capital firm or a Venture Capital Broker feel free to contact me.

I have a large cleint list of Venture Capital firms who retain me to consult on assessing the risks in investing in individuals or private companies seeking capital.

Experience

Education/Credentials
Law Enf Grad (honours)1986, Law/Legal Admin 1991, Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), English, French, Japanese. Owner Corpa Investigation www.corpa.com since 1991. Advisory Member - Canadian Venture Capital Association.

During the Internet "dot com boom" my venture capital company, "Capital Unlimited" consulted with VC firms and those seeking capital across the globe. I assisted companies (primarly new start ups) in ways to raise capital safely when the banks had turned them down.

I assisted with business plans, incorporations, press releases, financing proposals, private placement memos, invoice factoring, collection issues, trademark issues, asset Protection/restructuring & reorganization of bad debt.

During the dot.com internet boom, my Venture Capital company Capital-Unlimited and website was purchased by Andrew J. Filipowski of DivineInterventures the previous owner of Platinum Ventures.

Platinum Ventures was well documented as being famous for the purchase by Computer Associates for 3.6 Billion the largest software transaction in history at the time of the begining of the Internet dot.com boom.

My investigation company was under a consulting contract for due diligence and with the Divine Interventures team.

My 17 year old company, The Corpa Group continues to work in the field of Venture Capital. We get in the middle of business deals to ensure the deal is safe with no surprises. We use the term "investigate before you invest" which can be seen on our site and blog.

The Corpa Group continues to lessen the risk of any business transactions in the field of Venture Captial.

I do not broker capital, invest in companies, nor do I offer investment advice so please don't ask questions in this area.

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Topic: Venture Capital & Stock

Expert: Kevin Bousquet
Date: 8/6/2008
Subject: funding forms/risk factors

Question
Greetings and thank you for taking my question.

I am in the early stages of an environmental consulting start-up. One of the
avenues I am taking is listing the business on a website that attracts vc's and
angels. The form that I need to fill out has some language on it that I don't
quite understand how it applies to my company.

For instance, the form asks for:

Type of securities offered

Price per security

Sales commission

Minimum/maximum number of securities

total proceeds if minimum sold/maximum sold

Is there an impound of proceeds until minimum is obtained

Also, how do I evaluate risk factors in my business?

I know that there are alot of questions that I don't understand, and that I may
need a lawyer to go through it all with me, but these that I listed are the big
ones, and would love some insight into what these mean.

Thank you very much.

Answer
These questions all pertain to how you plan on selling shares in your business.   It is best you speak to a corporate lawyer to determine the amount and price. I would just leave it blank until such time as you have some interest from a true Venture Capitalist.

You should consider starting your business plan if you haven't yet as if you get any interest a VC will be asking you for a plan or a summary anyway.

If you are putting your business on a VC matching website I would suggest you read an article I wrote at

http://www.corpa.com/fraud.html

When VC's contact you make sure they can prove to you that they have actually invested in other companies. They should have a portfolio of their companies on their site. If not ask them for a list of companies they have invested in. Don't fall for the upfront fee scam.

What VC matching site did you join and how much did you pay??

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