SPGStrategic Partner Group
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Capital opportunities flow through licensed hands.

The Global Institutional Capital Alliance Platform helps companies and institutions prepare for funding and, with their consent, introduces them to an authorised partner licensed for the work. The authorised partner runs everything investor-facing.

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Where SPG stands

SPG is not a direct lender. It helps members prepare and connects them with appropriate funders through an authorised route. Membership is not an investment offer, a commitment to provide finance or permission for SPG to carry out regulated activity.

Who takes part

  • Companies and institutions with a defined funding need
  • Authorised partners licensed for the activity in the relevant market, such as a registered broker-dealer in the United States or a firm licensed by the CMA, DFSA or FSRA in the UAE
  • SPG's advisers, for readiness support

Where no suitable authorised partner is available for a request, SPG says so.

How the route works

Every funding request is classified before anything else happens, and the authorised partner decides whether to take it on.

  1. 1

    Private request

    Who the company is, what the funding is for and where it operates.

  2. 2

    Classify

    SPG establishes whether the activity is regulated and which route applies.

  3. 3

    Partner accepts

    A partner licensed for that activity and market reviews the request and accepts or declines it.

  4. 4

    Both consent

    Only the minimum information is shared, and only with your consent.

  5. 5

    Partner runs it

    Offer documents, investor eligibility, advice and any subscriptions stay with the partner.

  6. 6

    Outcome recorded

    SPG records the result and receives only the fees the partner's rules permit.

Who does what

ActivitySPGAuthorised partner
Describe a company, its team and its businessYes, as a labelled spotlightYes
Readiness support: materials, data room, governanceYesReviews
Introduce a company to the partner, with consentYesAccepts or declines
Publish offer terms, valuations or share pricesNoYes, to eligible investors
Check investor eligibility and suitabilityNoYes
Take orders or subscriptions, or hold client moneyNoYes
How it is paidFlat fees, or a referral fee only where the partner's rules permit itTransaction fees under its licence

A company spotlight describes the business and never makes a securities offer, and any sponsored placement is labelled and paid at a flat rate. Ordinary business needs, such as customers, suppliers and partners, continue in parallel through matchmaking, where funding requests leave the five gates at gate two.

Request a funding-readiness review

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Please do not include investment terms, valuations, share prices or financial statements in this form.
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What happens next

  • 1

    A reference

    Your request gets a reference number the moment you send it.

  • 2

    Classification

    SPG checks whether the activity is regulated and which route applies.

  • 3

    Readiness and consent

    SPG helps you prepare and asks for your consent before any introduction to an authorised partner.

What SPG never does

SPG never takes investor subscriptions, holds escrow or client money, controls investment accounts, promises funding or recommends an investment.

Growing the business at the same time?

Customers, suppliers and partners are ordinary business, and SPG can work on them while any funding request takes the authorised route.