Register your interest in NSW nomination for the subclass 188 Entrepreneur stream

Use the form below to register your interest in NSW nomination for the Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188E) – Entrepreneur stream.

Refer to our Entrepreneur stream page for information about NSW nomination eligibility requirements.

Important information

Using the form

All fields are required unless marked otherwise
The submit button will appear after you confirm that you meet all eligibility requirements for NSW nomination. Only register your interest in NSW nomination if you meet the eligibility requirements for nomination
You cannot amend or withdraw your ROI after submitting. It is important that all the information you enter is correct at the time you submit your ROI

Registration of interest fee

A payment link will be made available as soon as possible for you to complete the ROI payment.

You may register your interest in NSW nomination before completing the ROI payment; however, you will not receive an outcome until the payment is made.

Assessment of your ROI

You will receive an outcome (or request for further information) within four weeks after completing you ROI fee payment.

Do not ask for an update on your ROI during this time.

Applying for NSW nomination

If your ROI is successful, you will be invited to apply for NSW nomination. You can only apply for NSW nomination if you are invited.

Your details

Your SkillSelect EOI number

Given names

Surname

Date of birth

Country of birth

Passport country

Email address

Phone number

Street address

Suburb/town

State/province

Postcode

Country

Do you have a migration agent?

Migration agent details

Given names

Surname

Business name

Migration agent registration number

Email address

Phone number

Eligibility check

You must meet all of the following criteira to be eligible to register your interest for NSW nomination. See our Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188E) – Entrepreneur stream website for information about the NSW eligibility criteria.

My business has a NSW registered ABN

My business is based in NSW

I have the right to commercialise the proposed product

I have completed customer research

I have a potential pilot customer (end user which must be a business), or a channel to market (e.g. distributor that will on-sell the product)

The proposed product is scalable and can be deployed to multiple customers

I have been accepted by a NSW Startup Accelerator Program or Startup Incubator Program

I have secured adequate funding for the project

Business Profile

Entity name

ABN

Trading name

Street address of businses

City/town

State

Postcode

Business phone number

Business website

Entrepreneur program

Name of NSW Startup Accelerator Program or Startup Incubator Program

Please provide a letter of endorsement from the NSW Startup Accelerator Program or Startup Incubator Program

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25 MB limit.
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Financial details

Source of your eligible third party funding

Name of the eligible third party funding source

Total amount of funding provided by the eligible third party

Please provide evidence of your funding

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Business overview

Please describe your proposed business

Who are your intended users, or paying customers (if different than intended users), also will anyone else benefit from your proposed business?

What are the characteristics of your customers?

For example, for businesses: different sizes, industry sectors; For consumers: age, gender, income, etc.

What are the current problems faced by your users, or paying customers (if different than intended users) and anyone else when relevant?

How will your product solve the above mentioned problems and what are the benefits for your customers?

Please describe your revenue model

How will you make money? How much will you charge? How often will they pay this amount?

What is the stage of concept validation and/or development of your product?

Tell us about your prototype, or have you surveyed, called, or interviewed your potential customers? If so, how many were surveyed, called or interviewed? What are your findings?

Customer information

You have indicated that you have a pilot customer (B2B)/channel to customers (B2C) that can trial and provide feedback on the product or is willing to provide access or promote your product to a target market/customer base.

Contact name

Position

Email address

Phone number

Please attach an official statement, letter of support or an email from the pilot business/channel to customer clearly indicating their level of commitment to trial and provide feedback on your business

The statement, letter or email should clearly outline the scope of the trial including commitments such as time, resources and expected outcomes. You can upload multiple letters of support if you have multiple pilot customers. Files must be in PDF format only.

Unlimited number of files can be uploaded to this field.
25 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf.

Strength of your business model

What are the commercial opportunities your nominated pilot business/channel to customers (the business you nominated above) can offer?

If your pilot customer is a business, what is the size of the potential contract or number of individual users they represent? For a channel to customers, what is the reach in terms of number of potential customers or users?

Why is this pilot business/channel to customers a good fit?

Do they have a great reputation within your target market? Do they offer opportunities to scale and grow your product significantly (including customer base, partnerships, integrations/bundling with their software, on-sell opportunities)? Will they be able to provide specific feedback on your product to assist your product development?

Other than the nominated pilot business/channel to customers, what is your strategy to capture early adopters?

How else are you going to get paying customers in the first 6-12 months? Tell us if you have any existing leads.

Considering the above, what is the estimated size of the market you can capture in the next 12-24 months?

For example, estimated number of transactions, paying customers, or sales revenue and growth rate.

What is the estimated size of the market you can capture beyond 24 months?

How will you commercialise the product and achieve your target?

What is your Total Available Market?

Total Available Market (TAM) is the total market demand for a product or service. i.e. Total number of potential customers who would buy your product, or the total dollar value of the market.

Describe your management capability

Tell us about your team, your advisors and mentors and what relevant/complementary skills, experience, and/or connections they provide.

Please attach curriculum vitaes (CVs) or LinkedIn profiles of the founders and key team members.

Unlimited number of files can be uploaded to this field.
25 MB limit.
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Please attach a copy of your pitch deck or a lean canvas business model

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Business innovation

Describe your key competitive advantage(s), and who are your closest competitors and how your product is different?

Please provide a short list of your closest competitors, and how is your product better/different to these competitors?

Provide details on how your product includes new technologies or existing technologies used in a new context

How do you propose to achieve desired business outcomes by the utilisation of enabling technologies? In other words, how does the use of technology enable new business opportunities?

Describe the defensibility of your proposed product and business model

How will you stay ahead of your competitors? For example, registerable IP, first mover advantages, know-how or key partnerships which allow fast-tracked market adoption.

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