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New Pick: Repairing the Broken Relationship Between Pharmaceutical Companies and Patients
Deal Details Startup: Responsum Health Security type: Crowd SAFE* Valuation (cap): $4.5 million Discount: 0% Minimum investment: $100 Where to invest: Republic Deadline: January 2, 2022 What do you do when your doctor and half of your friends tell you a pill is safe but the other half says it could kill you? I’ll tell you what I do. I…
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Crypto Insider: ConstitutionDAO Demonstrates the Power of the Crowd
It’s almost Thanksgiving. So in the spirit of giving, we have a treat for Early Investing subscribers. We’re thankful for your support of Early Investing. So while we typically only offer our Crypto Insider videos to First Stage Investor subscribers, we’re sharing today’s video with the Early Investing community. (If you’d like to get more of these videos, check out…
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New Pick: A Legal Services Marketplace Brimming With Upside Potential
Deal Details Startup: UpCounsel Security type: SAFE Valuation (cap): $28 million Minimum investment: $250 Where to invest: Wefunder Deadline: December 9, 2021 UpCounsel began as a traditional online marketplace play. There were lawyers on one side and clients needing legal assistance on the other. Making legal services cheaper and more accessible was a good idea. The company grew into a…
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Portfolio Update: Haven Protocol Makes Promising Progress
Our speculative portfolio coin Haven Protocol has bounced back pretty well from its recent troubles. It had an incident back in July where a hacker exploited a vulnerability. But Haven recently launched a successful fork of version 2.0. (Note the nice social traction on the Twitter announcement. There’s definitely a growing community.) Haven is trading around $12 today, far above…
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Crypto Insider: A New Crypto Investor’s Perspective
If you’re new to crypto investing, you’re not alone. Crypto adoption is growing steadily, but it’s far from being a mainstream asset class. Crypto is still a nascent industry that has a lot of maturing ahead of it. Some investors still see crypto as an exciting option. But for many new investors, crypto is no longer an optional asset class.…
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China May Lose Its Battle Against Crypto
I’m done with China. I’m done with it banning crypto transactions. I’m done with it pretending to protect the environment by banning bitcoin mining. I’m done with these silly little temper tantrums and fits impacting the crypto markets. (Environmental prattle about bitcoin mining likely triggered bitcoin’s most recent selloff). I’m done with it all. Here’s the only reason China wants…
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How to Time a Crypto Exit
I am a long-term investor. I make investments while expecting to hold them for at least 10 years. But I do plan on selling some crypto during this bull market at some point. I may sell as much as half. But I don’t think we’re even close to topping out for this cycle. I can say that confidently for bitcoin.…
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New Pick: Connecting Student Athletes and Brands for a Win-Win Video Ad Experience
Deal Details Startup: Curastory Security type: Crowd SAFE* Discount: 0% Valuation (cap): $9 million Minimum investment: $250 Where to invest: Republic Deadline: January 28, 2022 Video ads made by influencers are almost inescapable these days. Many of them try to direct viewers to take certain actions in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. How successful they are depends on two things: How…
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Slow Governments Won’t Stop This Startup From Saving the Planet
“We need decarbonization now, across every sector in every country,” U.N. Secretary General António Guterres tweeted earlier this week. Don’t kill the messenger here, but he’s spitting in the wind. A plea for governments to pick up the pace of decarbonization will do little good. Not even the increasing incidence of fires, floods and extreme heat has gotten governments to…
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October 2020 Recommendation: Ethereum Competitor
Editor’s Note: Due to a production error, we failed to post this recommendation from last October. You have our sincere apologies. We have taken measures to make sure that mistake does not happen again. Additionally, we’re in the process of updating our portfolio provider. Once that change is made, it will be added to the Crypto Asset Strategies portfolio page.…
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Startup Insider: The Most Promising Cannabis Companies
Last week, one of the leading marijuana business conventions — MJBizCon — took place in Las Vegas. And First Stage Investor’s own Vin Narayanan was there to see firsthand what’s going on in the cannabis industry. Many people have been disappointed by the cannabis industry’s uneven growth. But lack of consumer demand hasn’t been the problem. Instead, complicated licensing and…
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Yahyn Develops a Brilliant Method for Foreign Wineries to Reach U.S. Customers
Pierre Rogers, the founder and CEO of First Stage Investor holding Yahyn, thinks he’s on to something very big and immensely disruptive. He thinks it will upend America’s incredibly convoluted alcoholic beverage industry. It should make life much better for consumers and vineyards alike. With its cool AI capabilities, Yahyn is already in the business of connecting wine drinkers to…
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Crowdwise Founder Brian Belley Reveals His Investing Strategy
Note: Startup investors spend a lot of time learning about founders. We want to know about their backgrounds, how much business experience they have, what they think the future will look like… But we don’t spend enough time learning about other investors. Not big league, Shark Tank-style billionaire investors, but fellow crowdfunding investors. To that end, our friends at KingsCrowd…
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New Pick: The Startup That’s Cleaning Up Space
Deal Details Startup: Launchspace Technologies Corporation Security type: Common stock Round size: Up to $1.07 million Share price: $100.26 Valuation: $48,999,970 Minimum investment: $100.26 Investment portal: Netcapital Deadline: November 8, 2021 Startup investors love big problems. The bigger the problem, the more rewarding the investment opportunity. Right now, it’s the best of times for startup investors. We’re facing huge problems,…
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Look Beyond Big Tech Investments
Last Monday, Facebook experienced an outage that lasted for about six hours. Users couldn’t access Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp or OculusVR. The effects were felt across the world. Suddenly, everyone who relied on Facebook or WhatsApp for communication was left in a lurch. Even Facebook’s own employees had to rely on Outlook emails and Twitter (ouch!) to communicate. The outage…
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Why You Should Avoid Crypto Trading
Almost everyone I know in the crypto community considers themselves a “trader.” Not an investor, a trader. They try to time the market, often using leverage. A lot of people assume that trading is the path to riches. We’ve all heard stories of traders who made 10,000% in a few weeks, often using leverage. But at least in the stock…