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Jurisdictions, authorities, and official sources
Capital raising can connect an organization, capital provider, communication, instrument, asset, project, and market to different places. Use these collections to find responsible official organizations and frame the questions that still require fact-specific analysis.
Using this page
- Source-directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026 · recheck official information before relying on it
- Publisher
- 1BusinessWorld
- How to use it
- Start with the orientation here, then confirm time-sensitive or jurisdiction-specific details with the responsible official source and appropriately qualified advisers.
A map, not a legal conclusion
Consider the connections that may be material—not only one address
Applicable requirements may depend on different connecting factors for corporate, securities, lending, tax, program, market, sanctions, data, sector, and other questions. The collections below are selected official starting points.
United States
Federal and state requirements may both matter, depending on the financing, parties, communications, and location.
Important boundary: This collection does not provide a state-specific or transaction-specific conclusion; check current federal and state official sources.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
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- Source categories
- 5
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
European Union
EU-level rules, national implementation, and supervision by member-state authorities may all be relevant.
Important boundary: This collection does not provide a member-state or transaction-specific conclusion; check current EU and national official sources.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
- 8
- Source categories
- 4
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
EEA EFTA states
For Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, check whether a specific EU act has been incorporated into the EEA Agreement, includes adaptations, has entered into force, and how national law applies.
Important boundary: This collection does not assume that an EU act automatically applies in the EEA-EFTA states; check EEA-Lex and relevant national sources.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
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- Source categories
- 1
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
United Kingdom
UK legislation, Financial Conduct Authority materials, official registers, and market rules may be relevant.
Important boundary: This collection does not determine the status of a person, permission, promotion, offering, or transaction.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
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- Source categories
- 4
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
Canada
Securities regulation is administered by provincial and territorial authorities, with many requirements coordinated nationally.
Important boundary: This collection does not provide a province-specific, territory-specific, or transaction-specific conclusion.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
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- Source categories
- 6
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
Australia
Federal legislation, Australian Securities and Investments Commission materials, registers, and market rules may be relevant.
Important boundary: This collection does not determine a licence, permission, eligibility, offering, or transaction.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
- 9
- Source categories
- 5
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
Singapore
Enterprise Singapore program information, Monetary Authority of Singapore offer-document systems, and other current official materials may be relevant.
Important boundary: This collection does not determine program eligibility, the treatment of an offer or instrument, or compliance with any Singapore requirement.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
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- Source categories
- 2
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
Hong Kong SAR
Securities and Futures Commission legislation and offer-document resources, together with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing rules and guidance, may be relevant.
Important boundary: This collection does not determine authorization, exemption, listing eligibility, suitability, or the status of a particular offer or issuer.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
- 3
- Source categories
- 3
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
Japan
Financial Services Agency materials on public and private offerings and corporate-disclosure requirements provide selected official orientation.
Important boundary: This collection does not determine how the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act or Japanese-language controlling materials apply to particular facts.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
- 2
- Source categories
- 1
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
India
Securities and Exchange Board of India capital-issuance materials and Startup India program information provide selected official starting points.
Important boundary: This collection does not determine offering compliance, program availability or eligibility, intermediary status, or treatment under national or state requirements.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
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- Source categories
- 2
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
Brazil
Brazilian securities offerings and investment crowdfunding are governed through current Portuguese-language CVM rules, while BNDES-supported finance may be delivered through accredited financial intermediaries.
Important boundary: This collection does not determine whether an offer, platform, issuer, intermediary, business, or project satisfies current CVM, BNDES, credit, corporate, tax, or other applicable requirements.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
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- Source categories
- 2
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
Mexico
Mexican securities and collective-financing pathways may involve federal statutes, CNBV authorization and subordinate rules, market requirements, and development-finance products delivered through participating institutions.
Important boundary: This collection does not identify a currently authorized platform, determine an exemption or offering pathway, or establish eligibility, credit approval, terms, or compliance for particular facts.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
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- Source categories
- 2
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
Switzerland
Swiss public-offer and listing questions may involve FinSA and FinSO, authorized prospectus reviewing bodies, exchange rules, and other federal or cantonal requirements, while alternative-finance labels remain fact dependent.
