Capital raising
Equity capital for growth stages.
We raise equity for growth-stage Australian companies — pre-IPO rounds, private placements and structured raises with wholesale, sophisticated and professional investors.
On this line
A raise is shaped before it is sold. We work the information memorandum, the cap table, the use-of-funds and the dilution model long before the first investor conversation. Every input is stress-tested against the references — comparable raises, regulatory views and sector reads — so the case the document carries is defensible on its own terms.
When the document is finished, we open the call sheet. Wholesale, sophisticated and professional investors only — each gated differently and certified on its own basis. Conversations run against a written process timeline so capacity is built before commitments are taken. The deliverable is an information memorandum issued on the wholesale-client basis under s 761G, with s 708(8) sophisticated and s 708(11) professional certificates collected where those gates are used; a working cap-table model with the option pool and convertible roll-forward visible; and a settlement schedule filed with the firm record on completion.
The pipeline
A raise is six stations on one line.
We do not skip stations. We do not collapse them. Each carries a different obligation under the AFSL, and each lands inside the audit register before the line moves to the next.
- 01
Intake
Sponsor brief, conflict screen, mandate scope written down before scope is priced.
- 02
Diligence
Financial, legal, commercial; lender-side standard. Comparable-raise + sector references stress-tested.
- 03
Structuring
Instrument, deed, escrow, custody, registry — each documented before the call sheet opens.
- 04
Placement
Wholesale + sophisticated investor outreach under section 708. Written process timeline; capacity built before commitments.
- 05
Settlement
Subscription documents, AML, escrow release, register file. Closing memorandum traces every condition precedent.
- 06
Reporting
Quarterly reporting cadence, breach register, AGM material — same cadence the firm files against its own audit.
In scope
What this line covers.
Australian issuer, audited
Australian-incorporated issuer with audited financials. The cap table is clean and current; the option pool and convertible roll-forward are visible.
Written use-of-funds
The proceeds are tied to a written growth or execution plan that we can stress-test against comparable raises and sector reads.
Wholesale / sophisticated
The investor base sits inside section 708 of the Corporations Act — wholesale or sophisticated, not retail.
Out of perimeter
What this line doesn’t do.
The boundary is written into the engagement letter, the deed, and the compliance plan. We surface it on the public site so the conversation can start at the right place.
Retail raises
We do not work on retail raises. The licence is wholesale-only and we will not solicit retail subscribers.
Unaudited issuers
Issuers without audited accounts. The diligence base must already be solid before we open the call sheet.
Undefined use-of-funds
Where the use-of-funds cannot be written down before the call sheet opens, the raise is not yet ready for the room.
A raise is shaped before it is sold.
Reach the firm
Briefings for this line are short and dated.
Email briefings@stoneleafcapital.com.au. We respond the same business day from Brisbane.