The investment platform Spreds is now offering a new version of its diversification service Tracers by teaming up once more with the Startup Factory studio who has already created 15 new companies in 2 years. 

After a first partnership during the summer of 2017, Spreds and Startup Factory succeeded in raising €500,000 in order to finance the growth of 5 start-ups (Ewala, Nestore, MediCheck, Shippr and Fishtripr) coached and mentored by the Brussels-based startup studio by allowing investors to create a diversified portfolio of investments.

These two central figures of the Belgian entrepreneurial landscape logically decided to reiterate this association and have decided to launch a second Startup Factory Tracer. This year, 10 start-ups from the Startup Factory family will be financed by the service. This type of fundraising is a real time-saver for these entrepreneurs who can now focus entirely on the growth of their business.
  

The investors who will subscribe to the Startup Factory Tracer will get to access 10 Tax Shelter eligible investment opportunities. Investors will thus get to benefit from a tax reduction and get back 45% of their total investment. Furthermore, the coaching and training of these young start-ups will help maximise the chances of success of these companies which will in turn increase the probability of a interesting return on investment.

Investing carries serious risks, including partial or total loss of capital. Please invest responsibly.

Spreds runs a crowdfunding platform that enables the public to finance innovative companies by participating in their capitalization. The proposed investment, for a minimum amount of 100 EUR, comes in the form of Notes issued under Belgian law, which represent a claim against the issuer, Spreds Finance, a public limited company under Belgian law headquartered at 5 Place Sainte Gudule, 1000 Brussels (n° 0538.839.354, R.P.M. Nivelles).

The total amount brought in at the end of the offer shall be used by Spreds Finance to subscribe to a capital increase or loan grant in the company/companies listed and promoted above. They are denominated in Euros. They do not offer any guarantee of yield or of reimbursement of capital. The Notes have an unlimited duration and the return on investment depends entirely on the performance of the investment made via the proceeds of the Notes issued by Spreds Finance.

The nominal value of the Notes corresponds to the sum of the subscription and does not include the costs of the issue nor the payment of expenses described below. Spreds Finance charges an additional subscription fee amounting to 5% of the nominal amount only for equity operations, excluding loan operations. 

The Noteholders bear the Expenses Relating to the Underlying Assets. The investors should be taxed on the income paid by Spreds Finance as if such income were paid directly to them (dividends and interests are subject, as a general rule and for private individuals who are Belgian residents, to a withholding tax of 30%, pursuant to article 269 of the Income Tax Code, or to capital gains tax).
 We strongly advise you to read the Terms of Investment carefully before purchasing Notes, and in particular, to consider the risk factors that are described therein. We draw the attention of the potential investor to the fact that there is a risk that the goals of the company/companies will not be reached, which might lead to a substantial reduction in the expected revenue and thus incur a risk of insolvency or at least of low yield, and even zero or negative yield.

Any complaint relating to an investment in the Notes can be addressed to the headquarters of the issuer indicated above or to the Service de Médiation pour le Consommateur, Boulevard du Roi Albert II 8 - 1000 Brussels, tel.: +32(0)2.702.52.20, fax: +32(0)2.808.71.29, email: contact@mediationconsommateur.be