Wednesday, 23 January 2019

The Process Of Acquiring International Project Funding

By Elizabeth Anderson


While most entrepreneurs would get funds for their business locally, there are some who have trouble doing that. Due to this, they would usually try to get funds elsewhere, such as from overseas. Fortunately, there are some financial institutions that are able to provide funds internationally. To give entrepreneurs an idea, here is how international project funding works.

First of all, one may think of trying to avail some funding from the big international banks. This is a good start to try to get funding since these banks are open to lending to ventures as long as they see that the venture has potential and that the owners of the venture have a good credit history. Take note though that big banks scrutinize credit history heavily so be prepared for that.

The other option for financing would be offshore financial lending institutions. Now, the great thing about these institutions is that one can easily find a good and legitimate one on the internet. Of course, one still has to go through the process of sending over the necessary documents and paperwork before the money will be released to him or her.

Take note that some financial institutions do not accept proposals that come from certain countries. For instance, a lot of US based financial institutions would only provide offshore funds to developed and thriving economies. Countries with political and economic instability are usually avoided in order to prevent loss or trouble from the government side.

Those are the things to take note of when one is trying to source offshore funds. Once one has found a good one, then he or she must take note of the structure of this type of financing. Know that this type of financing would come in the form or a debt or equity which has a collateral demanded in the form of assets from the company or certain rights.

Another thing that has to be stipulated would be the currency that will be used for the funding. While there are a lot of institutions that will stipulate the use of their own home currency, that can be negotiated if the borrower feels like the exchange rate is bad. Instead, many would just agree to put the currency set at US dollars so that there can be a standard.

In most projects, there are two phases wherein the first would be the setting up phase and the operations phase. Since there is no income generated in the setting up phase, then it is not really advantageous that the debt service would start at that phase. Instead, it should be stipulated on the contract how many months or years it will take to set up before the debt service will take effect.

Those are some of the things to take note of when getting offshore funds. While getting funds offshore may seem like the best way to go about if one cannot get funds locally, it is an activity that would take time. If one does not mind going through the process, then the benefits are really great.




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