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| 08.02.2022 | Everything Legendary, a Black-Owned Plant-Based Food Manufacturer, Closes $6 Million Series A Funding Round to Support Stellar Growth | Everything Legendary, a Black-Owned Plant-Based Food Manufacturer, Closes $6 Million Series A Funding Round to Support Stellar Growth Doug Martin, Chief Brand and Disruptive Growth Officer of General Mills, said, "We're thrilled to par... |
| 29.09.2021 | HubSpot : The 23 Best Crowdfunding Sites to Launch Your Business or Product | You've put together a business plan, invested all your savings, and have been working on your idea as a side hustle for a few months. Finally, you feel like it's the right time to take the leap and raise some real capital. Does this sound f... |
| 22.06.2021 | CircleUp Announces Inner Circle | |
| 10.02.2021 | IQBAR Gets Wise with $2.8M Investment for Brain Health Plant-Based Protein Bars | IQBAR Sustaining superior mental and physical sharpness throughout the day requires superior nutrition. Each IQBAR contains 6 brain nutrients and 12g plant protein, and are compliant with keto, paleo-friendly, vegan, and gluten, dairy, and ... |
| 12.01.2021 | San Francisco Entrepreneur Launches ‘Business by the Bay’ Radio Show and Podcast | “2020 has been a challenging year for many business owners and for many different reasons,” says Saini. “At the same time, there are still business owners who are excelling. This series will highlight the lessons we can learn from people wh... |
| 08.01.2021 | Partake attracts $4.8m investment and announces plans to enter 2,700+ stores in Q1 2021 | Other investors in the financing round include Marcy Venture Partners (co-founded by Jay Z), FF2032, Kevin Johnson's Black Capital, Black Star Fund, and CEO of Once Upon a Farm John Foraker.
Chuck Muth, chief growth officer of Beyond Meat a... |
| 30.10.2020 | Weekly Wrap #26: The New Unicorn, Record Results and South Park's Deepfake | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world.
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| 26.10.2020 | Good and bad board members (and what to do about them) | Ryan Caldbeck, co-founder and former CEO of consumer-brands-focused investment platform CircleUp, recently published an email he’d written to a former director on the board of the company.
According to Caldbeck, he wrote the letter after Ci... |
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| 03.07.2020 | Top global crowdinvesting platforms
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| 14.04.2020 | Koia’s Plant-Based Protein, Keto & Coffee Drinks See Continued Success in the US | ©Koia
The global plant-based protein supplement market size was estimated at $4.1Bn in 2017 and is expected to reach $7.7Bn by 2025, according to Helio. Koia joined this market in 2016 when its drinks hit Whole Foods and immediately drove $... |
| 25.09.2019 | CircleUp Raises $200 Million To Support Emerging Consumer Brands | CircleUp Credit Advisors (CCA) recently announced that it raised more than $200 million to support emerging consumer brands with access to non-dilutive working capital financing
CircleUp Credit Advisors (CCA) — a division of the investment ... |
| 30.11.2018 | Midwest Growth Partners inches from Fund II goal after raising $102m | Midwest Growth Partners has raised at least $102m for its sophomore private equity fund, nearing what appears to be its |
| 11.09.2018 | Unbundling Healthcare | USV has been investing in health-related technologies for about five years. Our approach can be characterized by the notion that digital processes, made more accessible by the internet and mobile access, could over time transform the cost a... |
| 11.09.2018 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, September 11 | LISTEN UP
Good morning.
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| 15.08.2018 | Full Harvest Raises $8.5m Series A for Food Waste Marketplace | Full Harvest, a B2B marketplace focused on reducing food waste, has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding led by Spark Capital, the Silicon Valley VC, with participation from agtech venture capital firm Cultivian Sandbox Ventures.
Full Ha... |
| 20.06.2018 | Newchip Raises $2 Million to Democratize Investing in Startups | When equity crowdfunding materialized as a concept several years ago, it was promised as both an accessible on-ramp to the world of startup investing, as well as a valuable capital resource for early-stage businesses struggling to get a foo... |
| 10.05.2018 | Term Sheet — Thursday, May 10 | BIG BUCKS
Good morning, Term Sheet readers.
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| 23.04.2018 | To win back consumers, big brands should invest in R&D and innovation | Ryan Caldbeck Contributor
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| 01.04.2018 | USV Thesis 3.0 | The commitment to a thesis is part of the fiber of USV–a shared set of ideas creates a framework that allows us to operate with focus and work on what matters most to our team. But what that thesis is has evolved over time and will continue... |
| 12.03.2018 | 4 Rhode Island B Corp-Certified Companies | Four Rhode Island companies have been named B Corporations by nonprofit organization B Lab.
