Do not assume pooled project cash is your qualifying capital. Establish your own investment and the legal basis of any proposed arrangement.
Distinguish enterprise resources from investor qualification
The fact that the enterprise can pay its bills does not prove that you contributed the required amount from a lawful source. Explain ownership and transactions instead of attributing another party’s money to your account without support. Hypothetical example: an environmental remediation venture tells a prospective investor that the fund holds enough cash to cover a shortfall in the subscription and that the paperwork can be settled later.
Treat that as a reason to slow down. Each investor's qualification rests on that investor's own money: where it came from, how it travelled and what instrument records the investment. Ask for the subscription agreement, the operating or partnership agreement and the escrow terms, and read what each says about when the investment is treated as made.
Where a shortfall exists, the honest options are to fund it from a documented source or to reduce the participation, not to have another party cover it and record it as the applicant's. If someone else is genuinely contributing part of the amount, that is a gift or a loan with its own documentation requirements and must be presented as what it is. Ask counsel what the arrangement would look like on review before agreeing to it.