Important boundary: This collection does not determine whether a prospectus, exemption, reviewing body, listing route, platform, instrument, provider, or financing arrangement is permissible or appropriate for particular facts.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
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- Source categories
- 3
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
New Zealand
New Zealand capital raising may involve the Financial Markets Conduct Act disclosure framework and exclusions, licensed service providers, offer facts, and selective government or Crown-owned business-finance programs.
Important boundary: This collection does not determine that an exclusion applies, a provider is currently licensed, an offer is compliant, or a business qualifies for investment, credit, a grant, or other government support.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
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- Source categories
- 3
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
South Africa
South African public offers and listings may involve current companies legislation and regulations, CIPC procedures, JSE requirements, and other financial-sector rules, while development finance follows institution-specific mandates.
Important boundary: This collection does not establish prospectus sufficiency, listing eligibility, crowdfunding treatment, regulatory permission, investment quality, development impact, credit approval, or transaction compliance.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
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- Source categories
- 3
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates contains distinct regulatory perimeters: mainland federal and emirate requirements, the ADGM framework and FSRA permissions, and the DIFC framework and DFSA permissions are not interchangeable.
Important boundary: This collection does not infer a mainland UAE rule from ADGM or DIFC material, transfer one financial-free-zone permission to another perimeter, or determine authorization, offer treatment, eligibility, or approval.
Open the official-source guide- Official source links
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- Source categories
- 3
- Directory metadata
- Recorded 27 July 2026; verify before relying
Why location cannot be reduced to one country field
Different rules may use different connecting factors. A place of incorporation does not by itself answer where an offer, loan, security, customer arrangement, project, tax, program, or regulated activity is governed.
Cross-border issue spotting
Six connection questions to investigate
These questions organize fact gathering. They do not decide which law applies, whether an activity is permitted, or which regulator has jurisdiction.
Organization and group
Where are the organization, parent, subsidiaries, funds, special-purpose vehicles, and material operations formed, managed, tax resident, or regulated?
Capital providers
Where are lenders, investors, grant makers, customers, guarantors, platforms, intermediaries, and other participants located or regulated?
Offer and communications
Where are offers made, communications directed, investors or customers reached, applications submitted, and funds accepted?
Assets, projects, and security
Where are financed assets, collateral, intellectual property, employees, project sites, revenues, and material contracts located?
Instrument and market
Which governing law, currency, exchange, trading venue, filing system, register, program, or market infrastructure is involved?
Continuing obligations
Which places may govern reporting, tax, accounting, data, sanctions, anti-money-laundering, consumer, employment, environmental, or sector duties?
Selected official starting points
Official source collections by jurisdiction
Each source entry identifies the publisher, source type, a 1BusinessWorld summary of what it may cover, and an important limitation. Follow the direct link to verify current information.
United States
10 official sources
Federal and state requirements may both matter, depending on the financing, parties, communications, and location. This collection does not provide a state-specific or transaction-specific conclusion; check current federal and state official sources.
Grants.gov
Search Grants
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverFederal grant opportunities, notices, eligibility fields, deadlines, and issuing-agency instructions.
- Does not cover every state, local, or private incentive; the exact notice and issuing agency control.
U.S. Small Business Administration
Funding Programs
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverFederal orientation to SBA-backed loans, investment capital, grants, disaster assistance, and surety programs.
- Program rules and participating lenders or investment funds determine availability, eligibility, and terms.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Resources for Small Businesses
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverSEC staff education covering capital-raising readiness, securities, offering pathways, investors, and public-company obligations.
- SEC staff education has no independent legal force and does not determine state-law, tax, accounting, or transaction-specific requirements.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Offering Pathways
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOrientation to registered offerings and selected federal exemptions, including Regulation D, Regulation A, Regulation Crowdfunding, Rule 504, intrastate offerings, and IPOs.
