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Sole Investor Graham Wood Currently Owns 100% of Shorthand

Ricky Robinson · 1378 250 Content Producers Pay Him $6k/yr For Storytelling Drag and Drop Platform · May 3, 2019 · at 16:39

Ricky Robinson is the CEO of visual storytelling platform Shorthand, discussing the company's unusual cap table structure with Nathan Latka.

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“No, he owns, so, so at the moment, he owns actually the whole company.”

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Graham Wood currently owns 100% of Shorthand.

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Assessment

Corporate registry filings and transaction records corroborate that Graeme (Graham) Wood was the sole owner of Shorthand as of May 2019. Filings from the UK entity (Shorthand Europe Ltd) upon incorporation in June 2019 list Graeme Thomas Wood as the sole Person with Significant Control (PSC), and documentation from the subsequent April 2021 Series A investment by Fortitude Investment Partners confirms that the transaction brought an end to Shorthand's prior single-shareholder ownership structure.

UK Companies House filings for Shorthand Europe Ltd (incorporated June 3, 2019) registered Graeme Thomas Wood as the sole Person with Significant Control (PSC).
Company documentation regarding Fortitude Investment Partners' April 2021 investment confirmed that Graeme Wood held a single-shareholder structure prior to that external equity round.

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[1] business.gov.au [2] tracxn.com [3] smartbranding.com [4] uq.edu.au [5] service.gov.uk [6] service.gov.uk [7] tracxn.com [8] interfinancial.com.au

"12028372" "Companies House" "162 625 470" OR "162625470" "Shorthand Pty Ltd" ACN OR ABN "Graeme Wood" "Shorthand" "Shorthand" "Ricky Robinson" "Shorthand Pty Ltd" "shareholders" OR "shares"

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