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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Tips for reviewing the campaign page
Just in case you’re new to all this, (“this” meaning dropping angel investments like a boss) we thought we’d give a few tips on…
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How Small Business Raise Campaigns Work
Growing up, I always enjoyed reading Calvin and Hobbes, a comic series by Bill Watterson. There were comic strips where Calvin would ask his…
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How to raise money for your non-sexy business
Asking someone for money is rarely fun and almost never easy. But if you’re trying to grow your business then you’ll almost always reach…
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How to tell an investing expert from a non-expert
Investing can be complex. Building a smart investment strategy and risk management discipline takes work. But an investor is only deemed an expert based…
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Social Capital – What is it and why should you care?
Around here, we often say Vicinity is where financial capital meets social capital. Well, if you say something often enough, you should probably stop…
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An Adrenaline Junkie’s Guide To Analyzing Risk
Welcome to an adrenaline junkie’s guide to analyzing risk. I wouldn’t blame you if you closed your laptop immediately and walked away. But thanks…
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What do Angel investors look for in small businesses?
Angel investor. Probably the coolest title in the investing world. This moniker belongs to high net worth individuals who financially back a business, usually…
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Nomads Can’t Grow Gardens
It’s no secret. Whether we’re talking attention spans or investing strategies, we live in an age of short-sightedne… oh look! Bitcoin! Everybody wants to…
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Crowdfunding with Covid [Regulatory Update]
The investment crowdfunding industry is not losing any steam even during…well, you know… the feverish elephant in the room with a dry cough. Though…
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Unicorns & Workhorses
Did you know that drinking from the horn of a unicorn might protect you from stomach trouble, epilepsy, or poison? This mythological horned horse/goat…
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ICP, USP, and PMF: Business Acronyms for Investors
Business acronyms can frustrate new investors. Vicinity is here to help. Read this article and discover the power of ICP, USP, and PMF.
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A Modern Day Braveheart Has 5 Reasons To Buy Local
There’s nothing like the Upstate highlands. A green canopy of trees covers the Appalachian slopes like a blanket over the body of an old…
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Atlas Organics Grand Opening in the News
Many congratulations to Atlas Organics for the success of its grand opening. We are pleased to be part of an entrepreneurial team that has…
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Atlas Organics: Twin Chimneys Site Grand Opening
We are thrilled to announce that VentureSouth portfolio company, Atlas Organics, will be holding a grand opening event at Twin Chimneys Landfill, located at…
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Tracking Angel Returns – piling in?
In a follow up to this post, we need to explain why the 22% annualized rate of return for angels in groups is possible…
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Tracking Angel Returns – data biases?
IRRs of 20%+ sound unlikely. If angels were really doing that, wouldn’t they have followed hedge fund managers to Puerto Rico or the Caymans?…
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Tracking Angels Returns – the right benchmark
Continue the “tracking angel returns” series… Another objection might be that the S&P 500’s performance over the last 15 years is not the appropriate…
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Tracking Angel Returns – inflation, taxes, and fees
Last week’s UBJ article tried to cover a complex subject – investment returns for angel investing compared to other uses of capital – in…
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Tracking Angel Returns – the data
I had the pleasure of writing Matt’s regular Upstate Business Journal article this month. You can see the glossy original here. We’ve reproduced it…
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2015 angel investing – UNH CVR data
The University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture Research published its 2015 report on angel investment activity today. You can see the press release…
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Due diligence scoring – cash flow evaluation
If you’re still with me, these posts were prompted by a member’s question about cash flow. The company we had been working on scored…
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Due diligence scoring – competition
If you read my last post about diligence data, you might remember that “competition” was a surprisingly large determinant of whether SCAN members choose…
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Due diligence scoring – what criteria are important to SCAN members?
What are the key factors that SCAN members consider when deciding to invest or not? In our April CSR Angels meeting, a member asked…
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Zipit’s progress
Congratulations to Zipit, a portfolio company of SCAN and the Palmetto Angel Fund, on the two partnerships it has announced publicly in March. Today…