Frequently Asked Questions by Non U.S. Investors

Principals and Hong Kong founders commonly ask us these questions:

How are American profits kept from being taxed twice?

‍Established structures can prevent double taxation, and the appropriate one depends on a specific question: how much is reinvested in the United States against how much returns home to Hong Kong. The answer shapes the entity choice, the repatriation plan, and the timing, which is why it begins as a conversation rather than a form. The structure exists and fitting it to your numbers is the work.

How much weight should American political news carry?

‍Some of it warrants attention, and much of it does not. A central part of the firm's role is to distinguish the two, region by region and sector by sector, because a headline that moves a market in one state may mean nothing in another. When a principal understands what is real while others react to what they read in the financial press, opportunities become available that more anxious capital passes by. The firm reads these developments daily, filtered against your specific holdings, so the analysis you receive concerns your investment rather than the news cycle. That clarity carries more value in a volatile moment than in a settled one.

Who is watching the investment from thirteen hours away?  

‍The firm is. The principal holds a seat on your board as Corporate Director, visits the assets in person, and reports so that you see exactly where matters stand without having to ask.  We restrict our client base to provide careful attention to each client.

Bank applications from Hong Kong companies are often declined. Why?

‍The reason is rarely the business. It is most often a checkbox that the application did not satisfy. The firm prepares a banking package and presents it to banks where the application is evaluated by people, and there is a considered way to make an American bank comfortable with a Hong Kong company.

Can capital be raised in America without surrendering control of the company?  

‍Yes. Positioned correctly, beyond the angel round, individual investors can fund your growth on terms that keep the company yours. This conviction is central to how the firm practices, and it informs the structure of a raise from the outset.

How does raising capital in America differ from Hong Kong?  

It is arguably more regulated and more documented. A company that observes them precisely becomes more credible rather than less, and that credibility is what opens the door to serious and reliable capital.