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Reasons For Surge In Mexico’s Private Equity Industry

YoungUpstarts

For years Mexico lagged behind a lot of other Latin America countries when it came to private equity. To put things into perspective, rather than owning just 5% of the industry, Mexico now has close to a third. There’s no doubt that the Mexican government are largely to thank for the country’s rise in private equity.

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Announcing our investment in Dinari, a decentralized stock trading platform

Version One Ventures

Having an on-chain record of asset ownership has a number of advantages: it allows 24/7 trading and fractional ownership structures and reduces barriers to entry which all lead to increased liquidity. Enter Dinari, the start-up that wants to provide blockchain-backed access to corporate equity.

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Miami: A hot spot for venture capitalists

David Teten

I was visiting as part of Terrapinn Private Equity World, a leading private equity conference for the Latin American technology community. You might assume the event took place in Sao Paolo or Mexico City, but no, it was in Miami, and will be again in 2014. The decision to host the conference in Miami is hardly unfounded.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. We don’t have any equity or control over the business….”. “As Key elements: . “We

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Online Investment Benefits Explained

The Startup Magazine

Today, millions of traders buy stocks “equities” from 9:30 am to 4 pm in the United States and 8:30 am to 3 Pm in Mexico. Unfortunately, many of these traders are ill-prepared for such an in-depth feat. Traditional trading dates to the late 1700s, with only a minute number of traders. This is just one benefit of online investing.

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SmartHost of New York Wins the StartupBus 2014 Competition

SiliconHills

“Sweat equity is the best startup capital” – Mark Cuban A banner bearing Cuban’s quote hung on the wall at Rackspace’s event center Thursday as it hosted its third annual StartupBus event featuring teams from all over the country and Mexico.

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Why a 50/50 Split is Almost Never Right for Co-Founders by @DaveParkerSEA

fi.co

Mexico City. In a post on his blog , Dave Parker, Co-Founder and CEO of Bundled.com and Director of the Seattle Founder Institute , explains why spiltting equity 50/50 amongst co-founders is almost never the right answer, because each co-founder will have their own expectations, commitment, and goals regarding the startup. Los Angeles.