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Reverse takeover - Canada

Reverse takeover is transaction in which public company listed on a stock exchange in Canada with few or without assets (often referred as shell company) acquires all securities of a private company with a significant assets and operation. It is considered a less expensive and time consuming alternative to initial public offering (IPO). This way public companies acquires all securities of public company and it becomes direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary. Shareholders of the private company receive shares from the public company  and the operating company's shareholders ultimately acquire a controlling interest in the new, combined company. Shell companies may be created and maintained just for purpose of reverse takeover or it can be existing company, a  reporting issuer that have previously ceased operations, but still maintain their reporting issuer status and usually have the shareholders required to list on a stock exchange. This makes them ideal candidates to c

Filing a prospectus in Canada

Companies that go public on a stockmarket in Canada become a reporting issuer  with one or more of the Provincial Securities Commissions (CSA). The ten provinces and three territories have teamed up to form Canadian Securities Administration and they are responsible  for securities regulation and developing harmonized approach to securities regulation across the country . Reporting issuer is a person or a company who has outstanding securities, has issued securities or proposes to issue security and has filed a prospectus for which receipt has been issued under Securities Act. He is also a subject to the continuous disclosure reporting requirements of Applicable Securities laws in Canada. Companies can become reporting issuers by filing and clearing prospectus. A typical Canadian prospectus  offering is a formal process with extensive  documentation. prospectus must contain full, true and plain disclosure to investors and the public about the company. Only the issuer can quali

Going public in Canada

Are you thinking of Going Public in Canada? Are you Seeking Investment for your Products, Services, or a Business Plan? Considering Venture Capital? Or just, a source of ongoing capital to properly grow your business? Canada has a robust capital market, as well as strength in funding growth ventures. Getting access to funding opportunities can be facilitated by becoming a public company on the CSE stock market. Being a Publicly Traded Company provides access to the Canadian Capital Markets and the many pools of Public Venture Capital that are available to emerging companies. It raises your corporate profile and puts you "on the radar" as a suitable investment opportunity for investors.  In Canada, the main choices of going public are the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V), and the CSE - Canadian Securities Exchange.  We invite you to consider the advantages of NEO or CSE as a destination to take your company public. Companies that go p

Business plan in capital advisory

One of the important services that we offer in Mina Mar Group is capital advisory. This is extremely important issue because most small businesses fail due to cash problems.Our focus in on offering the quickest and most cost-effective solutions to our clients while also defining and diminishing possible risks involved. Our objectives are accomplished in several different ways. One of them determination and assessment of the opportunities for growth of your company. We have ability to secure all sorts of funding and one of the must-haves in the process is well thought business plan that we can submit to financial institution or investor. Good business plan should include overview of the industry sector, analysis of targeted market, competitive  analysis, sales, marketing and financial plan.There are many more reason why you should write a business plan. First of all it is a great way to test viability of your business idea. Mina Mar Group will help you assess all critical point

Gain visibility of your stock

Most small businesses and newly traded companies fail because of a lack of investors visibility. Mina Mar Group have a whole department within a company dedicated solely to bringing your company up to speed with current communication and marketing trends that you might missed. Our dedicated team of professionals will open new lines of communication between your company and  your current and potential shareholders, brokers and investors.  You do what you do best - running your business and we will take care of needs of your investors. We will use every opportunity to provide fact based information about your products and services. All information theta we deliver is free of promotional  hype, editorially neutral - an honest presentation which is never an endorsement. With us you will access important and targeted channels to reach investors: • Company profile (summary or detailed — based on needs and budget parameters)  • Quick Fact sheets • Financial and corporate data: 

Mina Mar Group - what we value

Mina Mar Group has a mission to use collective set of skills from our executive team to  provide our clients with the tools, expertise, investor network and funding sources to fuel their growth. We believe in companies with substance and high growth potential that truly deserve to be listed on the stockmarket. The values we endorse are reflected as a tangible results in our clients' performance These values empower us to achieve client, company and individual success and are carried out in pursuit of excellence and acting with integrity. Initiation - turn your thoughts into action. If you are principal in your company that meats our requirements talks to us first. It is important to make a first step and know where you stand. Sometimes your dreams can be bigger than your budget but we at Mina Mar Group have various affordable options for you that will make your dreams a reality.  Innovation - we like to create new solutions and overcome obstacles. At Mina Mar Group we

Opportunity for Chinese companies

Mina Mar Group has a unique approach to reverse merger. Our main objective is not to just seal the deal and make a quick dollar but to work with companies that have real substance, products, revenues and potential to grow. We will help them get publicly listed and beyond that helping them reach investors and building liquidity. Mina Mar Group is there every step of the way with their clients, leaving nothing to chance. Mina Mar Group primarily work with companies on U.S market offering them cross border listing services to our on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange but we also work with Chinese companies . Since 2008 Mina Mar Group we took over 100 companies from China public. Second largest economy in the world has to offer quality companies and we are glad to help them get listed on the U.S. stockmarket via reverse merger. We maintain a list of reporting and non-reporting companies and depending on what kind of company you are looking for and your budget we will find you the matc

