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Investor Suitability Test
Investing in private or unlisted companies can be rewarding, but it also involves
risks of which investors should be aware.
If you choose to invest in companies raising funds on the Spark Venture Funding
website, you need to be able to show you understand the risks involved.
Please answer the following questions to demonstrate your understanding.
Most early-stage companies fail:
Early-stage or private companies may not perform in accordance with the financial
projections or forecasts made by those companies:
If an early-stage company fails, investors in that company may lose all of the
money invested in that company:
Early-stage companies usually do not pay dividends:
Investors in early-stage companies usually cannot get their money back for a
considerable period of time, and sometimes not at all, if the company fails:
There is no established secondary market for investors to sell shares in
early-stage or private unlisted companies:
Investors in early-stage or private unlisted companies may not recover the full
amount of their investment and could possibly lose all of their investment:
Investors in early-stage or private unlisted companies should seek their own
advice in relation to taxation, based on their own personal circumstances:
Future economic, legislative or political changes may affect the way in which
investment returns are taxed: