RE: Information for newbies11 Oct 2020 11:46
SYME Timeline
* 2014 — Business originally founded as part of the AvantGarde Group. ?
* 2016 — First pilot project, inventory monetisation for an electronic goods ?distribution company ?
* 2017 – 2018 — Second pilot project, for a major Italian meat processing ?enterprise ?
* 2018 — Supply@ME established as a separate entity within the AvantGarde ?Group via a NewCo structure ?
* 2019 — Partnership formed with SIA SpA to extend the technology ?platform and completion of the new legal structure focused on a scalable ?securitisation framework ?
* March 2020 — Supply@ME attains a UK stock market listing via reverse ?takeover deal with ABAL Group
* April 2020 — Supply@ME engages StormHarbour Securities LLP to manage the distribution and placing of securitisation notes.
* May 2020 - Initiation of research by Proactive
* July 2020 - Directors increase holdings
* July 2020 - Senior Management appointment of Stuart Nelson, former S&P senior director
* July 2020 - Trading update, 2023 target beaten. 97 companies and 273 companies on self funding. 16 Funding Investors found. Multiple banks in talks, UK pilot launching.
* July 2020 - directors loans shares as collateral.
* Aug 2020 - MOU signed with iMass LLC Abu Dhabi
* Aug 2020 - 4 hubs - London, Abu Dubai, USA & Europe announced in interview, UK Multi billion £ companies approach SYME
* *Sept 2020 - Signs deal with EPIC with target of 250 companies for 2021.
* *Sept 2020 - Institutions take stakes in equity via 1AF2 and want the whole 1st securitisation.
* *Sept 2020 - Demand from Investment funds, private equity and multilateral financial institutions supporting businesses that are promoting post COVID growth
* *Sept 2020 -UK Pilot complete negotiating a funding term sheet
* *Sept 2020 - Agreement with 2 Italian Banks, One interested in long term partnership
* *Sept 2020 - Finlombarda tender to service local SME
* *Sept 2020 - A Shari'a assessment on the Supply@ME Platform provided by an internal specialised department of a global bank has been positively completed. This Bank has also identified a local Funding Partner available to support the UAE Programme of SYME and iMass