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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. They might not understand how a pre-revenue startup could be worth anything, let alone be valued at $5mm. Perhaps they inherited it.

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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. Take the example of goTenna , a thriving communications hardware startup located in Downtown Brooklyn that employees almost 50 people.

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BharatRohan Raises $2.3M in Pre-IPO Funding

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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.

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Maximizing tax benefits: Understanding QSBS eligibility for small business stakeholders

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Exceptions exist for cash as working capital and for startup and technology companies. He specializes in the taxation of securities transactions and financial services companies, in addition to offering tax compliance and consulting services for a diversity of entities and individuals.

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Maddix Capital Launches $125M+ Hybrid Equity Fund

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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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RegulatoryKings: Thoughts on the Duel Between Government and Fans

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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

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Yet, the lessons learned from their $8mm round of funding announced this week are still widely applicable to every startup--particularly food startups and those in four walls retail that struggle through the traditional venture process. Here's what I think everyone involved learned in this process.