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First Stage Investor: Issue No. 11
A Simple Guide to Budgeting Your Startup Portfolio By Adam Sharp, Co-Founder, First Stage Investor Investing in startups can be downright thrilling. Young companies brimming with potential can have that effect. However, it’s easy to get caught up in this uber-potential and invest too much in a single deal. That’s a mistake. So, today we’re going to cover suggested guidelines to…
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New Recommendation: Pre-IPO Fund 3.0
Our first two pre-IPO funds couldn’t have gone better. And now, in light of the success of our first two funds, we’re getting ready to launch Startup Investor‘s “Private Placement 3.0” pre-IPO fund. As you might expect… we’re not resting on our laurels. With this new fund, we’re looking to do even better. We understand the bar has already been…
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New Recommendation: Pre-IPO Fund 3.0
Our first two pre-IPO funds couldn’t have gone better. And now, in light of the success of our first two funds, we’re getting ready to launch Startup Investor’s “Private Placement 3.0” pre-IPO fund. As you might expect… we’re not resting on our laurels. With this new fund, we’re looking to do even better. We understand the bar has already been…
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Private Placement 3.0 Recommendation
Our first two pre-IPO funds couldn’t have gone better. And now, in light of the success of our first two funds, we’re getting ready to launch Startup Investor’s “Private Placement 3.0” pre-IPO fund. As you might expect… we’re not resting on our laurels. With this new fund, we’re looking to do even better. We understand the bar has already been…
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First Stage Investor – Issue No. 10
New Recommendation: Lendsnap Get In on the Amazon of Home Lending By Andy Gordon, Co-Founder, First Stage Investor This year, mortgage lenders, banks and brokers will be handing out $1.5 trillion worth of home mortgages. That’s a hunk of change in anybody’s book. Here’s the thing. Only a fractional portion of these loans will be done online. Anybody who’s taken out…
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First Stage Investor – Issue No. 9
In preparing this month’s issue, we came across an opportunity that just couldn’t wait. (We sent you that information in a special alert on April 3. If you haven’t acted already, we recommend taking a look immediately.) Be sure to watch your inbox for messages titled “New Recommendation.” Often these opportunities are time-sensitive, so don’t count on them being in…
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Update: VirZOOM Now Open for Investment
Great news – VirZOOM is now officially open for investment. If you recall, we gave you a sneak preview of this groundbreaking virtual reality startup in our March issue of First Stage Investor. And today its fundraise went live on netcapital.com. VirZOOM makes a specialized exercise bike and games used with the bike. What’s more, VirZOOM is building a national…
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The First Stage Investor Equity Crowdfunding Playbook
Part 1: A Special Risk-Reward Equation Investing in startups gives you the kinds of benefits you can’t get anywhere else in the stock market. Yes, these are riskier investments, but there are ways to limit the risk. Put both sides together and you have a very special risk-reward equation. Take advantage of high-growth pre-IPO companies. Manage risk. Here’s how to…
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How “Accredited Investor” Laws Cost Me $500K
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been an entrepreneur. When I was around 6 years old, I had a lemonade stand that could pull in $8 net on a good day. In third and fourth grade, I sold candy to the other kids at 200% markups. (Supply and demand was a lesson learned early.) On a field trip…
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New Recommendation: Court Innovations
Deal Details Minimum investment: $99.20 Valuation: $2.728 million (pre-money) Share price: $0.62 Deadline to invest: March 13 at 12:00 p.m. ET Investment Portal: Netcapital Note from Adam: This deal is only available to U.S.-based investors. This is unfortunate and beyond our control. We apologize to international members and will ask the company to do another raise that allows international members…
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New Recommendation: Scrap Connection
I’m excited to announce our newest recommendation. The company is called Scrap Connection. Before I get into why we’re recommending this company, a little backstory… I’ve done a couple of mildly interesting things in my life. One was heading a trade and financing company based in Asia. It was fun. I made some money from it. But, to tell you…
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New Recommendation: Scrap Connection
Deal Details Minimum investment: $200 Security type: Future preferred stock via SAFE (An agreement that grants the holder the right to equity at a later date, typically when the company raises another significant round of funding) Valuation: $4.5 million with a 15% discount Industry: Business-to-business commerce Raising up to: $300,000 (planned but not finalized) I’m excited to announce our newest recommendation. The company is called…
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New Recommendation: Black Medicine Iced Coffee
Dear Startup Investor, Black Medicine Iced Coffee is a company we’ve been following for about a year now. We first recommended BMIC in May of last year. You can read the original write-up here. The original raise closed, but the company just reopened for a new round. The company has done well since, with sales increasing 74% from 2015 to…
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First Stage Investor – Issue No. 6
Equity Crowdfunding Playbook Part 2: Key Players in Your Startup Ecosystem By Andrew Gordon, Co-Founder, First Stage Investor Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a 12-part series called the First Stage Investor Equity Crowdfunding Playbook. Read more about the playbook here. Remember, investing in startups isn’t like investing in traditional stocks. The avenues to invest in startups are quite…
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Reliant Immune Diagnostics Deal Now Live
Note to Members: In my January 4 advance notice to you, I said that this deal closes January 24. The closing date has since been moved back to February 7. However, since only 99 of our members are allowed to invest in this deal (under SEC rules, not ours, sorry!), we suggest you make your investment soon if you want…
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The Fast-Track Guide to 100X Gains
How to Get Started in Startup Investing So you’ve made up your mind. You’re going to invest in a company that’s set to completely transform healthcare just as Uber did to the transportation industry… Or the way that Apple completely changed the world with the iPhone. All you need to do now is – *Gulp!* – navigate a website you’re…