Investment Opportunity Catalog

Read this first. Akontec is not a registered investment adviser, portfolio manager, or deposit-taking institution. Nothing in this catalog is an offer of securities, a solicitation of deposits, or investment advice. Any figure shown is an illustration built on stated assumptions, not a promise. Every real transaction is documented in a separate agreement reviewed by both parties' advisers. See 15_Investment/04_Investor_Disclosures.md — that document governs everything on this page.

What "investment" means at Akontec

Three distinct things get called "investment", and confusing them causes problems:

1. Business partnership / franchise participation. A partner puts capital into an operating unit — a food-cart franchise outlet, a delivery centre, a marketing venture — and earns from that unit's trading results. This is business ownership, not a financial product.

2. Project co-investment. A partner funds the setup cost of a specific campaign or centre (seats, infrastructure, working capital) and shares the revenue that campaign generates, per a written agreement.

3. Equity investment into Akontec. A conventional venture or strategic investment into the company. Handled through the investor process in 19_Investors, not through this catalog.

Programme structures

What every structure must state in writing before money moves

1. The exact legal entity receiving the funds and its registration details.
2. What the money will be spent on, itemised.
3. How returns are calculated, from what revenue line, after which costs.
4. Payment frequency and the first payment date.
5. Who bears the loss if the unit or campaign underperforms.
6. Reporting: what the partner receives, how often, with what supporting data.
7. Exit: notice period, valuation or buyback method, transfer restrictions.
8. Dispute resolution and governing law.
9. All risk factors, in plain language, signed as read.

An arrangement missing any of these nine is not offered. That is a hard internal rule.

Risk factors (must be stated, never softened)

• Business results vary. A unit or campaign can lose money.
• Returns are not guaranteed, not fixed, and not assured by Akontec.
• Capital may be partially or wholly lost.
• Timelines slip: hiring, licensing, client ramp and seasonality all affect when a unit becomes profitable.
• Client concentration: a campaign-linked structure depends on that client continuing the campaign.
• Regulatory change can affect any of these structures.
• Illiquidity: there is no ready market for the interest; exit is by the agreed mechanism only.

What Akontec representatives may never say

• "Guaranteed returns", "assured returns", "fixed monthly return", "risk-free", "principal protected".
• Any specific percentage return stated as a promise rather than an illustration.
• "Better than FD/mutual fund/market" comparisons.
• "Get in before it closes" urgency framing.
• Anything implying a regulated investment product.

Violation of this list is a disciplinary matter, not a style preference. See 27_Guardrails/03_Restricted_Statements.md.

Minimum participation and process

Minimum ticket sizes are structure-specific and stated in 15_Investment/02_Investment_Models.md.