- Does not establish exemption availability, compliance, suitability, or applicable state requirements for a particular offering.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Common Startup Securities
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverPlain-language orientation to stock, debt, convertible notes, and simple agreements for future equity.
- Instrument labels do not determine legal, tax, accounting, priority, dilution, or transaction outcomes; exact terms control.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Funding Portals We Regulate
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial directory of funding portals recorded within FINRA's regulatory remit.
- A directory entry is not endorsement and does not validate a portal's current activity, an offering, or transaction compliance.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Search Filings
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial search for company, offering, ownership, and periodic filings available through EDGAR.
- Filing does not mean SEC approval, endorsement, accuracy, compliance, or investment merit.
U.S. Department of Energy
Loans
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverLoans and loan guarantees, principally through the Loan Programs Office, for eligible energy, manufacturing, transportation, tribal-energy, and infrastructure projects.
- Program-specific statutes, available authority, repayment ability, due diligence, and environmental review control.
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
What We Offer
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverDebt, guarantees, political-risk insurance, equity, funds, platforms, and project-development support for eligible international development transactions.
- Geographic, policy, development-impact, diligence, statutory, and transaction-specific requirements apply.
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Solutions
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverExport-credit insurance, working-capital guarantees, buyer loan guarantees, direct loans, leases, and project or structured finance.
- An eligible U.S.-export nexus and current content, country, shipping, credit, environmental, and additionality policies apply.
European Union
8 official sources
EU-level rules, national implementation, and supervision by member-state authorities may all be relevant. This collection does not provide a member-state or transaction-specific conclusion; check current EU and national official sources.
European Commission
EU Funding & Tenders Portal
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverCentral entry point for European Commission and participating EU-institution calls, grants, tenders, programs, and project results.
- Does not capture every member-state or shared-management opportunity; each call's official documents control.
European Commission
Find Funding
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverEuropean Commission discovery page for grants and EU-supported loans, guarantees, equity, and other financial instruments.
- A discovery page is not an offer, eligibility determination, funding commitment, or complete member-state inventory.
European Commission
Access to EU Finance
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverSearch for EU-supported financial intermediaries by country, business stage, amount, and financing type.
- Participating intermediaries make their own credit and investment decisions, and geographic or product coverage is not universal.
European Investment Bank
Products
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverEIB loans, intermediated finance, guarantees, equity, and advisory or project-support products.
- Mandate, policy, implementing-partner, appraisal, additionality, and transaction requirements apply.
European Union / EUR-Lex
Regulation (EU) 2020/1503
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverEU framework for authorized business-crowdfunding service providers, disclosures, investor protection, governance, and marketing.
- Current consolidated text, delegated acts, thresholds, exclusions, and national competent-authority practice must be checked.
European Securities and Markets Authority
Registers and Data
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverCentral access to ESMA regulatory registers and datasets, including crowdfunding-service-provider records.
- A register entry is not endorsement or validation of a particular offer; source timing and national context can differ.
European Union / EUR-Lex
Regulation (EU) 2017/1129
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverEU prospectus framework for public offers and admission to regulated markets, including equity, debt, warrants, and convertible instruments.
- Current consolidated law, amendments, delegated acts, national thresholds, competent-authority decisions, and venue rules matter.
European Union / EUR-Lex
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/980
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverTechnical prospectus disclosure schedules for equity, non-equity, underlying shares, guarantees, and asset-backed securities.
- Does not independently determine whether a prospectus is required or how national and venue requirements apply.
EEA EFTA states
1 official source
For Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, check whether a specific EU act has been incorporated into the EEA Agreement, includes adaptations, has entered into force, and how national law applies. This collection does not assume that an EU act automatically applies in the EEA-EFTA states; check EEA-Lex and relevant national sources.
European Free Trade Association
EEA-Lex Factsheet 32020R1503
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverRecorded EEA incorporation and entry-into-force status for the EU crowdfunding regulation.
- The factsheet records a 1 August 2026 entry-into-force and compliance date; national application, adaptations, language, and the position on the relevant date require rechecking.
