NewConnect - A New Quality on the WSE

NewConnect has the status of an organised market; it is operated by the WSE outside the regulated market as an alternative trading system. It is an offer for young, growing companies, especially in the high-tech sector (but companies from other sectors may naturally be eligible for trading). 

NewConnect was developed for young dynamic Polish companies which need equity to tap the potential of innovation, this getting a chance to grow and to become one of Poland's large companies. Because of this issuer profile, NewConnect offers more liberal formal obligations and information requirements, which reduces the cost of capital. NewConnect was conceived as the first step on the exchange market for listed companies. 

NewConnect is a market for companies:

• with a large growth potential,
• looking for equity between several hundred thousand and several million PLN,
• operating in innovative sectors, mainly with intangible assets
  (e.g., IT, electronic media, telecommunication, biotechnology, environmental protection, alternative energy, modern services),
• with a vision and a likelihood of an IPO in the exchange market
  in near future.

NewConnect offers

• a modern market financing dynamic companies,
• reduced formal requirements (admission and information requirements),
• low cost of entry and trading,
• excellent access to investors,
• prestige and reputation of the market operator,
• promotion and recognition of the company name.