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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Small Business Report: A Brick and Mortar Graveyard?
The retail landscape is changing faster than the drive-thru line at Chick-fil-A. And the future for brick-and-mortar, in particular, might seem unclear.
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Campaign Page Walkthrough
Malcolm gives us a general overview of how campaign pages are setup. If you have any questions email us at info@vicinitycapital.com – thanks!
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Risky Business?
We’ve all heard this stat as a warning to both would-be founders and investors. A shot across the bow about the supposedly near-guaranteed failure…
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We’ve Got a Message for Warren Buffet
“It’s an economic war.” Warren Buffet delivered this mic drop moment on his recent CNBC interview with Goldman Sachs’ CEO, David Solomon. During the…
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Going Private, Publicly
Building a portfolio of private investments can feel like sailing out on uncharted waters. “I’m not a financial planner” you might say, why would…
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A Crowdfunding Christmas: It’s A Wonderful Life
“Few movies have aged like It’s A Wonderful Life, the iconic Christmas classic most of us grew up watching. As of December 2, 2020…
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How a Rev Share works…
If you’ve been browsing our campaigns you might have come across a few structured as rev share agreements. It’s a term that gets thrown…
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Breaking into SAFEs
At risk of getting flagged by the FBI, I’m going to lay out the easiest path to break into a SAFE. This method is…
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The Local Business Report: Gyms Are Doing Extra Reps
2020 has been a tough year for most businesses. We’re beginning a Local Business Report series through which we will highlight different industries and…
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Survey Insight
Some of our most common feedback responses were deal-specific questions about the terms, structure & potential returns of an offering.
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Over The Moon About Microinvesting
And while most small businesses aren’t trying to break into the space travel market, they’re still shooting for the stars. These businesses need capital…
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3 Investment Topics for Thanksgiving Table Talk
Happy Thanksgiving! Food, fellowship, football. There are so many reasons to enjoy your Thanksgiving feast. But what about that window of time after you’ve…
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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…