No. Assess the actual enterprise and qualifying capital proposal.
Connect resources with the right operation
Foreign success can provide context without proving the U.S. business’s required capacity. A combined revenue figure should not hide the relevant facts.
Invested: the purchase price paid, equipment bought, the first months of lease and payroll committed, working capital transferred to the business account. The investment is weighed against the total cost of purchasing an established enterprise or of establishing a new one, so a modest amount can be substantial for a workboat operation while a much larger sum might not be for a shipyard. Facility deposits, prepaid production time, equipment and inventory are business expenditures and can be examined as part of the invested capital, subject to whether they are truly committed and at risk. Count only funds genuinely and irrevocably committed to the enterprise and exposed to loss under the actual terms; do not report an optional future price as present investment. Substantiality is measured proportionally against the total cost of buying an established business or creating a viable new one, so a lower-cost enterprise requires a proportionately higher share of that cost.