Focus of Investment

Many large US, UK and European Mutual and Pension Funds are prepared to diversify their investment portfolio by including an allocation of their funds into the Australian and Asian region. This region offers significant value adding opportunities especially with the pricing of the Australian dollar provided there is a "team on the ground" to protect the investor's pool of funds and drive the investment outcomes.

In addition the Australian Superannuation Fund Managers and Institutional Investors are keen to place funds into the unlisted SME market provided their entry is via a structure that secures them liquate and professional management.

First Corporate has a close strategic relationship with an ASX listed company that is embarking upon an IPO generator model in Australia and thus First Corporate can provide investors entry into high growth companies via a listed entity thereby providing investors with the best of both worlds- ie high growth investments via a listed company and thus liquid environment.

Australia is well regarded as an innovative country and has earned a competitive advantage in many areas by incorporating advanced technologies within its products and production processes. Unfortunately, the venture capital and development capital pool in Australia to fund emerging SME's is very shallow and many world class technologies and production based projects have not proceeded or have been lost offshore.

An exciting opportunity therefore exists for First Corporate in tandem with its related ASX company to identify, fund and grow projects in Australia through to a listing or other successful outcome.

Australia has a stable political and economic regime and makes an ideal place to centralise investment funds. The First Corporate Group has the ability to assemble the right team for the right project in this region.

Investment Parameters

First Corporate was established to play a key role in developing the venture and development capital market and we endeavour to keep an open outlook as to the nature of projects in which we will consider making or facilitating an investment; however, as a guide we seek projects reflecting the following attributes:

• Strong potential within growing markets, requiring expansion capital ahead of an IPO;
• Leading, well-protected technology with clear pathways to market, requiring development capital to successfully commercialise/licence the technology; or
• Sound asset base and strong potential, requiring the professional "management buy in" team of First Corporate to unlock value and growth.

"An exciting opportunity exists to identify, fund and grow projects in Australia through to a listing or other successful outcome"