The quartet represent companies that "meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and leg... |
| 12.03.2018 | 4 Greater Cincy B Corp-Certified Companies | Four Cincinnati companies have been named B Corporations by nonprofit organization B Lab.
The quartet represent companies that "meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal... |
| 03.02.2018 | What Silicon Valley tech VCs get wrong about consumer investing | Ryan Caldbeck Contributor
Ryan Caldbeck is the founder and chief executive of the consumer and retail investment marketplace CircleUp.
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| 21.11.2017 | GUEST ARTICLE: Is plant-based the new gluten-free? | At first, these may seem odd to compare. After all, one trend is about eating plants while the other is about avoiding certain plants. Nevertheless, the comparison is ultimately helpful as both movements tap into longstanding markets and br... |
| 08.11.2017 | Quantitative Investing in Shampoo | My partner Andy wrote a blog post on USV.com with this title today. I like the title so much that I want to feature the post on AVC today too.
I have been a skeptic about data-driven venture capital investing for a long time. However, I do ... |
| 07.11.2017 | Quantitative Investing in Shampoo | Can a machine help you invest in shampoo? Coffee? Another consumer product?
Last week, the USV portfolio company CircleUp announced the closing and launch of CircleUp Growth Partners – a $125 million fund that will use a quantitative machi... |
| 31.10.2017 | $125m CircleUp fund will take ‘human bias’ out of early stage CPG investments | The tech-fueled approach allows CircleUp to evaluate more companies, more efficiently, but also ensures start-ups are “evaluated on their true merit and potential, not what investors might ‘feel’ about them,” said CEO Ryan Caldbeck.
“While... |
| 31.10.2017 | Investment platform CircleUp raises $125 mln to target consumer brands | - |
| 31.10.2017 | CircleUp Launches New $125M Venture Capital Fund | CircleUp, a San Francisco, CA-based investment platform, has launched a $125m venture capital fund focused on investing in innovative, early-stage consumer and retail companies.
Limited Partners in CircleUp Growth Partners include instituti... |
| 31.10.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, October 31 | DEAD AND GONE
Good morning, Term Sheet readers.
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The top 5 in the startup graveyard (ranked by valuation):
JAWBONE
A developer of wearable tech and portable audio devices.
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| 31.10.2017 | CircleUp announced $125 million venture fund | CircleUp, which has been a marketplace for consumer and retail investing, is announcing that it now has a $125 million growth fund to invest in companies directly.
Using machine learning technology called Helio, CircleUp Growth Partners say... |
| 31.10.2017 | CircleUp Raises $125M To Invest In CPG Startups | 0 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Morning Report: Some investors are betting that there is a big future in mid-size consumer packaged goods companies.
We don’t cover consumer packaged goods (CPG) startups much, mostly because they fa... |
| 07.09.2017 | Food exec John Foraker, long the CEO of Annie’s, has a new, ‘stealth’ organic food startup | John Foraker, who led the well-known organic food brand Annie’s for 17 years, is working on a new organic food startup in Berkeley, according to both his LinkedIn account and a recent report in the Star Tribune of Minnesota.
General Mills b... |
| 31.07.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, July 31 | GOING DIRECT
I’m back! Huge thanks to Polina Marinova, Jen Wieczner and Robert Hackett for filling in. Today I’m diving into direct listings.
