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New Pick: A Potential Unicorn That’s Making Surgery Safer
My first and last surgery was a couple of years ago. I’m glad I didn’t know then what I know now. My surgeon told me the risks were low and a favorable outcome was high. He didn’t mention that he’d be using instruments that would burn or at least char my flesh. He also didn’t say, “Oh, by the way,…
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Crypto Insider: A Common Crypto Investing Misconception
Crypto investing and startup investing have a lot in common. When evaluating startups and crypto projects (many of which are startups themselves), investors need to consider the technology or service being offered, its customer base, traction, scalability and — perhaps most importantly — its founding team. But when investors are focused on a particular cryptocurrency, it can be hard for…
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Crypto Monitor: The Benefits of Utility Tokens
Cryptocurrencies can serve a myriad of different purposes. Bitcoin, for example, can be a store of value or even a risk asset. Ethereum is used for smart contracts and serves as the backbone of the decentralized finance universe. Stablecoins, which are designed to maintain a fixed value over time, are used to facilitate trading on crypto exchanges, among other things.…
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While VCs Struggle, Crowdfunders Are Coming Out on Top
2022 has not been kind to SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son. He’s calling it a “technology winter.” And the numbers are certainly chilling for Son. SoftBank’s Vision Fund lost 2.64 trillion yen ($20.5 billion) for the year ending March 31. The previous year, it had made a profit. The same holdings that drove that profit are now punishing SoftBank’s bottom line.…
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Why Investors Should Target Seed Stage Companies Right Now
The amount of venture capital flowing into startups dipped below $40 billion last month, according to a Crunchbase report. That’s the lowest monthly investment rate in more than a year and well below the $70 billion invested in November, according to Crunchbase data. The slowdown in investing reflects broader concerns with the economy. But it’s not the most interesting data…
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New Pick: An Affordable Super Material With Hundreds of Potential Uses
There will never be a “next” Facebook or Google or Airbnb. Companies are a product of a specific time, place, technology know-how and need. It’s as if the universe wills them into existence. Of course, founders play an important role. But there are a lot of Zuckerbergs — tech geniuses who learn how to play the entrepreneurial game — out…
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News Fix: Startups Face a Souring Economy, SpaceX Skyrockets to $125 Billion
In the wake of yet another mass shooting, many Americans are outraged and terrified. While lawmakers continue to argue over gun control legislation, the effects of gun violence are being felt across the country. That includes businesses too. The May 24 shooting in Uvalde, Texas — which left 19 children and two adults dead — has prompted thousands of Salesforce…
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New Pick: A Robust Ethereum Scaling Solution With VC Backing
Sometimes — and especially in bear markets — investors need to be opportunistic. That’s why Andreessen Horowitz just launched a $4.5 billion fund for crypto projects. A16z is going bargain hunting. And with good reason. “Bear markets are often when the best opportunities come about, when people are actually able to focus on building technology rather than getting distracted by…
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New Pick: A Popular DeFi Coin With Promising Traction
The public markets are a mess. The private markets are a mess. The precious metals markets are a mess. And the crypto markets are a mess. Those are the facts. I fully expect the crypto markets to be highly volatile and continue to bottom out over the next six to nine months. It might take longer. But people need to…
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New Pick: Invest in the Brilliant Minds Behind Billions of Dollars in Pharma Sales
In a slightly less broken world, Enosi Life Sciences would not exist as is. Enosi is a tiny drug research and development company. And that is the only ordinary-sounding thing about it. Its technology is not ordinary. Its rockstar founders are far from ordinary. And its vision to create a new, more powerful and safer generation of autoimmune, anti-inflammation and…
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Crypto Is No Longer a Non-Correlated Asset
Market Musings Crypto is in official bear market mode. Bitcoin briefly fell below $27,000 on Thursday. As of this writing, it’s down around 43% on the year and down about 60% from its all-time high of $67,802 last November. Ethereum dropped to close to $1,748 on Thursday. That’s down about 64% from its all-time high of just over $4,812 last…
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Five Bold Predictions for the Future of Crowdfunding
May 16 marks the sixth anniversary of crowdfunding under Regulation Crowdfunding. But it was the JOBS Act of April 2012 that made it possible. Whether you go by 10 years ago or six years ago, crowdfunding has come a long way. Millions of Americans are participating in this investing space. Crowdfunding portals Wefunder and StartEngine both claim to have 1.5…
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Our Five Criteria for Evaluating Startups
Hopefully you’ve noticed the changes at Pre-IPO Profits recently. We emailed you an interesting startup investment opportunity last month. This month, we’re bringing you an exclusive webinar about investing in the KingsCrowd Capital Fund. In June, we’ll bring you another investment opportunity. And in between, you’ll get a variety of market updates and podcasts to help you on your investment…
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Crypto Sell Alert and Other Important Portfolio Updates
We received an email from a member recently that asked the following questions (and I’m paraphrasing): Why are underperforming coins still in the Crypto Asset Strategies portfolio? Why aren’t coins like ethereum, solana and others that have performed well in recent history in the Crypto Asset Strategies portfolio? What are we going to be doing differently in terms of crypto…
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Fidelity Is Changing the Bitcoin Market
Market Musings The 30-day trendline for bitcoin isn’t pretty. And Thursday was particularly ugly, with bitcoin dropping to $35,871. The broader stock market was routed on Thursday as well. And as of this writing, spot gold and silver prices are down. Investors are skittish. French regulators have agreed to allow Binance to operate in France. That’s huge. The SEC is…
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New Pick: A Cheap Robotics Play Boosting the Boba Tea Trend to New Heights
Seattle in the early 1990s was booming. And no sector was growing faster than aerospace. But Seattle was also midwifing the birth of a new kind of coffeehouse. Starbucks reimagined the experience of a damn good cup of coffee. It struck a deep and broad chord. Starbucks stores expanded across the US, and by the late 1990s its brand was…