There are two Financial Services Guides in this document as there are twodistinct AFS licensees that use the fbventures.vc website (the ‘Website’).
They are:
• FB Corp Limited (ABN 16 675 876 490) (AFSL 557810); and
• FB Ventures Pty Limited (ABN 63 670 888 758) (AFSL 553008)
Version 2.0 – Issued 25 September 2025
Reference to ‘you’ and ‘your’ refer to potential recipients of our financial services.
This Financial Service Guide ('FSG') contains information about us, in relation to:
• Who we are;
• What services and products we are authorised to provide to you;
• How we (any other relevant parties) are paid;
• How we deal with your privacy;
• How we can be contacted; and
• Our internal and external dispute resolution procedures.
Please retain this FSG for your reference and any future dealing with us. Any other documents we provide should be read together with the FSG.
This FSG is an important document aimed to assist you in deciding whether or not to use any of the financial services offered by FB CorpLimited (ABN 16 675 876 490) (AFSL 557810) (‘FB Corp’, ‘our’, ‘we’ or ‘us’).
Where required by law, or otherwise, we will provide you with any necessary documentation electronically through links on the Website or platform, or other electronic methods we choose to use. It is your responsibility to regularly check your email, the Website and the platform for any such documents. We recommend printing or electronically storing important documents for future reference.
FB Corp operates under the authorisations of its Australian FinancialServices Licence (AFSL 557810), issued by the Australian Securities andInvestment Commission (‘ASIC’). FB Corp manages registered and unregistered managed investment schemes, providing investors with diverse opportunities to access professionally managed investment strategies.
We are committed to maintaining high standards of compliance and governance, ensuring that our schemes operate transparently and efficiently in the best interests of investors.
Any information by FB Corp is not intended to constitute financial advice, recommendations, or opinions regarding any financial products or services.
Investment Management Services
We are authorised to provide general financial product advice to retail and wholesale clients on the following classes of financial products:
• Basic and non-basic deposit products;
• Derivatives
• Foreign exchange contracts
• Debentures stocks or bonds issued or proposed to be issued by a government;
• Interests in managed investment schemes including investor directed portfolio services; and
• Securities.
We are authorised to deal in a financial product by issuing, applying for, acquiring, varying or disposing of financial products in respect of the following classes of financial products:
• Derivatives;
• Foreign exchange contracts;
• Interests in managed investment schemes excluding investor directed portfolio services; and
• Securities.
We are authorised to apply for, acquire, vary or dispose of a financial product on behalf of another person in respect of the following classes of products:
• Basic and non-basic deposit products;
• Derivatives;
• Foreign exchange contracts;
• General insurance contracts;
• Debentures, stocks or bonds issued or proposed to be issued by a government;
• Interests in managed investment schemes including investor directed portfolio services; and
• Securities.
Managed Investment Schemes
We are authorised to operate three named registered managed investment schemes (in our capacity as Responsible Entity):
• FB Real Asset Fund (ARSN: 680 939 306);
• FB Ventures Fund (ARSN: 680 942 670); and
• FB Opportunities Fund (ARSN 680 941 299).
Custodial Services
We are also able to operate custodial or depository services other than investor directed portfolio services. As the Responsible Entity, FB Corp is responsible for ensuring that the registered managed investment schemes are each operated in accordance with their constitution and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). FB Corp may outsource the investment management of its wholesale investment schemes to third-party managed investment schemes. These arrangements are governed by investment management agreements.
Corporate Authorised Representatives
The investment management business may be a corporate authorised representative of FB Corp, and their employees are responsible for making investment and divestment decisions in relation to the funds they manage and for implementation of the investment strategy. No Personal AdviceWe are not authorised to provide personal advice. We can only provide you with factual information and in certain circumstances may provide general financial product advice. You should consider your own specific objectives, financial situation and needs and seek specific independent, financial, legal or other professional advice before making any investment decision or using our services.
No Personal Advice
We are not authorised to provide personal advice. We can only provide you with factual information and in certain circumstances may provide general financial product advice. You should consider your own specific objectives, financial situation and needs and seek specific independent, financial, legal or other professional advice before making any investment decision or using our services.
FB Corp as Responsible Entity and Trustee of its funds, may receive fees in relation to the investments we offer. These fees for each of the registered and unregistered managed investment schemes are described in detail in the relevant Product Disclosure Statement or Information Memorandum which may include: management fees, performance fees and expenses.We strongly encourage you to carefully read and understand the relevant disclosure documents before making any investment decisions.
FB Corp may also receive fees for providing AFSL coverage.
We do not charge you any additional fees for any advice that you receive from us. Your financial planner may charge you fees for providing financial product advice. This will be detailed in the FSG and/or any other fee disclosure document that you receive from your financial planner.
Our employees may be remunerated by salary payments, bonuses, and other benefits from us. Bonus payments are discretionary and based on the performance of the employee. We may use contractors in carrying out our services, and they will receive payments based on referral of clients, consulting activities, and any other general work in connection with FB Corp.
