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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VentureSouth Announces Successful Exit From Portfolio Company Sensory Analytics
Greenville, S.C. – VentureSouth is pleased to announce its successful exit from portfolio company Sensory Analytics after its recent acquisition by Industrial Physics. Sensory Analytics,…
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Meet some VentureSouth members – via their podcast interrogations
Angel investors come from varied backgrounds and make investments for many different reasons. You can “meet” a sampling of VentureSouth members via their episodes…
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How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions? An SSRN paper review
In the last couple of papers we have looked at studies of how angel investors make investment decisions. This week we add a supplementary…
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How else do angels select deals? Personal characteristics
We concluded last time that early-stage investors back the jockeys and not the horses. But that is not everything we need to know about…
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How do angels select deals?
A frequent question from entrepreneurs is: How do angels select deals? Often selection of an appealing investment feels random or biased. In today’s paper,…
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SSRN paper of the week: Returns to Angels in Groups
For our academic article this week, we are revisiting that critical question: do angels make money? There are several significant papers on this topic,…
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VentureSouth Invests Over $5.5 Million In Early-Stage Companies In The Southeast In 1H 2024
Greenville, S.C. – VentureSouth, one of the top 10 angel groups in North America, is excited to announce investments totaling $5.5 million into 24 early-stage…
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Angels vs. Venture Capitalists: Are Angels Different?
This week we continue one of the themes from last time’s post, diving deeper into how angel investments and venture capital investments have in…
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Angels vs Venture Capitalists: Substitutes or Complements
How do angel investors overlap, collaborate with, compete with, benefit from, or get punished by venture capitalists? There is a lot of opinion and…
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Should you back unattractive or attractive fund managers?
Being good-looking brings many advantages in life, as you well know. It turns out, though, that being a better angel investment fund manager might…
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Public policy: Losing New Businesses
If you thought we were done with the 2011 accredited investor definition change, you would be wrong! Academics love a good change in the…
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The Devil’s Guide to Angel Investing
In this week’s reading “recommendation,” we are providing a bit more information on the book we’ve been reading – as it’s a fun but…