United Kingdom
8 official sources
UK legislation, Financial Conduct Authority materials, official registers, and market rules may be relevant. This collection does not determine the status of a person, permission, promotion, offering, or transaction.
UK Government
Finance and Support for Your Business
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverSearchable business grants, loans, equity, and support schemes by location, sector, stage, and organization size.
- Scheme details change; each provider's current eligibility, availability, application, and award terms control.
UK Research and Innovation
Funding Opportunities
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverCurrent UKRI and Innovate UK research and innovation competitions, scope, dates, eligibility, and award conditions.
- Limited to the research and innovation remit; each competition's current documents and funder decision control.
British Business Bank
Finance Options
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverGovernment-owned development-bank orientation and programs across loans, asset finance, venture capital, growth equity, crowdfunding, and mezzanine finance.
- Products are commonly delivered through providers that make independent credit or investment decisions.
Financial Conduct Authority
PS25/9: New Rules for the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regime
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverFCA final-policy orientation to the UK public-offers, prospectus, and admissions-to-trading regime effective from 19 January 2026.
- Binding legislation, the live FCA Handbook, venue rules, transitional provisions, and transaction facts control.
Financial Conduct Authority
PS25/10: Public Offer Platforms
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverFCA final-policy orientation to regulated public-offer platforms under the new public-offers regime.
- A policy statement is not a substitute for current legislation, the live Handbook, permissions, exemptions, or offer-specific analysis.
Financial Conduct Authority
Financial Services Register
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial firm, permission, restriction, individual, and regulatory-history records within FCA or PRA register scope.
- Registration is not endorsement, and a firm's exact permissions may not cover a contemplated activity or offering.
National Wealth Fund
Our Products and Terms
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverCorporate and project finance through senior or mezzanine debt, guarantees, and limited equity within the fund's mandate.
- Sector, investment size, additionality, policy, credit, project viability, and case-by-case approval constraints apply.
UK Export Finance
Our Products
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverBuyer finance, direct lending, guarantees, working-capital support, bonds, and export insurance.
- An eligible UK export or economic-content nexus and current product, credit, country, environmental, and policy criteria apply.
Canada
8 official sources
Securities regulation is administered by provincial and territorial authorities, with many requirements coordinated nationally. This collection does not provide a province-specific, territory-specific, or transaction-specific conclusion.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Business Benefits Finder
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverDiscovery across federal, provincial, and territorial grants, loans, tax credits, wage subsidies, and capital support.
- Search results are not eligibility or approval; each administering program and relevant province or territory must be checked.
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Canada Small Business Financing Program
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverFederal loss-sharing program supporting eligible small-business term loans and lines of credit through financial institutions.
- The lender makes the credit decision; current legislation, eligible costs, sector exclusions, limits, and lender terms control.
Business Development Bank of Canada
What We Do
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverCrown-corporation business loans, corporate finance, venture capital, growth equity, transition finance, and advisory support.
- Commercial underwriting, mandate, sector, stage, security, pricing, and current product terms apply.
British Columbia Securities Commission
National Instrument 45-110 Start-up Crowdfunding Registration and Prospectus Exemptions
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial regulator publication of the national startup-crowdfunding registration and prospectus exemptions and related forms.
- Provincial and territorial securities law, local amendments, current CSA notices, and jurisdiction-specific regulator practice matter.
British Columbia Securities Commission
Raising Capital for Private and Early-stage Businesses
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverBC regulator orientation to private-market prospectus exemptions and startup crowdfunding.
- Educational and BC-focused; current national instruments and every relevant provincial or territorial jurisdiction must be checked.
Canadian Securities Administrators
SEDAR+ Document Search
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial Canadian securities filing and issuer or investment-fund profile repository.
- Filing does not mean regulator approval, accuracy, compliance, or investment merit; historical and jurisdictional coverage must be understood.
Toronto Stock Exchange
2026 Guide to Listing
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverExchange orientation to TSX listing pathways and issuer requirements across categories and sectors.