From time to time, we may engage third parties to provide financial services on our behalf. In most instances, these third parties will hold their own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Where they do not, they will operate as our authorised representatives, which may include individuals or corporate entities.
We may also make payments to third parties who refer clients to us. These referral payments may take the form of:
• A one-off payment or benefit for the referral
• A percentage of the total amount initially invested as a result of the referral
• A percentage of the ongoing value of the initial investment
In accordance with s912B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), FB Corp maintains adequate professional indemnity insurance that satisfies the compensation arrangements. This covers the financial services provided by FB Corp and its employees, including employees after they cease working with us.
FB Corp is a subsidiary of FundBase Group Pty Limited (ABN 85 665 646462) and its officers, employees, independent contractors and owners may receive compensation in connection with marketing efforts and offers.
Your privacy and personal information is important to us. We have adequate measures in place under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and will manage your personal information accordingly. We only collect information so that we may provide you with the financial product(s) and associated service(s) you request, as well as information on other products offered by us. In most cases, we may provide you with a copy of your personal information in order to provide information and market updates to you. A copy of our privacy policy is available at fbventures.vc/privacy-policy.
FB Corp has proceduresin place for dealing with complaints. If you have a dispute or complaintregarding our financial services, you can address the complaint to ourCompliance Officer, using the following contact details:
Attention: Compliance Officer
Email: complaints@fundbasegroup.com
Phone: +61 2 9098 9145
Mail: PO Box R446
Royal Exchange NSW 1225
We will aim to acknowledge receipt of your complaint in writing as soon as possible and in any event within one (1) business day from receipt and address your complaint within 30 calendar days.
If FB Corp has not addressed your complaint and/or if you are not satisfied, you can refer your complaint to the Australian Financial ComplaintsAuthority (‘AFCA’).
AFCA provide an external complaints resolution scheme. FB Corp (AFCAMembership No. 109172) is a member of AFCA. Complaints that cannot be resolved internally by FB Corp to the satisfaction of a member can betaken by the member to AFCA. You can contact AFCA directly by utilising one of the following contact methods:
Website: www.afca.org.au
Phone: 1800 931 678
Email: info@afca.org.au
Mail: Australian Financial Complaints Authority
PO Box 3
Melbourne VIC 3001
Version 2.0 – Issued 25 September 2025
Reference to ‘you’ and ‘your’ refer to potential recipients of our financial services.
This Financial Service Guide ('FSG') contains information about us, in relation to:
• Who we are;
• What services and products we are authorised to provide to you;
• How we (any other relevant parties) are paid;
• How we deal with your privacy;
• How we can be contacted; and
• Our internal and external dispute resolution procedures.
Please retain this FSG for your reference and any future dealing with us. Any other documents we provide should be read together with the FSG.
This FSG is an important document aimed to assist you in deciding whether or not to use any of the financial services offered by FB VenturesPty Limited (ABN 63 670 888 758) (AFSL 553008) (‘FB Ventures’, ‘our’, ‘we’ or ‘us’).
Where required by law, or otherwise, we will provide you with any necessary documentation electronically through links on the Website or platform, or other electronic methods we choose to use. It is your responsibility to regularly check your email, the Website and the platform for any such documents. We recommend printing or electronically storing important documents for future reference.
FB Ventures aim to facilitate innovative and impactful funding opportunities for a diverse range of projects.
Any information provided by FB Ventures is not intended to constitute financial advice, recommendations, or opinions regarding any financial products or services.
Investment Management Services
We are authorised to provide general financial product advice to retail and wholesale clients on the following classes of financial products:
• Interests in managed investment schemes including investor directed portfolio services; and
• Securities.
Crowd-Sourced Funding Services
FB Ventures is also licensed by ASIC to provide “wholesale” and “retail” clients with a crowd-sourced funding (‘CSF’) service as an intermediary for fully-paid ordinary shares of eligible CSF companies, published through its platform (the ‘FB Ventures Platform’), operated by FB Ventures and only accessed via www.fbventures.vc.
The FB Ventures Platform allows an eligible company, who has entered into a Hosting Agreement and has been approved by us to use our platform(‘CSF Issuer’), to raise up to $5 million per year from the issue of fully paid ordinary shares to “retail” investors.
No Personal Advice
We are not authorised to provide personal advice. We can only provide you with factual information and in certain circumstances may provide general financial product advice. You should consider your own specific objectives, financial situation and needs and seek specific independent, financial, legal or other professional advice before making any investment decision or using our services.
FB Ventures provides the following crowd-sourced funding services though the FB Ventures Platform on the Website:
• Expression of interest (‘EOI’) campaigns for eligible CSF companies through non-binding expression of interest from potential investors; and
• CSF offer campaigns for eligible CSF companies, through the publishing of the CSF offer document, which offers fully-paid ordinary shares to “retail” and “wholesale” clients.
