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The Achilles Heel of Startup Ecosystems

This is going to be BIG.

Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. Very little time and effort is spent helping professional, full time investors raise capital for venture funds.

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Maddix Capital Launches $125M+ Hybrid Equity Fund

Private Equity Insights

As of today, 30% of the fund has been soft-committed with plans to segment the remainder amongst family offices, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and institutional investors. Read more Bain Capital Invests in Sales Tech Startup Apollo.io read more KSL Capital acquires in a $1.4bn deal the owner of 25 U.S.

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Maximizing tax benefits: Understanding QSBS eligibility for small business stakeholders

Private Equity Wire

PARTNER CONTENT By George Teixeira, CPA, MST Tax Partner, Anchin The Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) Exclusion, a vital provision for founders, investors, and employees of small businesses, offers a significant tax advantage by exempting capital gains tax on qualifying stock.

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The Potential for Fraud Caused by the Unnecessary Mystery of the Family Office World

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How would you know if I showed up to an investor conference, took meetings with startups, and acted serious about putting money to work in venture on behalf of a family office whether I was telling the truth? Actually, I’m completely making that up. (Of Of course I am—Bolivia is a landlocked country.) But how would you know?

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RegulatoryKings: Thoughts on the Duel Between Government and Fans

This is going to be BIG.

By not allowing individuals to invest in startups and venture capital funds unless they're already wealthy, we're widening the gap between the rich and everyone else. When Uber goes public, the only people that will have benefitted from the growth of their market cap will be high net worth individuals and institutions.

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Five Lessons Learned from the Ample Hills $8 Million Raise

This is going to be BIG.

Nothing seems to apply--you're not a tech company, you bootstrapped your way to millions in revenues before taking on capital, and you sell mostly through brick and mortar. AH kicked off this raise based on some inbound conversations with high net worth individuals back in the first quarter of this year--over nine months ago.

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Transcript: Eva Shang, CEO, Legalist

The Big Picture

And it’s, you have to focus on financing the litigation cases with a high probability of a successful outcome, but where the plaintiff doesn’t have the capital to see it through and are up against the deep pocketed defendant who could just wait him out. Was how helpful was Peter Thiel’s capital?

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