Vicinity Views
News, education and insights on investing in public offerings through the Vicinity platform and private early-stage offerings with VentureSouth.
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The Top Five Benefits of Investing in Your Local Economy
Investing takes on many forms. The key is to keep a diversified portfolio, and investing in local real estate plays an important part in…
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The Evolution of Local Investing
At the end of 2020 Chapel ran a successful campaign on Vicinity’s portal to fund a multi-tenant facility in the Poe Mill area. For…
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Taxes for Investors: A Brief Guide to Forms
Are you struggling to understand what tax forms apply to your investments? Our brief guide on taxes for investors should help!
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The Case for Direct Ownership
Let’s talk some trash. No, not figuratively. Trash is an everyday part of our lives, but how much do you really think about this…
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See, Touch, Feel
Diving into financial planning resources or investment strategy tips can feel more like a personality test than a mathematical analysis. You’ll get questions like:…
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A Different Take on Value Investing
I distinctly remember the look I received from our investment advisor assigned to my company’s 401k retirement plan. It was the annual plan review.…
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Pride of Place
Pride of place. It’s one of those phrases that sounds familiar, but you’re not sure why. What place are we talking about? Are there…
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Double Duty Dollars
If you’re in the thick of raising capital, worrying about who’s running their mouth about your brand and what they’re saying might not be…
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Accredited or Sophisticated?
I recently saw someone post on social media about their momentous achievement of reaching “Accredited Investor” status. For context, that’s the financial equivalent of…
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The Collab of the Decade
This week we’ve got buildings on the brain. Private real estate investing is hardly a new arena, but the rise of Crowdinvesting has CRE…
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Booming Babies and Business Buying
The mass exodus of baby boomers from small businesses has been predicted for several years now. While the “tsunami” of boomer biz owners looking…
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Evaluating Evaluation
Today we’re going mountain climbing. What mountains you say? Well, the small ones of course! Zeb Parsons, one of our recent podcast guests left us with…
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Stand-up comedian entrepreneurs in America – VentureSouth’s ideal deals
Continuing our series of “typical” meetings and individual investment strategies, here is what a typical investment might be aiming for. You can review our…
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Some links: why we don’t invest
We say “no” a lot – to around 97% of the entrepreneurs who approach us for capital. It’s not fun, for us or for…
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The launch of VentureSouth Angel Fund II
We are very excited to announce the closing of the VentureSouth Angel Fund II. This is big news for VentureSouth, and we’re pleased that…
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Becoming an angel: how much do I invest?
If your information about angel investing comes from high profile investing celebrities, you may think that being an angel investor requires you to be…
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Matt’s UBJ column – August 2016
Enjoy Matt’s UBJ column this month here.
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Angel group meetings – what can I expect?
Update August 14: Matt unashamedly plagiarized this blog for his UBJ column this month. Enjoy the longer version here. Before joining a VentureSouth we…
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South Carolina network of angel investors rebrands, expands reach to cover Charlotte
The South Carolina Angel Network is spreading its wings to cover more of the Southeast. The network of over 200 investors will now be…
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SC Angel Network Expands Rapidly, Launches VentureSouth
Greenville, S.C. – The South Carolina Angel Network (SCAN), one of the largest angel investment organizations in the United States with more than 200…
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America’s Game: Apple Pie, Baseball and Angel Investing
On Father’s Day weekend, I indulged a bit in watching the last round of the U.S. Open golf tournament and the last game of…
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Angel groups fees – 3) Carried interest
Lastly, carried interest. For those unfamiliar with the concept, it is essentially a share of the profits from investments – in this case, the…
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Angel group fees – 2) administrative costs
Following from here, if a member chooses to invest in a deal through our groups, they face two fees. 1) We run all investors’…
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Angel group fees – 1) Membership dues
One of the questions we often get asked by potential members is “how much is this going to cost me”? Investing always comes with…