Business FAQs

This page collects the questions founders and finance teams ask most often about Ardent CrowdFund. It's a fast way to triage your thinking before committing time to an application, or during a live raise. If you don't see your question here, reach out via the issuer dashboard's support channel.

Eligibility and fit

Sector limits, business-stage expectations, and what to do if you are a pan-African group with a non-Ghanaian parent.

Application and timelines

Typical time from first contact to live campaign, and what usually drives delays.

Fees and economics

Platform fees, success fees, legal costs, and how fees compare to other fundraising routes.

Valuation and terms

How Ardent CrowdFund approaches valuation for equity raises, and the typical term structures for debt and convertibles.

Raise size and success

What makes a raise likely to succeed, and what happens if we fall short of the target.

Running the campaign

Day-to-day operations during the live window, who from Ardent supports you, and what we ask you to cover.

After the raise

Post-raise cap-table mechanics, reporting burden, and how future rounds (on- and off-platform) interact with your Ardent holders.