Our perspective on reverse merger

When we are talking about market perspective usually the financial community is mostly focused on private companies that want to go public and are prepared to pay for the privilege of going through an IPO or reverse merger. That is why most financial consultants are looking for the public shell company just to close the deal. Often private companies that use reverse merger to go public are ill-informed on ability to raise funds, unprepared for the intensive effort and extensive costs to create liquidity. This can even lead company to become a shell itself due to lack of action in implementation of needed solutions. This way there is no long term benefit on both sides. Mina Mar Group sees things quite differently. Instead of making quick profit shared between shell owner and us. We deal with private companies that already offer profits  and that truly deserve to be publicly traded and can attract investors at the retail and institutional level and build liquidity. We look beyo

List your company on Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Mina Mar Group can open the door of completely new continent for your company. We are talking about cross listing of your company on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It is a great way to broaden your shareholder base in a Europe where is strong demand from both private and institutional investors to invest in small-cap and medium-sized public companies from U.S. together with benefits of trading locally. There are many other benefits of cross-listing: increased liquidity, opportunity to raise additional capital, increase in trading volume, decrease in volatility, enhanced visibility among overseas investors, possibility to tap into retail and institutional funds and benefit from changing global attitudes toward equity investing. Mina Mar will coordinate comprehensive investor relation and public relation program created to maximize dissemination of corporate information to potential investors. Frankfurt Stock Exchange was founded in 1585 and is operated by Deutche Börse AG. A

Advantages of Regulation A+

Under Securities Act of 1933 any offer to sell securities must be registered with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or meet certain requirements to be exempt from registration. Regulation A+ under Title IV, Section 401 of Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) contains rules providing exemptions from the registration requirements. Reg A exemption existed prior to JOBS Act, it principally focused on small companies and had offering limit of $5 million which led to it not being used as much. Additionally issuer registered the offerings in any state in which they planned to sell it. JOBS Act expanded offering limit on $20 million for Tier 1 and $50 million for Tier II offering. With Regulation A companies can raise capital from the public and avoid legal requirements and high costs of traditional IPO. This means it included startup and emerging companies that could bear costs of initial public offering. Tier 2 Offering also called Mini IPO removes individual state

Overview of Regulation A+

   The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) was signed into law by president Barack Obama on April 5t, 2012. Legislation diminishes regulatory restrictions for startups like capital raising making it easier for them to get established. As stated in the bill, the purpose is "to increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companies''. Title IV of JOBS Act  or Regulation A+ allows startup and later stage companies to raise up to $50 million from accredited and non - accredited investors. Reg A had been extended in May 2018 by federal legislation  and now allows public reporting companies to use it to raise capital. There are two tiers of Regulation A: Tier I offering:  raise up to $20 million all investors are eligible no individual investment limits can be matrketed anywhere reviewed financials SEC and state qualifications required no ongoing disclosure Tier II o

Mina Mar Marketing Group -what we do

Mina Mar Marketing Group enables companies of all sizes to build powerful communication solutions and reach their business goals. As a separate department within Mina Mar Group we provide total PR/IR services that ensure that messages and stories of our clients are easily communicated. To create and convey strategic vision, we dedicate our time to work on communication program with long term goals. For accurate reflection  of the corporate strategy and goals of our clients, we work on their brand and the perception of their services. Our clients are assessed with market analysts and quantified research that are capable of providing support design and execution of cost-saving effectual initiatives  for marketing communication that are specially designed to suit targets and goals of our clients whether in the USA or other countries. By defining your current position and image on the market we will determine all important communication factor, your needs, priorities as well as yo

Benefits of cross-listing

Cross-listing also known as cross border listing is when a company list its securities on one or more foreign exchanges in addition to domestic exchange. Publicly held companies still trading in the U.S. undertake listings on overseas exchange for variety of reasons. Simply put, no company would do it if it didn't bring some benefits and indeed there are plenty of them. Cross border listing broadens shareholders base and enhance your visibility among overseas investors. Actually it is also beneficial for investors that can get a chance to diversify their portfolio especially in sectors that are not available on the local stock market. This way investors can invest in U.S. company and trade locally. This is a great way to attract new capital so you can decide to raise debt or equity. Additional funds can be used to grow and expand your business even more. Since there is usually difference in time zones this enables company to trade its stock a longer time. Diversifi

