Vicinity Views
News, education and insights on investing in public offerings through the Vicinity platform and private early-stage offerings with VentureSouth.
-
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…
-
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…
-
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!
-
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…
-
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:…
-
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.…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Electric City Angels Make First Investment
Electric City Angels Make First Investment Angel Group Gaining Traction in Anderson ANDERSON, S.C. – VentureSouth Tricounty (previously called Electric City Angels), Anderson’s angel investor group…
-
Aiken Standard Reports on CSR Angels Inaugural Meeting
See the story here on the first meeting of Central Savannah River Angels
-
VentureSouth Managing Director to Serve on Panel at Access to Capital Symposium
VentureSouth Managing Director to Serve on Panel at Access to Capital Symposium This lender-borrower workshop will address current lending practices SOUTH CAROLINA – VentureSouth…
-
VentureSouth (fka SCAN) Featured in the Newberry Observer
View the Newberry Observer article here.
-
Patent Attorney and Former Examiner with the US Patent & Trademark Office to Present to VentureSouth Groups
Patent Attorney and Former Examiner with the US Patent & Trademark Office to Present to SC Angel Network Groups Presentation to Highlight the Value…
-
Matt Dunbar’s Conversation with John Livesay on The Successful Pitch podcast
Check out Matt Dunbar’s conversation with John Livesay on The Successful Pitch podcast, discussing what it takes to be an angel investor and the…
-
Entegra Financial Corp. Elects R. Matt Dunbar to Board of Directors
Congrats to our own Matt Dunbar! Read all about Matt’s new appointment here: Entegra Financial Corp. Elects R. Matt Dunbar to Board of Directors
-
VentureSouth Makes Three New Investments
COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Angel Network (SCAN) announced three new investments made by the organization’s statewide network of angel groups. SCAN, a professionally-managed…
-
Portfolio companies continue great momentum
One of the most satisfying parts of angel investing is being able to celebrate the successes of our portfolio companies – particularly those that…
-
A Conversation with VentureSouth Managing Director, Charlie Banks
Charlie Banks talks with Midlands Biz about what VentureSouth does and the importance of entrepreneurship and giving back. To view this interview, please click…
-
VentureSouth-wide investments begin with ActivEd
VentureSouth exists to encourage collaboration between angel investors across our state. Our goal is to fund fully our best early stage companies – so…
-
Spartanburg Angels: momentum and education
GSA Business was kind enough to help us spread the word that Spartanburg has embraced its new angel group – Spartanburg Angels. We are…