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Grading the SEC’s Proposed Crowdfunding Changes
The SEC is about to make a series of modifications to equity crowdfunding regulations. These updates come a little more than four years after it first enabled regular investors like you and me to crowdfund startups. Back then, the SEC was mostly concerned with protecting investors. But the limits, restrictions and procedural requirements designed to protect investors had the unintended…
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Protect Your Portfolio While You Can
It’s a strange world out there for investors today. Stocks in the U.S. are very expensive — despite the fact that S&P 500 earnings may drop 40% in the second quarter. Investment grade bonds yield tiny amounts that amount to basically nothing once you factor in inflation. Interest rates are near zero and will likely stay that way for years…
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The Republic Note is an Opportunity Unlike Any Other
Crowdfunding has come a long way. It’s far more diverse and interesting than it was just a year ago. There are investment portals that now offer a way to buy and sell shares of startups whose raises have ended. There are portals that offer crowdfunders shares of startups that are raising from angel investors and venture capitalists on the same…
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Early Investing Webinar with Republic CEO
We know that many of you were unable to attend our webinar with Republic’s Chuck Pettid last week. So if you missed our discussion about crowdfunding real estate and video game investments, here’s the video so you can watch it at your leisure (you can also read more about the webinar below). Chuck wonderfully explains the opportunities and risks associated…
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Invest in Fixing the Trucking Industry
Deal Details Startup: Fleeting Security type: Crowd SAFE Discount: 20% Valuation (cap): $10 million Minimum investment: $100 Where to invest: Republic Deadline: Invest ASAP! Raise is almost filled up What I do is very simple. I try to find very small companies solving very big problems. Simple for me. Quite hard for the small company. Fleeting, though, is up to…
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Roundup: Overvalued Stocks, Gold, and more
This has been a busy week filled with important news and information. So today we’re doing a news round-up — along with brief commentary on each story. Let’s go. The S&P 500 priced in gold One of my favorite financial analysts, Lyn Alden, posted the following commentary and chart on Twitter this week: The S&P 500, as priced in gold,…
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Invest in the Startup Changing HR
TV has made dysfunctional families (Arrested Development) and companies (The Office) cute and funny. They’re not. And maybe that’s why we watch these shows. If we don’t laugh, we’d probably cry. I’m not sure how one would restore a dysfunctional family to emotional health. But now there’s a remarkable company – People First RH – whose online platform lets companies…
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Startup Founders Leaning Into COVID-19 Economy
It’s been surprisingly difficult to pigeonhole the effects of COVID-19 on startups. I’ve reached out to many startups to see how they’re doing in the current market. And much to my surprise, many founders have told me that COVID-19 is a “net positive” for their companies. None have said that it’s done more harm than good. And none have even…
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Don’t Fall for Day Trading
Day trading is back in a big way. Robinhood, the original free stock trading app, has seen a huge influx of users this year. And I have a strong feeling most of them are new to investing. From Barrons: “Free trading app Robinhood has added more than three million accounts in 2020, and now has over 13 million. The median…
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Invest in the Startup That’s Securing Biometrics
Deal Details Startup: Trust Stamp Security type: Preferred equity Valuation: $25 million Share price: $7.79 Stage: Series A Minimum investment: $997 Where to invest: SeedInvest Deadline: July 19. But campaign may end earlier if maximum target is reached I first talked to Trust Stamp – the company I’m recommending to you today – a couple of weeks ago. It was…
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Understanding the Difference Between Private Equity and Startup Investing
Vanguard Group, the investment fund giant with $6.2 trillion of assets under management, announced Wednesday it is launching private equity funds that may soon be available for many people to invest in. Here’s how Institutional Investor described the development: Vanguard Group is shaking up private equity, offering its first funds focused on the asset class through a partnership with HarbourVest…
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Choosing Between Stocks and Startups
When it comes to investing, there’s no lack of choices. The trick is making the right one. And those choices look a lot different now than they did before COVID-19 hit. Stock investors, in particular, need to recalibrate their strategies. There are two basic options for you. Behind Door 1, you can choose from thousands of public-stock companies. Many are…
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Invest In A Wine Startup With A Massive Inventory
Deal Details Startup: Yahyn Security type: Common equity Round size: Up to $20 million Valuation: $4,955,781 Share price: $44.38 Minimum investment: $133.14 Raise: Seed Investment Portal: Netcapital Deadline: June 30, 2020 COVID-19 is changing our world in so many ways. Socially. Professionally. Financially too. It’s decimating many industries. And creating huge opportunities in other industries. The key to investing in this…
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Crowdfunding Shows Its Strength
Crowdfunding reached the ripe age of four years old earlier this month. It’s come a long way in a relatively short time. And we know much more about it now than we did back then. Last week I gave you five of my top 10 observations about crowdfunding’s past and future. Here are the rest — beginning with a topic…
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Crowdfunding Keeps Getting Better Four Years In
Crowdfunding celebrated its fourth anniversary last week. The SEC greenlit it on May 16, 2016. A year before Regulation Crowdfunding (better known as Reg. CF) began, the SEC began to allow companies to raise funds under Regulation A+ (Reg. A+). But startups needed considerable money and time to comply with SEC requirements for Reg. A+. Deal flow was slow and…
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Raise Your Personal Investment Bar
As I mentioned last week, there’s been a significant decrease in the number of startup deals coming across my desk lately. On the bright side, though, the quality of deals on accredited sites like AngelList is much higher (on average) than I’ve ever seen. This is a common trend during tough economic times. Mediocre startups that easily raised money a…