- The 2026 guide may be superseded; exchange guidance does not replace securities law, commission review, current listing rules, or TSX admission discretion.
Export Development Canada
Financing
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverDirect and buyer loans, structured and project finance, guarantees, and international-growth financing.
- A qualifying Canadian export or international-business nexus plus credit, country, environmental, social, and transaction criteria apply.
Australia
9 official sources
Federal legislation, Australian Securities and Investments Commission materials, registers, and market rules may be relevant. This collection does not determine a licence, permission, eligibility, offering, or transaction.
Australian Government
Grants and Programs
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverFederal, state, and territory grants, loans, subsidies, rebates, and tax-benefit discovery.
- Search results change and are not an eligibility determination; each program's current guidelines control.
Australian Government Department of Finance
GrantConnect
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverWhole-of-government Commonwealth grant opportunities, forecasts, grant guidelines, and reported awards.
- Does not cover every state, territory, local, or private program; each opportunity's official documents control.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Fundraising
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverASIC orientation to Corporations Act fundraising, disclosure documents, advertising, stop orders, regulatory relief, and crowd-sourced funding.
- Current legislation, regulations, legislative instruments, court decisions, licences, and offer facts control.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Crowd-sourced Funding
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverAustralian crowd-sourced-funding regime orientation for eligible companies, intermediaries, investors, licensing, and offers.
- Entity eligibility, intermediary licensing, caps, disclosure, investor protections, and current legislation apply.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Offer Notice Board
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverASIC register for lodged prospectuses and other offer documents plus relevant stop orders.
- Lodgement is not ASIC approval, endorsement, due diligence, or proof of legitimacy.
Australian Securities Exchange
Listings Supervision
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverASX Listing Rules, admission processes, guidance notes, and continuing-obligation supervision for equity and debt issuers.
- ASX rules operate alongside the Corporations Act and ASIC requirements, and admission remains discretionary.
Clean Energy Finance Corporation
Where We Invest
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverDebt, equity, asset finance, infrastructure, funds, and co-financing under Australia's specialist climate-investment mandate.
- Mandate, eligible technology or sector, commercial return, risk, impact, and case-by-case investment requirements apply.
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
Financing the North
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverConcessional finance for viable northern Australian infrastructure projects with public benefit.
- Geographic, infrastructure, repayment, public-benefit, Indigenous-engagement, scale, and mandate requirements apply.
Export Finance Australia
Guarantees
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverExport-linked working-capital and contract-bond guarantees and related finance.
- Australian export or international-business nexus, operating history, credit, transaction, country, and product criteria apply.
Singapore
3 official sources
Enterprise Singapore program information, Monetary Authority of Singapore offer-document systems, and other current official materials may be relevant. This collection does not determine program eligibility, the treatment of an offer or instrument, or compliance with any Singapore requirement.
Enterprise Singapore
Financial Support
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverEnterprise Singapore landing page organizing financial-support programs described by the agency.
- The locator does not establish program availability, eligibility, terms, approval, or complete coverage; the exact scheme materials control.
Enterprise Singapore
Enterprise Financing Scheme
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverEnterprise Singapore program page describing the Enterprise Financing Scheme and its participating-financial-institution route.
- The locator does not establish availability, eligibility, financing terms, lender decisions, or approval for any organization.
Monetary Authority of Singapore
OPERA User Guide for Offers of Shares
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverMAS user guide for navigating offers-of-shares information in the OPERA repository.
- The guide is not a legal conclusion, does not validate an offer, and does not establish approval, compliance, or investment merit.
Hong Kong SAR
3 official sources
Securities and Futures Commission legislation and offer-document resources, together with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing rules and guidance, may be relevant. This collection does not determine authorization, exemption, listing eligibility, suitability, or the status of a particular offer or issuer.
Securities and Futures Commission
Laws
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverSFC landing page for legislation and related legal materials presented within the regulator's remit.
- The locator does not determine which law applies, legal effect, compliance, exemptions, or the status of any transaction.
