The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

It was funded by an investor. Crowdfunding Traditionally, there were only two ways to fund a business through history. Here, you sell a portion of the business to an investor/partner. Crowdfunding is altogether different. With crowdfunding, you neither take on a debt nor do you bring on a partner. Pretty simple.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Crowdfunding Traditionally, there have been two ways to fund a business: Debt funding Equity funding Debt funding is what it sounds like -- you take on debt in the form of a loan. Crowdfunding is newer and altogether different. A food truck might, for example, name a dish after one of the crowdfunding investors.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 1, 2013

Many of us, fellow VCs, are a poor investors. In the past week, both AngelList and FundersClub got SEC "No action" letters --notices that their crowdfunding platforms were going to be allowed to keep operating without fear of getting run over by the government. For many investors, its a pretty sobering experience.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

More appetite for risk from investors As part of the overall "easy money" effect of Fed interest rate cuts, some small businesses might have an easier time raising money from investors. When interest rates go down, that means the best savings accounts and money market accounts are no longer paying such high APYs.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2013

This business model isn't how Electnext started, nor was investor interest always this strong. 4) Keep up with the investors you meet, even when they turn you down. Sometimes, you can tell when an investor genuinely has interest in you as a team, but just can't get their on the model. This happened to ElectNext.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 21, 2024

You have to be a patient investor. Not all of us can be Warren Buffett, because he can totally avoid things he doesn't understand and still make so much money with all that capital and all that acumen. billion inventure capital to develop these bots. But those are for the private investors. Those accredited investors.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies. Last year, the company crowdfunded more money to artists than the National Endowment for the Arts. The Pencil Factory. Barclays Center. Empire Stores.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

As such, we prioritise investing in companies with technology offerings that have the potential to generate a life improvement for at least one million people in emerging markets within a decade of investment, while still meeting typical venture capital return expectations by commercialising their technology in North America and Europe.

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Fortune Financial

MAY 4, 2023

While the technology continues to evolve and become more affordable, many investors view it as a lucrative opportunity for long-term growth and innovation. Several types of investment opportunities are available, from traditional stocks to crowdfunding campaigns. Companies can better utilize capital using 3D printing.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

They just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now. They know that castles and trains have sold in the past, but they're putting out all this capital to send off to the manufacturer to print a bunch of games. I think I'm talking to a feminist with a small f, maybe not a capital F.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

I probably get around a dozen e-mails a week asking me how to get into venture capital. On top of that, anytime I talk to anyone who wants to get involved in startups but isn''t sure what they want to do, inevitably, I hear, "And then I was thinking maybe I should look into venture capital, too.". You can''t crowdfund a fund.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 2, 2024

They just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now. Also too, you have a ton of private equity capital that's going out there and looking to take on loans that maybe regional banks won't want to take on. and Walmart wasn't one of them! I think it's largely going to be contained.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

There was no venture capital, you know, there. And health tech, sports tech, food and again, these are sectors where there’s some regulations, and entrepreneurs need to understand that, investors need to understand that. Initially, it was started in 2005 and it was called Revolution, but it was just my capital.

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Private Capital Investment in Latin America

MARCH 4, 2025

DEALS > UNICORN SoftBank Group and Dynamo led a US$190m Series E round in MadeiraMadeira, a Brazilian home goods e-commerce startup, with participation from VELT Partners, Brasil Capital, and Brazilian family office Lakewood Investment Management, and follow-on from monashees and Flybridge Capital. Acumen led a US$4.5m

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The Motley Fool

MAY 28, 2024

They just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy right now… See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of May 28, 2024 This video was recorded on May 18, 2024. Both are longtime real estate investors, podcast hosts and authors. You as an investor, as a stock investor, can own pieces of real companies.

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