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Silicon Valley Is Losing Dominance
For the past few decades, Silicon Valley has dominated the world of venture capital. According to Pitchbook, Silicon Valley accounted for a whopping 26% of all VC dealmaking in 2014. Even more impressive, more than 39% of all dollars invested into VC-backed startups happened in the Silicon Valley area. However, Silicon Valley’s dominance has been declining for a while. According…
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New Pick: Invest in the Next Generation of Medical Masks
Deal Details Startup: Canopy Security type: Crowd IPA* Price per security: $5.61 Valuation (cap): $6.5 million Minimum investment: $100.98 Where to invest: Republic Deadline: May 1, 2021 *Crowd IPA (Interests Purchase Agreement) is a simple agreement to acquire membership units of a limited liability company. The pandemic has created a desperate need for N95 masks. And desperate buyers tend not…
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GameStop Losses: Right Strategy, Wrong Asset
A lot of people lost a lot of money in GameStop this week. I feel for them — especially since I have been there myself. As I write this, GameStop is trading at around $66, down from a high of more than $450 last Friday. It was trading around $255 when I wrote the following last week. The game these…
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Bitcoin and Startups: Better Revolutionary Assets
For the last week, all eyes have been on GameStop (GME). Millions of users from forums such as Reddit’s WallStreetBets have piled into shares and call options of the wounded mall retailer, causing a short squeeze of epic proportions. GME shares rose from less than $4.00 just six months ago to more than $460 this week. Large hedge funds that…
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New Pick: Invest in Fully Staffed Pharmacies
Deal Details Startup: ShiftPosts Deadline: Friday, January 29th, midnight Security type: Convertible note Valuation cap: $4 million Interest rate: 10% Note term: 36 months Minimum investment: $1,000 Where to invest: SeedInvest Let’s cast our eyes northward for a moment. There are 11,000 pharmacies in Canada. And a quarter of them rely on a single company to ensure that they always…
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Three Factors that Signal Upside Potential
Sometimes it’s good to go back to basics. And one of the basics that every investor has to consider before making a startup investment is upside — does this startup have the right pieces put together to provide significant upside on my investment? That question often isn’t easy to answer. There are a lot of factors that decide whether a…
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The Disadvantages of a SPAC Investment
Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are enjoying their moment in the sun. They’ve shot into prominence as a way for startups to make an initial public offering (IPO) and join public stock exchanges. They offer founders unprecedented speed. And for some investors — more on that later — they can provide unique advantages. There were double the number of SPAC…
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Nano, Decred Looking Up
Long-time members know that I’ve always been wary of more centralized cryptocurrencies such as Ripple. As you probably know by now, the SEC is going after Ripple in a big way. Here’s a brief summary from legal news site JDSupra,. The SEC’s complaint alleges that, starting in 2013, Ripple began to sell digital assets, known as XRP, as an unregistered…
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New Pick: Invest in Incredibly Accurate and Fast Food Safety Tests
Deal Details Startup: SnapDNA Security type: Crowd SAFE Discount: 10% Valuation (cap): $28 million Minimum investment: $150 Where to invest: Republic Deadline: April 28, 2021 I know exactly what my perfect startup looks like. It begins with delivering a solution that is badly — almost desperately — needed. And nobody else is even close to bringing it to market. Then,…
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A Unique Startup Investment Opportunity
As many of you know, the Early Investing team joined forces with KingCrowd last year. KingsCrowd is a startup whose goal is to provide all investors with institutional grade ratings and analytics for the startup space. In essence, it wants to become the Morningstar or Moody’s for the startup space. KingsCrowd has started by rating all Regulation CF (crowdfunding) deals.…
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Naughty and Nice Lists for 2020
Confession time. The #DogsofTwitter is one of my favorite Twitter communities. In this truly joyful corner of Twitter, dogs of all ages are trying extremely hard right now to be good boys and girls until Santa Paws arrives to give them treats and presents. Yes it’s totally corny. But I can’t help it. I love it. In honor of the…
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The Technical Founder Myth
There are a lot of investing myths floating around out there. Here are a few common ones: You need a lot of money to invest. Cheap stocks have more upside than expensive stocks. You can’t make money when the market is crashing. People believe these myths because they sound logical. But the fact is none of those things are true.…
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New Pick: Invest in Food Robotics That Works
DEAL DETAILS Startup: Blendid Security type: Crowd note Valuation (cap): $50 million Discount rate: 20% or 25% Minimum investment: $100 Where to invest: MicroVentures Deadline: June 7, 2021 Conversion provisions: Conversion Provisions: In connection with equity financing of at least $1 million, the Company has the option to convert the Crowd Note into non-voting preferred stock (Conversion Shares) at a…
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The Biggest Change to Venture Capital Since Crowdfunding
Note: In May, I wrote an article titled “The New Work From Home Economy.” Then in August, I wrote a piece called “Tech Companies Flee California (Finally).” I recommend reading those first if you haven’t. For decades, California has dominated both technology and venture capital in the U.S. Almost half of all venture capital comes from a tiny area around…
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Diversify Your Crypto Portfolio
Bitcoin cracked the $19,800 mark this week. It’s likely only a matter of time before bitcoin tops $20,000 and sets new all time highs. Who knows? As you read this, bitcoin could already be over $20,000. It’s a terrific time to be a bitcoin investor. In December 2018, bitcoin was trading for less than $3,500. If you had bought bitcoin…
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2021 Forecast: How Biden Will Affect Startups
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting ready for 2020 to be over. Between the prospect of a vaccine and the new $5 million crowdfunding limit, I think next year has a lot going for it. Of course, next year will see the Biden presidency begin too. And it’s worth considering what that might mean for startup investors like…