Financial Services Guide

FB Ventures operates under the authorisations of its Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL 553008) issued by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (‘ASIC’), allowing us to provide a licensed crowd-sourced funding (‘CSF’) service as an intermediary. We aim to facilitate innovative and impactful funding opportunities for a diverse range of projects. Any information provided by FB Ventures is not intended to constitute financial advice, recommendations, or opinions regarding any financial products or services.

FB Ventures is licensed by ASIC to provide a crowd-sourced funding service for fully-paid ordinary shares of eligible CSF companies, published through its platform (the ‘Platform’), operated by FB Ventures only and accessed via www.fbventures.vc (the ‘Website’).
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The Platform allows an eligible company, who has entered into a Hosting Agreement and has been approved by us to use our platform (‘CSF Issuer’), to raise up to $5 million per year from the issue of fully paid ordinary shares to “retail” investors.
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FB Ventures is also authorised to provide general advice in relation to securities.

We are authorised to provide these products and services to both “retail” and “wholesale” clients.

We are not authorised to provide personal advice. We can only provide you with factual information and in certain circumstances may provide general financial product advice. You should consider your own specific objectives, financial situation and needs and seek specific independent, financial, legal or other professional advice before making any investment decision or using our services.

FB Ventures provides the following crowd-sourced funding services though the Platform on the Website:

• Expression of interest (‘EOI’) campaigns for eligible CSF companies through non-binding expression of interest from potential investors; and
• CSF offer campaigns for eligible CSF companies, through the publishing of the CSF offer document, which offers fully-paid ordinary shares to “retail” and “wholesale” clients.

FB Ventures, as a CSF intermediary, has specific obligations that apply in recognition of its important role as ‘gatekeeper’ for the crowd-funding services provided on the Platform, which include:
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• Performing checks before publishing a CSF offer document on the Platform; and
• Not publishing, or not continuing to publish, a CSF offer document on the Platform in certain circumstances.

Additional fees
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FB Ventures may incur additional fees payable by the CSF Issuer where:
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• A replacement or supplementary CSF offer document is required to be published;
• The complexities of the CSF Issuer require additional investigations to determine eligibility to make a CSF offer.
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Any interest earned on funds held within the trust account will be retained by FB Ventures and will not be distributed to the CSF Issuer on the conclusion on the CSF offer, nor to investors in the event of an unsuccessful CSF offer.
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FB Ventures may also receive a success fee from the CSF Issuer for funds raised, through a direct or indirect introduction to the CSF Issuer via the Platform or in connection with an EOI.
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Fees for any additional services by separate agreement with the CSF Issuer.

“Retail” investors (as defined under s738D of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)) have the right to withdraw their application under the CSF offer within five (5) business days of making the application. If you wish to withdraw your investment, please send an email to investment@fbventures.vc within five (5) business days of submitting your application. Information on how to exercise your cooling-off rights are available within the CSF offer document. If you decide to exercise your cooling-off rights, we will withdraw your application and return your subscription amount as soon as practicable (if received).

Our employees may be remunerated by salary payments, bonuses, and other benefits from us. Bonus payments are discretionary and based on the performance of the employee. We may use contractors in carrying out our services, and they will receive payments based on referral of clients, consulting activities, and any other general work in connection with FB Ventures.

In accordance with s912B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), FB Ventures maintains adequate professional indemnity insurance that satisfies the compensation arrangements. This covers the financial services provided by FB Ventures and its employees, including employees after they cease working with us.

FB Ventures is a subsidiary of FundBase Group Pty Limited (ABN 85 665 646 462) and its officers, employees, independent contractors and owners may receive compensation in connection with marketing efforts and offers.

Your privacy and personal information is important to us. We have adequate measures in place under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and will manage your personal information accordingly. We only collect information so that we may provide you with the financial product(s) and associated service(s) you request, as well as information on other products offered by us. In most cases, we may provide you with a copy of your personal information in order to provide information and market updates to you. A copy of our privacy policy is available at www.fbventures.vc.