Securities and Futures Commission
Unlisted Shares and Debentures
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverSFC corporate-finance page concerning offers of unlisted shares and debentures within the page's stated remit.
- The locator does not establish whether an offer, registration route, exemption, disclosure, or other requirement applies to particular facts.
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
Listing Rules and Guidance Search
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverHKEX search interface for listing rules and guidance published by the exchange.
- Exchange materials do not determine admission, regulatory approval, legal compliance, or applicability to a particular issuer or instrument.
Japan
2 official sources
Financial Services Agency materials on public and private offerings and corporate-disclosure requirements provide selected official orientation. This collection does not determine how the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act or Japanese-language controlling materials apply to particular facts.
Financial Services Agency, Japan
FAQ on the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — Section II
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverEnglish-language Japan FSA FAQ section concerning the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
- The FAQ is not controlling legislation and does not determine legal effect, applicability, compliance, approval, or transaction status.
Financial Services Agency, Japan
FAQ on the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act — Section III
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverEnglish-language Japan FSA FAQ section concerning the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
- The FAQ is not controlling legislation and does not determine legal effect, applicability, compliance, approval, or transaction status.
India
2 official sources
Securities and Exchange Board of India capital-issuance materials and Startup India program information provide selected official starting points. This collection does not determine offering compliance, program availability or eligibility, intermediary status, or treatment under national or state requirements.
Securities and Exchange Board of India
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2018
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverSEBI publication page for the identified issue-of-capital and disclosure-requirements regulations.
- The locator does not determine legal effect, applicability, compliance, approval, or whether later or related materials must be considered.
Startup India / Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
Startup Schemes Playbook — June 2026
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverGovernment playbook compiling startup schemes and program descriptions presented in that document.
- The playbook is a discovery resource and does not establish availability, eligibility, terms, approval, or complete program coverage; each scheme's official materials control.
Brazil
3 official sources
Brazilian securities offerings and investment crowdfunding are governed through current Portuguese-language CVM rules, while BNDES-supported finance may be delivered through accredited financial intermediaries. This collection does not determine whether an offer, platform, issuer, intermediary, business, or project satisfies current CVM, BNDES, credit, corporate, tax, or other applicable requirements.
Comissão de Valores Mobiliários
CVM Resolution 160
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial consolidated-rule landing page for public primary and secondary securities offerings and admission to trading in regulated markets.
- Portuguese controlling material; the page records amendments through Resolution 226/2025, and the consolidated text, later amendments, offer facts, and other applicable rules must be checked before material use.
Comissão de Valores Mobiliários
CVM Resolution 88
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial consolidated-rule landing page for exempt public securities offerings by eligible smaller businesses through electronic participatory-investment platforms.
- Portuguese controlling material; the page records amendments through Resolution 226/2025, while CVM has been developing a replacement rule, so continued force, consolidated text, platform status, and offer-specific requirements require a fresh official check.
Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social
BNDES Crédito Pequenas e Médias Empresas
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial orientation to an indirect BNDES credit product for eligible small and medium-sized businesses, including uses, guarantees, and accredited-intermediary application.
- Portuguese product page; BNDES funding does not establish eligibility or approval, and the accredited intermediary independently assesses credit, terms, guarantees, documentation, and availability.
Mexico
3 official sources
Mexican securities and collective-financing pathways may involve federal statutes, CNBV authorization and subordinate rules, market requirements, and development-finance products delivered through participating institutions. This collection does not identify a currently authorized platform, determine an exemption or offering pathway, or establish eligibility, credit approval, terms, or compliance for particular facts.
Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión
Ley del Mercado de Valores
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial current-law and reform-history entry point for Mexico's securities-market statutory framework.
- Spanish statutory material; the page records reforms through 14 November 2025, but the current consolidated law, regulations, official criteria, market rules, and transaction facts must be checked.
Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión
Ley para Regular las Instituciones de Tecnología Financiera
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial current federal-law text covering financial-technology institutions, including collective-financing institutions, authorization, operations, limits, and disclosures.
