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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Testing…
Testing testing… Two new testing the waters campaigns are live on Vicinity! With interest building in both of these deals, let’s recap what “testing the…
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Rethinking Portfolio Diversification: The ROI of Local
Portfolio diversification is your ally when it comes to risk. But it’s not only traditional assets: consider investing in local real estate.
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Reinventing Retirement: Invest Local for a Better Future
Concerned about retirement? Read this article and discover how a local investing strategy can help make your golden years truly shine!
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Investing in a Recession: Assets to Consider
Economic uncertainty can be tough for investors to manage. Read this article and discover which assets can help you diversify your portfolio.
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What Silicon Valley Bank can teach us about the power of community
Imagine driving down the interstate, 4+ hours in the car, children in tow, late in the afternoon. Suddenly, brakes. Your map app did not…
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Self-Directed IRA (SDIRA): What Investors Need to Know
A Self-Directed IRA is a retirement account that provides investors with an opportunity to diversify their portfolios. Read on to learn more!
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The Case for Mid-Market Real Estate and Crowdinvesting
Investing in mid-market real estate through “crowdinvesting” is a winning strategy. Read on to discover this booming asset class.
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Historic Tax (Rehabilitation) Credit FAQs
Tax credits can be an exciting part of real estate investing. Here are some frequently asked questions to help build a foundation.
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Reg CF: Rules Investors Need to Know
Before you invest through Reg CF, you must understand the rules. Read this article and discover everything you need to know to get started!
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The 5 Benefits of Reg CF for Investors
Looking to diversify your investment portfolio? Reg CF can get you there. Read on to find out how and discover the many benefits of…
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Millennials and Investing: A Complete Guide to Reg CF
Are you a millennial looking to diversify your portfolio? Read this article and discover everything you need to know about investing with Reg CF.
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Reg CF Compliance: A Brief Guide for Issuers
Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) enables eligible companies (developers and business owners) to offer and sell securities through crowdfunding. And yet, before you can make…
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What is an accredited investor?
If you have ever considered making investments outside of public markets (like stocks and bonds) in alternative investments (like private equity, real estate, startups),…
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VentureSouth Reports Major Milestones For 2022
VentureSouth is pleased to report its results from a momentous year in 2022. As one of the nation’s leading early-stage investment organizations, the firm…
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SC AITC 2021 Users
As we celebrate South Carolina angel investing tax credit transfer season (among other things), we found this report on the SC Dept of Revenue’s…
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VentureSouth Announces New Leadership for Atlanta Group
VentureSouth, one of the largest angel investment groups in the United States, is announcing new leadership for its Atlanta group. Matthew May and Kenji…
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VentureSouth Announces New Leadership for Midlands Group
VentureSouth, one of the United States’ largest angel investment groups, is excited to announce new leadership for its Midlands group, which serves investors in…
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A convertible note learning lesson
From our earlier blog post on convertible notes, you can probably tell that we are not big fans of them, though we concede that…
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VentureSouth Launching in Chattanooga
VentureSouth, one of the largest angel investment groups in the United States, is announcing its newest market expansion, VentureSouth Chattanooga. Chattanooga, TN will become…
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Three Angel Investing Flywheels
If you have followed Matt’s writings about angel investing, you’ll know he has been a fan of the “flywheel” metaphor for angel investing and…
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Amazing Entrepreneurs on the South Carolina Business Review
To celebrate one of our favorite entrepreneurs – Gabby of Confidence – appearing recently on the South Carolina Business Review (episode link here), here…
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VentureSouth Invests Over $2.7M in Early-Stage Companies in the Southeast in the First Quarter
VentureSouth, one of the largest angel investment groups in the United States, is excited to announce another quarter of significant investment activity in startup…
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PSA – Employee Retention Tax Credit – Recovery Startup Businesses
Attention anyone who started a business in the last two years! If you were fun enough to launch a new business during the pandemic,…
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VentureSouth Leads Investment in Gradient Health
VentureSouth is pleased to announce that it has led the $2.5M seed round financing of Gradient Health, a Durham, NC-based Health AI technology platform.…