Funding startups by Mina Mar Group

It is very likely that you hear about some new promising company or you want to start your own company. There are a lot of good ideas out there but not all are going to be implemented and launch successful companies. Sometimes the link that is missing is so much needed funding at the right time in seed stage. At Mina Mar Group, we help companies that are in early stage through detailed plans to get viable solutions to funding for the growth of emerging organizations. Early stage companies are typical pre-revenue and pre-profit and they usually seek capital to invest in product development, building team of employees and trying to build sales channels. Startup companies still have a lot to go in their business journey before they reach positive cash flow and that is the major reason why they are in need of funding. Reaching financial independence often comes in the form of initial public offering, reverse merger and acquisition. Sometimes the first-hand investors will be friends

Raising capital with Mina Mar Group

When you talk about raising capital usually the first thing that comes to mind is traditional initial public offering (IPO) and even though it is the the good way to rise significant amount of capital. It is especially useful if you want to avoid borrowing money from traditional sources. In the primary offering, when a private company is selling their stock for the first time they get the influx of capital. Most of that capital is used to expand business and improve profitability of the company by investing in research and development of products and services,marketing and advertising, hiring skilled and experienced personnel, buying assets, etc. Being public also opens many financial doors mostly because public companies are under scrutiny and they have to issue quarterly/annual reports and do audits. For example it is easier to borrow additional capital at a favorable rate. Mina Mar Group can help you go trough every stage of the IPO process, from drafting the prospectus

How to create positive corporate image

An undeniable fact of business life as we enter the 21st century is that market became a highly competitive place with a complex business climate so companies need to do effective and cost efficient job of marketing themselves than ever before. Corporate image describes the manner in which a company, its activities, product and services are persevered by public. In order to stay relevant many businesses actively strive to create and communicate positive corporate image to their customers, shareholder, potential investors and general public.  If you ignore the importance of corporate image in order to avoid associated costs it will end costing you more in the long run. Some of the negative consequences are high employee turnover, lack of or losing important customers or drop in stock value. Contrary to popular belief many of the tools for creating corporate image are time tested and require only a commitment and energy. While expensive advertising campaigns will certainly help

Buying or selling company?

Reverse merger brings many benefits so it's no wonder that many private companies decide to use it as a means of taking their company public. It is considered less costly and less time consuming alternative to traditional IPO process. The point is that your private company reverse merge into public shell that is already registered with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) so you don't have to go trough the whole process again. If you are searching for a public company to buy that is where we can help. Mina Mar Group is the largest small cap, micro cap and nano cap retailer of freshly minted public companies that are already quoted or trading on the OTC market. We offer you a vast inventory of pubco vehicles and we offer full range of services. With a large inventory of public companies and with our network of agents across country which enables us to find the right company that matches your criteria. Part of our full services package is providing you with approved

Going Public with Mina Mar Group (part 2)

In the first part of the article we mentioned prospectus. To be sure that all information in the prospectus are true and pertinent it is necessary to do due diligence. It will be performed by your accountants and our experts at Mina Mar Group. The business objective, position among competition, management, business plan and performance, financial situation will all be carefully evaluated by MMG. The review process also involves getting information about the customers, vendors and industry sector of the company. As we get more information we will make changes in the prospectus and fill in missing information. The drafted prospectus will be filed and presented by Mina Mar Group to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As we already mentioned prospectus is standard part of an IPO process. It ensures that important information regarding the issuing securities are disclosed to potential investors. Preliminary prospectus ("red herring") is the first offering docume

Going public with Mina Mar Group (part 1)

If you have decided to take your company public, that is a great news because it brings many benefits with it like financial benefit from raising capital or increased public awareness of the company. But before you make any step further internal agreement within a company must be accomplished. Top management should present the detailed idea of going public  to the Board of Directors. Once the the idea is approved by the board, the next thing to do is to assemble the suitable team and Mina Mar Group is here to help you. We will acquire the services of security attorney and make  recommendation of an accounting firm who will assist you in auditing financials. Financial statements will be reviewed with care and we will make sure they are in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).  Agreement between your company and Mina Mar Group will be formalized, outlining plan, process, time, price ranges, fees, size of the offering and other important factors. Follow

Reaching micro-cap investors

The OTC market has significant number of issuers that are start-up, development stage companies that are not adaptable to financial analysis because traditional reports that focus on financial metric are not really valuable. When company is in the stage of development credibility becomes crucial element. In other words, delivering message that clearly indicates market opportunity and capability of company's management to achieve success. Our team at Mina Mar Group can help you design and carry out perfect communication campaign. Essence of our activities is development of an excellent profile of our clients. Report that will be read by investors must be clear, concise and told in compelling way otherwise it will not be read. It is simple as that. Investors need to understand the market sector in which company competes, your business model and plan to attain success on the market. We will work with your company to distinguish key communication points that will convey the r