1. SESSION 1 From Start-Up to Scale-Up Early Stage Investing APEC Accelerator Network Forum I Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2. MSME’s Access to Finance: Key Areas in ABAC’s Work Lending Infrastructure Credit information systems Secured transactions and movables financing Trade and Supply Chain Finance Legal/regulatory issues (Basel III, KYC/AML/CDD) Facilitators (trade settlement tools, e-platforms) Alternative Financing Mechanisms Enhancing Resilience

3. Overview of MSME Financing Ecosystem Prerevenue Stage Early Revenue Stage/ Early Commercialization Stage Established/ Profitable Stage Personal, Family and FriendsSupply Chain FinancingBank Debt Start-up Labs and AcceleratorsInternet Trade/Value Chain FinanceTrade Financing – Letters of Credit Convertible DebtBank Line of CreditJunior Stock/Venture Exchange Seed/Angel FundingSubordinated DebtPublic Market IPO Venture CapitalVenture DebtBond/Capital Markets CrowdfundingEquipment LeasingPrivate Equity MicrofinanceVenture Capital Financial Capital Crowdfunding Islamic Financing Areas of Innovative Growth Seed/Angel FundingInternet Trade/Value Chain FinanceJunior Stock/Venture Exchange MicrofinanceVenture Capital Equity Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Source: APEC Business Advisory Council and SME Finance Forum, APEC Framework for Innovative SMME Financing Mechanisms

4. Regulations and Financial Services New financing mechanisms typically flourish under lightly regulated or unregulated environments.

5. Regulations and Financial Services New financing mechanisms typically flourish under lightly regulated or unregulated environments. Regulators step in as financing mechanisms’ economic, social and political impact or intersection with regulatory objectives become significant.

6. Importance of Legal, Policy and Regulatory Environment Enabling? or Disabling?

7. APEC: Creating an Enabling Environment for MSME Finance Bringing public and private sector together Better understanding of market evolution and development Better laws, policies, regulations Especially important for new and rapidly evolving market for financing innovative enterprises!