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| 26.07.2017 | CPG investing platform CircleUp will now issue loans to help consumer brands grow | It’s hard raising money as a consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, but one startup wants to make it easier. CircleUp, which already helps consumer brands raise millions in equity financing, is now going to issue loans to help smaller CPG c... |
| 28.02.2017 | Machine Learning For Investing In Consumer Goods Startups | Our portfolio company CircleUp has been building a marketplace for startup investing, by accredited and institutional investors, in consumer goods companies (natural foods, personal care, beverage, home goods and apparel). In four years of ... |
| 19.01.2017 | Agtech Funding Sheet: TellusLab Raises $3.1m Seed to Compete with Descartes Labs, Measure Raises $15m for Drones-as-a-Service, more | TellusLabs, a satellite imagery and machine learning company, has raised $3.1 million in seed funding led by NY-based early-stage big data investors IA Ventures with participation from Massachusetts-based seed-stage investors Founder Collec... |
| 18.12.2016 | A first-time investor’s guide to equity crowdfunding | Over the last year you’ve probably seen a variation of the headline, “Anyone can now invest in startups!” With the birth of equity crowdfunding, we’ve seen the launch of new platforms, including one by Indiegogo, that let the average person... |
| 12.11.2016 | We are on the verge of a consumer M&A avalanche | Ryan Caldbeck Contributor
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| 29.09.2016 | How Equity Crowdfunding Could Level the Playing Field for Female Entrepreneurs | In the beginning, raising money for my startup was tough going. I pitched dozens of middle-aged men on the unique value of my dating app, in which members play games to assess personality and compatibility. When I stepped into the room with... |
| 19.08.2016 | Funding Friday: Three Projects I Like | It’s funding friday. Time for some crowdfunding. Here are three projects I like:
American Red Cross fundraiser for Louisiana Flood Relief on Crowdrise
Greycork (low cost home furniture for millenials) convertible note on CircleUp
The New Yo... |
| 22.07.2016 | Why did Unilever pay $1B for Dollar Shave Club? | Ryan Caldbeck Contributor
Ryan Caldbeck is the founder and chief executive of the consumer and retail investment marketplace CircleUp.
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| 01.07.2016 | Funding Friday: Wine and Cheese | It’s that time of the week for some fun around here. This week in the spirit of a holiday weekend, I am going to point everyone to some crowdfunding campaigns around the wine and cheese theme.
Here’s a wine glass that supposedly is impossib... |
| 20.06.2016 | Kellogg’s creates a new fund, 1894, to back food and related startups | Instead of two scoops, here’s one big one– the Kellogg Company is launching a corporate venture arm called Eighteen94 Capital (1894) to invest in food and food-related tech startups.
The name is a nod to the year that Dr. John Harvey Kellog... |
| 16.05.2016 | Equity crowdfunding is dead | Ryan Caldbeck Contributor
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| 29.04.2016 | Funding Friday: Three Noteworthy Projects | It’s funding friday again. Here are three projects I thought you all should know about.
Black Medicine Iced Coffee – This is an equity raise on CircleUp for a new iced coffee brand. Not only does the product look great but you can get a $1.... |
| 07.04.2016 | This Crowdfunding Platform's New Tool Lets 'The Crowd' Invest Alongside Elite Venture Capitalists | April 7, 2016 3 min read
Crowdfunding and venture capital have, historically, existed on opposite corners of the startup finance playing field. But these opposites are increasingly acknowledging the benefits of each other’s business models,... |
| 05.04.2016 | Collaborative Fund and CircleUp Launch Consumer Products & Retail Fund | Collaborative Fund, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm focused on supporting creative entrepreneurs, and CircleUp, an investment marketplace for consumer brands, have teamed up to launch a new fund focused on early-stage compani... |
| 05.02.2016 | Back to the Roots “Undoing Food” One Grocery Product at a Time | This week, Back to the Roots (BTTR), the maker of grow-your-own herb kits and now cereal, raised $5 million in seed capital to support the expansion of its growing product line.
Debut with the Mushroom Kit in 2011, a box that allows buyers ... |
| 04.02.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Memphis Meats to Raise $2m Seed Round, FarmDrop Raises $4.3m, more | Cultured Meat Company Memphis Meats to Raise $2m Seed Round
Memphis Meats, which is growing cultured meat in a laboratory using cells from cows, pigs, and chickens, is closing in on a $2 million seed round to add to its initial funding from... |
| 22.01.2016 | 50 лучших финтехстартапов по версии Forbes. Часть 2 | Часть 2. Инвестиционные услуги и сбережения
1. Betterment (основан в 2008-м, инвестировано $95 млн) — автоматический сервис персональных инвестиций. Клиенту нужно только выбрать цель. В зависимости от целей клиенту рекомендуется структура и... |
| 14.01.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: General Mills’ VC Arm Funds Snack Maker, Japanese Farm-to-Restaurant Startup Raises Series A | General Mills’ Venture Capital Arm Invests in Plant-Based Snack Maker Rhythm Superfoods
Major food producer General Mills Inc.’s venture capital arm, 301 INC, led a recent $3 million funding round with Rhythm Superfoods, a company that manu... |
| 13.01.2016 | Rhythm Superfoods closes $3m financing round led by Gen Mills' 301 INC arm and CircleUp; plans new beet chip launch | It has also unveiled plans to launch a new dehydrated beet snack at the Winter Fancy Food Show.
