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Why Average VC Returns Don’t Really Matter

Agile VC

And even if they wanted the index return, there is essentially no way to buy (or sell) a broad-based basket of VC funds in the way you can trade the S&P 500 or Russell 2000 or other public equity index. What about fund of funds (FoF), you ask? Aren’t they a form of bundled investment into the VC asset class?

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4 Ways To Transform Your Side Gig Into Your Main Show

YoungUpstarts

He has been involved in Texas real estate since 2003, and has acquired several apartment complexes in aggregate of over 4000 units and several commercial properties by co-investing with private equity groups, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and accredited investors.

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Tips for Success via Business Crowdfunding

Hearpreneur

We generate fully-surveyed and verified Investor and Reservation leads, for both accredited and non-accredited investors. Even long-established platforms are realizing the limitations of their brands and messaging as they seek to broaden their investor base. What does the future of equity crowdfunding look like?

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Where would I go to invest in startups or emerging companies?

Gust

” and the second is “Are you an Accredited Investor by that country’s standards?” This will be changing next year, however, because of a new law called the JOBS Act of 2012 , which establishes a new, limited type of Crowdfunding for small companies and non-Accredited investors. Once the U.S.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) They also avoid Reg D.

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Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral

K9 Ventures

They may or may not be accredited investors, and they don’t invest regularly or often. The incubators invest usually for an equity stake and buy equity at a extremely low valuation (for example, 7% for $15,000, which implies a pre-money valuation of less than $200,000). <$50K in aggregate. Lots, 20-100.

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10 Recommendations For Aspiring New Venture Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. These requirements for equity investing have been relaxed only a bit, with caveats, with relevant crowdfunding changes. Diversify your total investment across several startups.