FB Ventures, as a CSF intermediary, has specific obligations that apply in recognition of its important role as ‘gatekeeper’ for the crowd-funding services provided on the FB Ventures Platform, which include:
• Performing checks before publishing a CSF offer document on the platform; and
• Not publishing, or not continuing to publish, a CSF offer document on the platform in certain circumstances.
Investment Management Services
FB Ventures may receive fees in connection with managed investment schemes where we act as Investment Manager. These fees are described in detail in the relevant Product Disclosure Statement or InformationMemorandum which may include: management fees, performance fees and expenses. We strongly encourage you to carefully read and understand the relevant disclosure documents before making any investment decisions.
Crowd-Sourced Funding Services
For our CSF offering, our fees and any other amounts due to us are deducted from the investor application monies held on trust in the designated client account before we transfer any application money to a CSF Issuer on the conclusion of the CSF offer.
Investor fees
Investors or those interested in investing are not required to pay any fees to FB Ventures for registering an account on the FB Ventures Platform, utilising its services, engaging in an EOI or applying for shares through aCSF offer.
Issuer fees
Fees payable by an issuer to FB Ventures for our services are set out below:
Additional fees
FB Ventures may incur additional fees payable by the CSF Issuer where:
• A replacement or supplementary CSF offer document is required to be published;
• The complexities of the CSF Issuer require additional investigations to determine eligibility to make a CSF offer.
Any interest earned on funds held within the trust account will be retained by FB Ventures and will not be distributed to the CSF Issuer on the conclusion on the CSF offer, nor to investors in the event of an unsuccessful CSF offer.
FB Ventures may also receive a success fee from the CSF Issuer for funds raised, through a direct or indirect introduction to the CSF Issuer via the FBVentures Platform or in connection with an EOI.
Fees for any additional services by separate agreement with the CSF Issuer.
“Retail” investors (as defined under s738D of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)) have the right to withdraw their application under the CSF offer within five (5) business days of making the application. If you wish to withdraw your investment, please send an email to investment@fbventures.vc within five (5) business days of submitting your application. Information on how to exercise your cooling-off rights are available within the CSF offer document. If you decide to exercise your cooling-off rights, we will withdraw your application and return your subscription amount as soon as practicable (if received).
Our employees may be remunerated by salary payments, bonuses, and other benefits from us. Bonus payments are discretionary and based on the performance of the employee. We may use contractors in carrying out our services, and they will receive payments based on referral of clients, consulting activities, and any other general work in connection with FBVentures.
From time to time, we may engage third parties to provide financial services on our behalf. In most instances, these third parties will hold their own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Where they do not, they will operate as our authorised representatives, which may include individuals or corporate entities.
We may also make payments to third parties who refer clients to us. These referral payments may take the form of:
• A one-off payment or benefit for the referral
• A percentage of the total amount initially invested as a result of the referral
• A percentage of the ongoing value of the initial investment
In accordance with s912B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), FB Ventures maintains adequate professional indemnity insurance that satisfies the compensation arrangements. This covers the financial services provided by FB Ventures and its employees, including employees after they cease working with us.
FB Ventures is a subsidiary of FundBase Group Pty Limited (ABN 85 665 646462) and its officers, employees, independent contractors and owners may receive compensation in connection with marketing efforts and offers.
Your privacy and personal information is important to us. We have adequate measures in place under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and will manage your personal information accordingly. We only collect information so that we may provide you with the financial product(s) and associated service(s) you request, as well as information on other products offered by us. In most cases, we may provide you with a copy of your personal information in order to provide information and market updates to you. A copy of our privacy policy is available at www.fbventures.vc/privacy-policy.
FB Ventures has procedures in place for dealing with complaints. If you have a dispute or complaint regarding our financial services, you can address the complaint to our Compliance Officer, using the following contact details:
Attention: Compliance Officer
Email: complaints@fbventures.vc
Phone: +61 2 9098 9146
Mail: PO Box R446
Royal Exchange NSW 1225
We will aim to acknowledge receipt of your complaint in writing as soon as possible and in any event within one (1) business day from receipt and address your complaint within 30 calendar days.
If FB Ventures has not addressed your complaint and/or if you are not satisfied, you can refer your complaint to the Australian FinancialComplaints Authority (‘AFCA’).
AFCA provide an external complaints resolution scheme. FB Ventures(AFCA Membership No. 106888) is a member of AFCA. Complaints that cannot be resolved internally by FB Ventures to the satisfaction of a member can be taken by the member to AFCA. You can contact AFCA directly by utilising one of the following contact methods:
Website: www.afca.org.au
Phone: 1800 931 678
Email: info@afca.org.au
Mail: Australian Financial Complaints Authority
PO Box 3
Melbourne VIC 3001
FB Ventures Pty Limited ABN 63 670 888 758 AFSL 553008 is a licensed CSF intermediary and is authorised by ASIC to provide crowd-sourced funding services. Always consider the general CSF risk warning and offer document before investing.
