The early days.
Before InvestorHub there was Fresh Equities, and a front-row seat to how listed companies raise capital.
2017
Fresh Equities opens up placements
Ben Williamson and Rhys Davis found Fresh Equities to give investors access to ASX placements usually reserved for large funds.
Gold explorerPlacement
$3.5m
Open to every investor
BiotechPlacement + SPP
$8.0m
Open to every investor
Battery mineralsPlacement
$1.2m
Open to every investor
FintechEntitlement offer
$5.6m
Open to every investor
0
transactions by August 2021
2017 to 2021
The same gap, raise after raise
Helping companies raise, we kept seeing the same thing. They spoke to their top 20 shareholders, relied on brokers for everyone else, and had no direct line to the investors doing most of the trading.
The top 20Calls, meetings, roadshows.
Everyone elseAn announcement, and silence.
Gold explorerPlacement
$3.5m
Open to every investor
BiotechPlacement + SPP
$8.0m
Open to every investor
Battery mineralsPlacement
$1.2m
Open to every investor
FintechEntitlement offer
$5.6m
Open to every investor
0
transactions by August 2021