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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Turning Passion into Profit
We’re not saying this blog will cure your post-Olympic blues, but we do have something golden for you. This week we chatted with Alek…
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You’re Special… Sort of.
“You’re special, just like everyone else.” Unfortunately, this is as true in business as anywhere. Specialize or die – in a world of investing…
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A Twist on Buffett’s Advice
Today we’re taking a new look at one of Warren Buffett’s most quoted lines: “Never invest in a business you cannot understand.” While we…
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Is Real Estate Really “Location, Location, Location”?
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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What Robinhood got wrong (& right) in their Super Bowl commercial
I was about ready to let the whole Robinhood/Gamestop wildness go… and then I saw the commercial. You’ve probably seen it by now –…
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Doubling-down on Democratization
While trust in the gamified giant has become as volatile as a short squeeze on an outdated retail chain, now might be a good…
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What’s the difference between microinvesting and crowdfunding?
While crowdfunding serves a purpose, there are some glaring differences between it and investment crowdfunding, also known as microinvesting.
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An Alternative to Fighting Manipulation with Manipulation
There’s a good chance you’ll come across a BFF or “soul sister” at some point in life, but you’ll have better luck finding good…
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What have you assumed?
Assumptions are all those little (and BIG) things we expect to be true in the future around our business, its market, or the customers…
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5 Questions for the Capital Seeker
There comes a point in nearly every business’s life when getting funding is a necessity. At this fateful moment, there may also be a…
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4 Investor Insights from 4 Years of Reg CF
Four years old… this is the age you can expect recognition of shapes and colors, and a love for rhyming words. Also for some…
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Double Duty Diversified Income
It’s trivia time at Vicinity! Which of the following headlines from the past year are real? Aliens in hiding until mankind is ready, says…
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What are the benefits of being the lead investor?
There are many benefits to being the lead investor in a round, we’re going to touch on a few advantages that we’ve realized by…
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What does it mean to be the lead investor?
One struggle that entrepreneurs, individual angels, and even small cooperatives of angels frequently face is finding a lead investor. Time and time again, entrepreneurs’…
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Angel taxes: the Section 1045 rollover deadline extension
June has been busy at VentureSouth so blogging has been light, but we hate to leave gaps between posts about taxes so here’s a…
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Sidecar funds primer: Where can I learn more?
As a final post in this series, here are a few places where you can learn more about sidecar funds. As we said before,…
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Sidecar funds primer: The entrepreneurs perspective
As we wrap up this series, a quick post for entrepreneurs to ask: should I care about whether an angel group has a sidecar…
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Sidecar funds primer: What else should we be aware of?
One of our pet peeves is seeing fundraising efforts ignoring the rules on general solicitations. As a quick primer, most of this type of…
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Sidecar funds primer: What should I evaluate in my sidecar fund diligence?
Whenever you are investing, you should do your due diligence. We’ll skip here all the general diligence you should do every time – team,…
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Sidecar funds primer: Why might someone invest in a sidecar?
We’ll skip the reasons for angel investing in general, as hopefully we’ve covered the potential for making money, having fun, and doing good enough…
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Sidecar funds primer: How do sidecars work in practice?
To distill the concepts of the last post into a concrete example: consider a typical VentureSouth angel sidecar fund.
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Sidecar funds primer: How do sidecars work?
After the guesswork of the last post, we’re on firmer ground when discussing how sidecar funds work! First, structurally, they’re usually LLCs or Limited…
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Sidecar funds primer: How many are there?
Data on how the number of sidecar funds are not easy to find. Based on some membership data from the Angel Capital Association, my…
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Sidecar funds primer: What are sidecar funds?
A sidecar fund is a pooled investment vehicle that makes investments by “riding alongside” another investor. A pooled investment vehicle means an investor puts…