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Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

David Teten

VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs, many of whom have not traditionally had access to these sources of capital. HBSAANY members include venture capitalists, individual accredited investors, and other institutional investors.

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Finalist Women and Minority Entrepreneurs Named in VCAP Program

David Teten

VCAP© is a collaborative venture that provides women and diverse entrepreneurs nationwide with access to venture capital through accredited investors within the HBSAANY network. VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs.

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On Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and Access to Private Markets

Ben's Blog

Concerns have been raised around what this reveals about the price discovery process for IPOs and whether retail investors are disadvantaged relative to certain institutional investors that have access to purchase shares at the IPO process. Amend the Accredited Investor definition to expand its ranks.

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Finalist Women and Minority Entrepreneurs Named in VCAP Program

David Teten

VCAP© is a collaborative venture that provides women and diverse entrepreneurs nationwide with access to venture capital through accredited investors within the HBSAANY network. VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs.

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Why Average VC Returns Don’t Really Matter

Agile VC

Diversification in that a small investor (by large institutional standards), say a foundation with $25M in assets that wants to commit $1M (4%) of their assets to VC, can get exposure to 10+ individual VC funds through a FoF but might only be able to inveset in 1-2 if they tried to do it directly.

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Crowdfunding Your Startup at 700 Percent Oversubscribed

ReadWriteStart

” Before acquisition the then SeedInvest CEO Ryan Feit previously said , “With over 37,000 accredited investors, SeedInvest is by far the largest platform in terms of the number of high net worth investors. ” Platforms are changing; not all platforms are the same.

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Need money? Read this!

Berkonomics

Money from these sources is relatively easy to come by, and most often comes with no strings as to oversight by a formal board composed of these investors and management. Several are well-known and professional investors pay special attention to their graduates. Many accelerators have come and gone during these past five years.