The five basic steps undertaken by ECS are:-
- Confidentiality,
- Evaluation,
- Meeting,
- Mandate, and
- Funding.
1. Confidentiality
Privacy and confidentiality in business are usually desirable and sometimes essential. Clients are often concerned at the outset about revealing sensitive or confidential information (especially in regard to new inventions or property opportunities) and ECS is always prepared to execute a Confidentiality Undertaking in writing before any discussion takes place.
2. Free Evaluation
ECS does not wish to waste time and confines itself to investment proposals or projects with above-average investment merit. The Client submits details of the investment opportunity or project (via email or post) and ECS conducts its own free evaluation, research & analysis and reports back to the Client.
3. Meeting
If after evaluation ECS determines that the proposal or project is worthy of further investigation the Principal of ECS will visit the potential Client anywhere in the world (see Travel Contribution) and if both ECS and the Client agree to proceed a Fee Mandate is prepared.
4. Fee Mandate
The Fee Mandate is an Agreement between ECS and the Client setting out the role to be performed by ECS and the fee payable by the Client upon the successful raising of the required funds. The Client may choose to pay nothing or a relatively modest sign-on retainer to help defray immediate costs incurred by ECS (see Table 2).
5. Funding
The funding process commences immediately on execution of the fee mandate. ECS commenced in 2003 as a specialist raiser of equity funds from the public for small companies intending to list on a junior bourse, however, this narrow focus proved inappropriate and limiting in many cases and as a consequence ECS has now broadened its financial sourcing horizons in order to provide the best financial solution for each Client. Every requirement for funds is different and requires a different solution. ECS maintains a fresh and growing database of fund managers, sophisticated investors, high-networth individuals, angels, investment funds, private placement sources, investment banks, lenders, etc., and secures both debt and equity funding from these and a plethora of other private & public sources throughout the world.