Yes Aquity Asia charges a 3% facilitation fee upon transaction on top of the 50k USD investment, an on going 2% annual administrative fee and 3% upon Sale of Shares at the point of exit.
Yes Aquity Asia will provide a quarterly report on the performance of the company.
When a company is seeking investment, it will provide an Information Memorandum. Aquity Asia will put the business through the 3 rounds of Aquity Evaluation. If the company passes the evaluation of Aquity Asia and is selected as a firm to be enabled, an equity stake will be agreed and investors will be invited to consider participating in the enablement of the brand. After considering the information provided, Investors can decide which of the Aquity Enabled companies to be a part of.
Typically, the brands that seek funding will be looking for a 15-40% financial investment in their current operations. The company will go through a 3rd party valuation at the point of entry and an Information Memorandum will be issued. A percentage will be issued with a minimum investment tranche of 25k USD each.
Private equity funds are generally illiquid investment vehicles, often resulting in holding periods of greater than 3-5 years. At the point of selected exit of individual investor, the value of the investment will be calculated using the last reported annual financial performance plus 3%.
Upon an exit, capital is distributed to Aquity Asia and proportionally distributed to each investor based on the percentage of the equity owned by the investor
Typically the companies invested in are companies that are easily replicated, with strong branding, have good management, and have good market acceptability but lack franchise know how, franchise management and capital.