Dear Readers,
Welcome to the February 2026 edition of the Funding Strategies newsletter!
Upcoming Event:
Risk, Assets, and Capital: SME Credit Markets in 2026
Join our Managing Director, Dr Mark Rainbird (pictured below), who is on the expert panel at this breakfast seminar on 18 February in Brisbane.
This event is designed for commercial finance brokers who want a clearer, practitioner-led understanding of how SME credit decisions are being made today. Rather than focusing on macroeconomic commentary, the discussion will centre on real-world lending, valuation, and risk assessment, and how these factors interact in live deals."
From Mark's Desk
"How strong is your business?
We help business owners seeking capital: for expansion, to purchase equipment, for working capital, to pay down the ATO and to improve their balance sheet. We also see fund raising to increase FUM (funds under management), to purchase new assets or provide liquidity for existing shareholders (secondary sales). We also assist founders and companies in selling their businesses, to undertake a pre-IPO or back door listing.
Fundamentally any or all of these activities / transactions can highlight weaknesses in a company or fund while going through the process. Typically, we come across issues with pitch documents (“packaging the matter”), business strategy and structuring, financials and accounting, business models / assumptions, governance, plans for the use of funds (execution), not understanding competitors… and not having investor relationships / distribution. To be successful, these issues need to be addressed to attract investment and allow investors to complete due diligence with confidence.
Funding Strategies has more than 14 years of experience providing comprehensive capital solutions to solve these problems, and to assist companies with business growth planning / scaling advice / strategic partnerships, governance and execution, strategic advisory and support services, capital raising, sourcing debt, deal preparation, matching companies with investors, investor relations, structuring investments, legal and compliance issues. View our testimonials here: Capital & Investment Advice - Client Testimonials | Funding Strategies.
Please contact us for a review of your situation.
This edition of our newsletter includes:
Client introduction: Project Active;
Update: Project Index;
Webinar recording: Project Extrusion;
Testimonial: Project Build;
Awards, events and updates: BlueMount Capital joins HKABA, Flora's travel report, ACBC's Chinese New Year event and McCormick Harris Insurance updates.
Click here to read the full newsletter.
For more information please contact us via email or phone +61 7 3160 2849.
About Funding Strategies
Funding Strategies is an Australian based capital markets firm providing venture equity capital and finance services to small business and companies seeking capital for growth and expansion in the unlisted and pre-IPO capital markets. We specialise in creating and implementing successful funding and capital raising strategies, both equity raising and debt funding, including quick business loans. We work with predominately private and public companies, and sophisticated investors, with a broad range of services. If you would like more information, please email brisbane@fundingstrategies.com.au or phone +61 7 3160 2849.
Image below: The webinar recording for Project Extrusion is now available.
