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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Sidecar funds primer: Learning about sidecars
A few weeks ago, someone asked us where they could find good educational materials about angel group sidecar funds. We didn’t have one, so…
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VentureSouth Invests In Two Southeastern Early-Stage Companies
VentureSouth is pleased to announce that it recently invested in two southeastern early-stage companies: Givebacks (MemberHub) and Reveal Mobile. VentureSouth completed its investment in Givebacks last…
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Venture Carolina and Sharpen Offer Mental Health App to Entrepreneurs in South Carolina
Venture Carolina, an educational nonprofit whose mission is to support entrepreneurs in the Carolinas, is making its Sharpen Founder mental health app available for…
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VentureSouth Portfolio Companies Contributing to the COVID-19 Fight
During these unprecedented times of extreme uncertainty related to the Coronavirus’ impact on our health and economic well-being, we believe it’s appropriate to convey…
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Making Money. Having Fun. Doing Good. Through angel investing.
Thanks to Chris and Caleb at Next Level Income for letting me on the air to share a bit about angel investing in the…
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VentureSouth Announces Another Record-Breaking Year in 2019
VentureSouth is proud to announce another year of record-setting investment activity. The South Carolina-based firm invested $12.7 million in 28 Southeastern early stage companies…
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Back to basics: angel taxes wrap up
So to recap: After all that, you “net down” to an asset class where taxes have a much lower smaller impact on pre-tax investment…
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Back to basics: LLC passthroughs
You hopefully noticed that the really great benefits of Section 1202 and Section 1045 were focused on C-Corps. They don’t apply if you invest…
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Back to basics: Limits on Section 1244
Yes, there are some limits on Section 1244 losses. The $50k / $100k is one. Another is that it only applies to the first…
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Back to basics: Section 1244 continued
Section 1244 gets even shinier. In usual capital loss situations, you really need capital gains to offset the losses against, because you can only…
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Back to basics: Section 1244
The “silver lining” from the last post of being able to write off the capital loss against other capital gains was a dull, scuffed…
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Back to basics: Write offs
The angel taxes posts in this series so far have covered when angel investing goes well. What about when things go wrong? In general,…