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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Public policy: Protecting investors
Do investors need “protecting” from making angel investments? You might have followed the debates about opening or restricting access to startups – congressional ideas…
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Are angels biased against women? II: Maybe yes.
After the last post’s surprising conclusion, this post dives into Are Early Stage Investors Biased Against Women? by Michael Ewensa and Richard R. Townsend,…
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Are angels biased against women? I: Maybe not?
Well, we promised more controversy in our paper reviewing, so here we go! Why are angel investors so biased against women? If you read…
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Intro to SSRN series: Angel Investors and their Investments
As angel investors, we are constantly seeking ways to improve our performance “in the arena.” One of our techniques is that we sometimes consume…
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Certainty in Deal Structuring
Thank goodness people know the “correct ways” to structure early-stage investments. Just in our feed today we’ve enjoyed: It’s great how confident (some) people…
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VentureSouth Announces Jonathan Heigel As VentureSouth Triangle Director
Durham, N.C. – VentureSouth, one of the country’s largest early stage investment firms, is pleased to announce that Jonathan Heigel, a longstanding member of…
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Are startups founders automatically “accredited investors”?
We have debated on the Venture In The South podcast whether startup founders are “accredited investors.” My answer, which might surprise you, is “probably.”…
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Venture Carolina Announces 2023 Class of the Palmetto Venture Fellowship
Venture Carolina, a nonprofit dedicated to bridging the funding gap between investors and entrepreneurs has once again partnered with the South Carolina Department of…
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VentureSouth celebrates 100th company milestone
VentureSouth is proud to announce a major milestone, as the firm and its investors have now invested in 100 early-stage companies. Earlier this month,…
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VentureSouth 2023 Summit recap
While we were grinding through the winter months, our VentureSouth investors and staff enjoyed a delightful early taste of spring last month at our…
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Jacksonville Venture Competition to Highlight Five Innovative Companies
VentureSouth, one of the country’s largest early stage investment firms and headline sponsor of the upcoming inaugural Jacksonville Venture Competition, is excited to announce…
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Applications and Nominations Now Being Accepted for the 2nd Annual Palmetto Venture Fellowship
Venture Carolina, a nonprofit organization committed to connecting investors and entrepreneurs, has partnered once again with VentureSouth, one of the country’s largest early-stage investment…