Start reconstructing the source and path of the capital. It is the longest task, it is entirely within the family's control, and it usually determines when everything else can proceed.
The long pole goes up first
Families naturally begin with project selection because that is the interesting decision, and then discover that the financial history they assumed would be straightforward takes many months to document. The requirement is that the capital was lawfully obtained and can be followed in an unbroken line from origin to enterprise, which for a business family means corporate statements, tax filings across years, sale documents for any asset liquidated, and statements covering every account involved. Older records are the slowest to retrieve and some institutions require formal applications. Beginning this on day one, while project diligence and family planning proceed alongside, is the single scheduling decision that most reliably shortens the overall process.
The first review should leave a source-of-capital map, a project-risk summary, and a job-creation method that can be read without sales language. Bank records and transaction documents settle where capital came from and how it moved; offering and business documents settle the enterprise and job plan. The decision is whether the investor can accept the capital risk and continuing obligations of conditional residence, not simply whether the project is available. Hypothetical example: a specialty-paper wholesaler uses sale proceeds plus a shareholder loan, so the investor traces both streams before deciding whether either can be counted toward the proposed capital.