Viro International Pty Ltd

Viro International has developed a strong cause based marketing brand that will be used to market a range of financial products.

The company has secured partnering relationships with cause aligned member based organisations that are able to market its products to a substantial and highly receptive consumer database. The company has also secured a web-portal, a transaction card platform and the substantial merchant support required to facilitate the domestic launch of its lead products, being a transaction card and merchant funded loyalty program.

Venture Forth was engaged by this company at an early developmental stage. We have provided the knowledge, expertise and seed funding required to transform the concept, as it then existed, into a viable business model with exceptional financial prospects, scalability, international scope and significant benefits for the founders.

The company anticipates the launch of its initial product offerings in the 2nd half of the
2009 financial year.

http://www.viro.com.au/

S G Flooring & Timber Group Pty Ltd

S G Flooring & Timber Group Pty Ltd is a timber and timber flooring products distribution company.

The company was formed to acquire a distressed import and distribution business and now has interests in sawmilling, processing, import, distribution, wholesaling, retailing and installation of a broad range of timber flooring products.

The company imports from China, Europe, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and New Zealand and has distribution representation in every Australian state and New Zealand.

Venture Forth was engaged to assist in the restructuring of this business, the recruitment of key personnel, the sourcing of new products, the sourcing of equity and debt funding and the refinement of the internal management systems and processes.

S G Flooring & Timber Group Pty Ltd is now poised to become a significant and viable company within its chosen markets.

http://www.sgflooringtimber.com.au/

Regional Media Networks Pty Ltd

Regional Media Networks Pty Ltd is the proprietor of the web-portal http://www.ourpatch.com.au/

Our Patch is a regional web-portal that provides regional Australia with a comprehensive regional business directory, social networking platform, classifieds listing service and the ability to list all Community Groups, their events, services and activities.

The platform is capable of international replication, has been commercialised at a fraction of the cost of similar portals and achieves very impressive search recognition.

The funding for this project was sourced by Venture Forth and we maintain and ongoing consulting role with the company.

Travelling Recruitment Group Pty Ltd

Travelling Recruitment Group Pty Ltd owns a number of web domains which are being developed as sophisticated online businesses with interactive database-driven websites targeted at matching travellers with work and accommodation opportunities. These are high growth niche market segments.

In its inception stage, a pilot site successfully generated significant internet traffic, advertising sponsorships and subscribers in the UK and Australia.
The founderrealized the business had significant potential and came back to Australia to seek funding and expertise.

Venture Forth was approached to and funded this early seed stage development of the business model.

Next Digital was engaged to develop the wireframes for the web site.

The company is now in the process of developing a plan to fully commercialise this global niche and is actively seeking to engage strategic partners who can assist it to secure a sustainable presence in the online travel, recruitment and advertising markets by fully developing its web-sites, intellectual property and databases.

Travelling Recruitment Group has enormous return potential and is being set up to be a global company of significance.

Global Equities Network Pty Ltd

Global Equities Network has acquired a series of domain names and has taken over development of a web-site designed as a portal for the finance industry.

A business model will be established in Australia with the intent that it can be replicated in key world financial markets.

Venture Forth is a major shareholder in this company and has funded seed stage development of the web-site and data base build / client acquisition programs, which are ongoing.