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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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First Stage Investor – Issue No. 7
div.entry-content-asset iframe {display: block !important; width: 750px !important; height: 422px !important; margin-bottom: 20px !important; } Online Startup Investing: A Year in Review By Adam Sharp, Founder, First Stage Investor 2016 was the year that startup investing entered the mainstream. For the first time in 80-plus years, U.S. investors can now invest in private, early-stage companies. There is no other investment…
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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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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…
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Collect 1,500% From “Instant” Prescriptions With Reliant Immune Diagnostics
[Time-Sensitive] Dear Startup Investor, I am extremely excited to present our latest investment recommendation to you. This private company is set to revolutionize the $3 trillion healthcare industry. And you have a chance to become a “ground floor” partner and share in the profit potential with its founders. The company is Reliant Immune Diagnostics. This Austin, Texas-based company is building…
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First Stage Investor – Issue No. 5
New Recommendation: Whim More Dating, Less Texting By Adam Sharp, Co-Founder, First Stage Investor I’m excited to announce our newest recommendation. It’s a dating app called Whim. Unlike a majority of dating apps today, Whim is focused on facilitating actual dates. The problem with many other dating apps is that there’s not much real dating going on. It’s mostly texting…
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First Stage Investor – Issue No. 4
Dear First Stage Investor Member, Welcome to issue No. 4 of First Stage Investor. We’d like to start this month’s letter by addressing some feedback from members. We got quite a few emails this month, so let’s tackle those first. Question No. 1: “How do I make money from investments like these?” Investing in seed-stage private companies is quite different…
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Grab a 100X Gain on This $100 Billion “Smart Play”
By Andy Gordon, co-founder of First Stage Investor Editor’s note: this recommendation for Keen Home, a unique “smart home” startup company, is now live. Imagine living in a home where your appliances, HVAC, TVs and entertainment system, lights… everything that matters to you, in other words… were all controlled through your smartphone or a device like Amazon’s Alexa. People have coined…
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New Recommendation: VetPronto
Deal Details Valuation: $5 million cap (the maximum valuation your shares will convert at) Security: Convertible debt (a note that will convert into preferred shares) Maximum amount to be raised: $1,000,000 Currently raised: $132,000 (as of 10/10/2016) Minimum investment: $100 VetPronto offers on-demand veterinary service. That’s right. Your pets can now take house calls from licensed veterinarians. I believe VetPronto…
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First Stage Investor – Issue No. 3
One Company’s “Smart” Attack on an $11 Trillion Market By Andy Gordon, co-founder of First Stage Investor Deal Summary Valuation: $15 million Security: Preferred shares Maximum amount to be raised: $6,000,000 Currently raised: None – raise just launched Minimum investment: $1,000 Imagine living in a home where your appliances, HVAC, TVs and entertainment system, lights… everything that matters…
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New Recommendation: Pre-IPO Fund 2.0
Dear Startup Investor, The great thing about investing in the early stages of a company? The price, of course. You usually get a very low price. Which makes sense. After all, you’re taking on more risk by investing in young companies. But then there’s the other side of the coin. It can take five to 10 years before the company…
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Private Placement 2.0 Recommendation
The great thing about investing in the early stages of a company? The price, of course. You usually get a very low price. Which makes sense. After all, you’re taking on more risk by investing in young companies. But there’s the other side of the coin. It can take five to 10 years before the company cashes out its shares…
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First Stage Investor – Issue No. 2
Investments: Why the Day-to-Day Matters for the Long Run By Adam Sharp Dear First Stage Investor Member, Welcome to issue No. 2 of First Stage Investor. And welcome new members. We just hit 4,400 subscribers, way ahead of projections. And that’s a great thing. Because the larger we are, the more influence we have. There have been three recent developments…