- Spanish statutory text recording reforms through 14 November 2025; it is not an authorization register, and current CNBV permissions, subordinate rules, official criteria, and the exact financing model must be checked.
Nacional Financiera
Financiamiento Empresarial
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial orientation to business-financing products supported by NAFIN and delivered through participating financial institutions.
- Spanish product page; a participating institution performs its own credit assessment and approval, and products, limits, intermediaries, terms, documentation, and availability may change.
Switzerland
3 official sources
Swiss public-offer and listing questions may involve FinSA and FinSO, authorized prospectus reviewing bodies, exchange rules, and other federal or cantonal requirements, while alternative-finance labels remain fact dependent. This collection does not determine whether a prospectus, exemption, reviewing body, listing route, platform, instrument, provider, or financing arrangement is permissible or appropriate for particular facts.
Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
Reviewing body for prospectuses
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial FINMA orientation to prospectus-review requirements and the authorized reviewing bodies for relevant public offers and trading admissions.
- German canonical page; statutory exceptions and offer-specific requirements remain fact dependent, reviewing-body authorization is not issuer or offering approval, and current FinSA, FinSO, lists, and market rules must be checked.
SIX Swiss Exchange
Going public with the Swiss Stock Exchange
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial exchange orientation to IPO preparation, listing requirements, prospectus content, process, representatives, and continuing obligations.
- Exchange-specific summary rather than the controlling rule set; current Listing Rules, directives, schemes, recognized-representative requirements, prospectus law, and issuer facts control.
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Special forms of external financing: factoring, leasing and crowdfunding
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverFederal SME-portal education describing selected external-financing forms, including factoring, leasing, crowdfunding, and token-related examples.
- General orientation only; it does not establish legal classification, regulatory permission, provider status, eligibility, suitability, terms, or complete Swiss financing coverage.
New Zealand
3 official sources
New Zealand capital raising may involve the Financial Markets Conduct Act disclosure framework and exclusions, licensed service providers, offer facts, and selective government or Crown-owned business-finance programs. This collection does not determine that an exclusion applies, a provider is currently licensed, an offer is compliant, or a business qualifies for investment, credit, a grant, or other government support.
Financial Markets Authority
Offers under the FMC Act
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial issuer orientation to regulated offers, disclosure, Schedule 1 exclusions, product disclosure statements, small offers, and crowdfunded companies.
- General guidance last updated 9 July 2025; the current legislation, regulations, exclusions, offer facts, licensed-provider status, and any later FMA guidance must be checked.
New Zealand Government / Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Funding your business
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverGovernment educational overview of business funding needs, loans, investment, grants, preparation, and selected crowdfunding examples.
- General guidance last reviewed 16 July 2025; it is not a legal pathway, provider endorsement, eligibility determination, funding recommendation, or complete account of available capital.
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
Aspire NZ Seed Fund
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial fund orientation to direct investment in selected high-growth technology startups at proof-of-concept, seed, and early-expansion stages.
- A selective mandate rather than a general SME entitlement; sector, stage, matching-capital, portfolio, diligence, investment-committee, terms, and current-availability requirements apply.
South Africa
3 official sources
South African public offers and listings may involve current companies legislation and regulations, CIPC procedures, JSE requirements, and other financial-sector rules, while development finance follows institution-specific mandates. This collection does not establish prospectus sufficiency, listing eligibility, crowdfunding treatment, regulatory permission, investment quality, development impact, credit approval, or transaction compliance.
Companies and Intellectual Property Commission
Public offering of company securities (Prospectus)
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial procedural orientation to prospectus purpose, registration stages, documents, and fees for relevant public-company securities offers.
- The material appears within a broader director notice; registration is not endorsement or an assessment of investment quality, and current legislation, regulations, amendments, offer facts, and other authorities must be checked.
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Companies and issuer regulation
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial exchange hub for equity and debt listing requirements, issuer checklists, amendments, and continuing obligations.
- JSE-specific and dynamically updated; the current consolidated requirements, amendments, instrument rules, issuer category, transaction facts, and applicable legislation control.
