wms innovation

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What the WMS innovation team has brought to the table for others on Investment Readiness:

  • Business and/or strategic planning and financial modeling skills - we know what works. One of our partners has been a judge of an international business planning competition.
  • Commercial advice - negotiating VC term sheets, licensing agreements, shareholders agreements and setting strike prices for options.
  • Structuring advice - to maximise income tax and CGT efficiency, asset protection and access to various forms of funding.
  • Provision of director and company secretary of technology based companies.
  • Owner/investor exit strategies advice - including timing, method and value setting.
  • Prospectus - including preparation, due diligence committee, pricing strategy.
  • Intellectual property - identification, valuation and protection.
  • Network - active in innovation forums including Founders Forum, Griffith University, Fundraising for Institute for Glycomics, Gold Coast City Council Regional Economic Advisory Committee (REDAC), Gold Coast City Council Innovation Working Party.
  • Street smarts - the value of having been there.

 

What WMS innovation has brought to the table the following for others on Government Assistance:

  • Preparing applications - liaising directly with AusIndustry on client's behalf.
  • Managing grant obligations once approved - including tailoring information and processing systems to efficiently capture the necessary information for grants reporting.
  • Auditing requirements - conducting systematic audits in accordance with the AusIndustry grants agreement.
  • Back office - handling all administration, allowing clients to focus on project related activities.
  • Grant identification and support - identifying grant programs and other assistance available to client's business outside of R&D including EMDG and venture capital assistance.
  • Business planning and financial modeling - as necessary for investor presentations and the grant application process.

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