No. Identify the genuine current transaction and capital the applicant actually commits. Historical expenditure does not establish the new investor’s lawful source and path.
Read the purchase and restart budget together
The investment must be substantial in relation to the real business, with no universal minimum. Financing security and actual risk still need assessment rather than a total built from unrelated past costs.
Funds and assets irrevocably committed to the enterprise and genuinely exposed to loss, including a purchase price paid or held in escrow for release, unrecoverable start-up spending, and equipment bought outright. Build an investment ledger that distinguishes money already spent, funds bound by enforceable nonrefundable obligations, working capital controlled by the enterprise, and merely forecast expenses. Where money sits in escrow or under a contract with revocation or refund conditions, the effect on committed, at-risk capital depends on the specific wording and needs legal review; refundable deposits are not automatically qualifying or automatically excluded. Match deposits, escrow releases, purchase payments, lease obligations, and equipment orders to source records; keep professional charges and recoverable balances in separate categories. The investor must demonstrate treaty nationality and an auditable funding path, with capital placed irrevocably at commercial risk, plus a real non-marginal operation directed through half ownership or equivalent operational control.