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
What we offer
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial development-finance overview covering selected debt, equity, quasi-equity, guarantees, trade finance, and sector or tailored programs.
- Sector and development mandates, minimum or maximum amounts, diligence, terms, approval, and current availability apply; the page expressly identifies at least one displayed facility as fully utilized.
United Arab Emirates
3 official sources
The United Arab Emirates contains distinct regulatory perimeters: mainland federal and emirate requirements, the ADGM framework and FSRA permissions, and the DIFC framework and DFSA permissions are not interchangeable. This collection does not infer a mainland UAE rule from ADGM or DIFC material, transfer one financial-free-zone permission to another perimeter, or determine authorization, offer treatment, eligibility, or approval.
Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Abu Dhabi Global Market
Regulatory Framework for Private Financing Platforms and Multilateral Trading Facilities dealing with Private Capital Markets
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial ADGM guidance on authorization and controls for private-financing platforms and relevant private-capital-market facilities, including equity, private placement, and invoice-finance models.
- Applies within ADGM, not mainland UAE or DIFC; it is expressly non-exhaustive and must be read with current FSMR, rulebooks, permissions, conditions, and the exact platform, client, offer, and instrument facts.
Dubai Financial Services Authority
COB 11 — Crowdfunding
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial DIFC rulebook section, delivered through the DFSA Rulebook service on the Thomson Reuters domain, addressing loan, investment, and property crowdfunding, including client agreements, disclosures, and prospectus interactions.
- Applies within DIFC, not mainland UAE or ADGM; current DFSA rulebook provisions, firm permissions, client classification, offer facts, and related modules must be checked.
Emirates Development Bank
SME financing solutions
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial SME-finance overview covering selected term loans, working capital, guarantees, asset, receivables, and project-finance solutions in priority sectors.
- Eligibility, sector mandate, credit assessment, security, terms, approval, and availability vary; historical performance figures on the live page must not be treated as current product evidence.
Development and project finance
Multilateral institutions and official project repositories
These institutions support or document development and project finance under their own mandates, products, country relationships, project standards, and approval processes.
World Bank
Financing Instruments
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverInvestment Project Financing, Development Policy Financing, Program-for-Results, guarantees, grants, credits, and related instruments.
- Predominantly member-government and public-sector programs; not a general private-company funding marketplace.
World Bank
Projects & Operations
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial World Bank project database with project status, financing, documents, locations, sectors, and results.
- Project records reflect the institution's stated coverage and status; they are not a complete universe of financing needs or available capital.
International Finance Corporation
Products and Services
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverPrivate-sector loans, equity, syndications, trade and commodity finance, structured finance, derivatives, blended finance, and public-private-partnership advisory in developing markets.
- Development impact, additionality, country, sector, credit, integrity, environmental and social appraisal, and approval requirements apply.
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MIGA Product Overview
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverPolitical-risk insurance and credit-enhancement orientation for eligible investors and lenders in developing markets.
- Coverage addresses specified risks in eligible transactions and is not blanket protection against commercial losses.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Projects
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial EBRD project records and orientation to loans, equity, guarantees, trade finance, and advisory support across countries of operation.
- Transition impact, additionality, bankability, country, integrity, and environmental or social standards apply.
Asian Development Bank
Private Sector Financing: Financial Products
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverSenior, subordinated, and mezzanine debt, guarantees, equity, syndications, blended finance, and risk sharing in developing member countries.
- Development impact, country, sector, commercial viability, integrity, safeguards, and approval requirements apply.
African Development Bank Group
Financial Products
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverSovereign and non-sovereign loans, guarantees, equity, quasi-equity, trade finance, derivatives, and co-financing in African regional member countries.
- Regional mandate, development outcomes, viability, risk, safeguards, and approval requirements apply.
Inter-American Development Bank
Projects
1BusinessWorld summary of what this source may coverOfficial project database for sovereign-guaranteed development operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Primarily public-sector sovereign-guaranteed operations; private-sector transactions use separate institutional routes and eligibility review.