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The Achilles Heel of Startup Ecosystems

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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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The Pros and Cons of Rando Rich People Investing in Your Startup

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These are people that didn’t make their money through a tech startup or startup investing. Some of these folks are founders and CEOs, but not at high-growth tech startups. While they might be generally smart, they’re unsophisticated investors who don’t know what the market is for where you are.

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Why Investor Titles are Important

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It used to be that the only people who could even get into angel rounds were high net worth individuals that could write at least $25,000 checks—so if someone said they were an angel investor, you could assume this was their minimum check size. With new technology should come new terminology.

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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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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 Source: Businesswire Can’t stop reading?

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

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I have an investor from a huge multi-generational Bolivian shipping family and they’d never attend anything like this. 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?

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BharatRohan Raises $2.3M in Pre-IPO Funding

FinSMEs

BharatRohan, a Gurugram, India-based agtech startup specializing in drone-based hyperspectral remote sensing, closed a $2.3m Backers included Villgro Innovation Foundation, Caspian, RevX, and Venture Garage (with a group of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals as investors), marking a strategic combination of debt and equity financing.