Funding a Movie: The investment questions
Are you considering Funding a Movie? Many forget to ask the right due diligence questions in such a situation. Being humans, it can be easy to forget those otherwise very important questions to ask. We have compiled a list of critical questions for you to ask.
Investment questions
- How much money is needed in total?
- How much money is raised from investors in total?
- How much money is raised from public funds, grants, etc.?
- What are the investment principles?
- Will you as your investor get your initial investment out first, before any other?
- If there are other investors, who are they?
- If there are other investors, will they be investing on the same terms?
- What kind of security can you as an investor get for your investment?
- How much can a film investor expect to make from this investment?
- How will this project be de-risked?
- As an investor, are you eligible to be receiving any tax incentives?
- What perks are offered to investors?
- How will you update the investors during the process?
- What is the timeframe for investors to get their initial investment back?
- Is the investment made public?
- What is stopping the team from raising capital from a bank loan?
- What will be the film investor's equity in the movie?
- How is the deal structured?
- How much are the Founders making of the film?
- Are the Founders taking any risks?
- What will be the name (and type) of the investment vehicle that will hold this movie?
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