The $3m cash injection will allow the Austin-based firm to increase distribution beyond its current 5,000 stores, but will also give it access t... |
| 11.11.2015 | CircleUp Raises $30M in Series C Funding | CircleUp, a San Francisco-based equity crowdfunding platform, raised $30m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Collaborative Fund with participation from Capital One co-founder Nigel Morris, and former CEOs and presidents of Goldman Sa... |
| 11.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 11, 2015 | Amplyx Pharmaceuticals bagged $40.5M; Perfecto Mobile secured $35M; EventBoard raised $6.5M funding
Last week an article in New York Magazine outlined a growing problem in businesses: the fight over meeting space. There are now 25 million m... |
| 11.11.2015 | Equity-based crowdfunding startup CircleUp raises $30M | The round was led by Collaborative Fund, and will be used to develop its product and data teams
CircleUp, a marketplace for equity investments in private companies, has raised $30 million in a Series C funding round, it was announced on Mon... |
| 11.11.2015 | CircleUp Raises $30M For Its Consumer Brand Crowdfunding Platform | CircleUp, an AngelList-style crowdfunding platform that consumer retail businesses like food companies use to raise money from outside investors, is announcing some funding of its own today. The company has raised a Series C round of $30 mi... |
| 04.11.2015 | General Mills’ 301 INC Launches Multi-Million Dollar Capital Fund through CircleUp | 301 INC, the Minneapolis, MN-based new business development and venturing unit at General Mills, launched a multi-million dollar capital fund through CircleUp to seed emerging consumer food brands.
Since 2012, CircleUp connects consumer and... |
| 04.11.2015 | General Mills' 301 Inc venturing arm launches multi-million dollar capital fund via CircleUp to seed promising CPG brands | The first Fortune 500 company to launch an investment fund through CircleUp - which connects CPG entrepreneurs to accredited investors via its online marketplace – General Mills said the move would enable it to identify and invest in promis... |
| 30.10.2015 | As SEC Votes On Title III Crowdfunding Regulations, Investment Platforms Are Divided On Impact | The Securities and Exchange Commission is about to vote on Title III Crowdfunding regulations, designed to open up investments in private companies to all investors — rather than just the accredited investors (mostly high net worth individu... |
| 07.10.2015 | Confident and Sales-Focused: A Look at the Entrepreneur360 'Classics' | October 7, 2015 3 min read
Through surveys and available data, we've examined hundreds of small businesses and come away with six archetypal sets of practices and characteristics that we believe are representative of most growth companies o... |
| 28.09.2015 | Why private markets are where public markets were circa 80's | Prediction: Explosion of new VC funds will fuel growth in assets under management to the trillions
I was recently asked to give a presentation about the state of venture capital to a group of mainly public-market investors. Given the frothy... |
| 24.09.2015 | Beyond Tech IPOs | Rory Eakin Contributor
Rory Eakin is co-founder and COO of CircleUp.
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Technology darlings like Uber, Pinterest and Airbnb may be taking their time on the way to exit, but that doesn’t mean IPOs... |
| 09.09.2015 | CircleUp Rights+ | Our portfolio company CircleUp is a marketplace where consumer goods companies raise equity capital from accredited investors. CircleUp is a registered broker dealer and does all of this in full compliance with securities laws. Over the pas... |
| 04.08.2015 | Plum Raises $5 Million and Plans to Ship its Lightpads Soon | |
| 13.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 13, 2015 | CrowdStrike landed $100M; Delphix raised $75M; Class Wallet closed $1.9M;
ClassWallet, a platform for school funds disbursement and tracking, closed a $1.9 million round of seed financing. Total funding raised to date is $2.53 million. Inve... |
| 13.07.2015 | CircleUp Raises $22M To Invest In Consumer Brands On Its Crowdfunding Platform | As crowdfunding sites like Tilt and GoFundMe and lending site Funding Circle raise large rounds to take their businesses to the next level, a startup that sits in the same area of web-based fundraising is trying a new approach. CircleUp, a ... |
| 23.05.2015 | A Food Bubble? Not So Fast | Ryan Caldbeck Contributor
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| 12.05.2015 | Pasta Chips Receives Growth Equity Financing from Silas Capital | Vintage Italia, the maker of Pasta Chips brand pasta snacks, received a new growth equity financing from Silas Capital, via private equity marketplace CircleUp.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The capital will be used to accelerat... |
| 28.04.2015 | CleverFoodies gains distribution fast for category-creating product with co-branding | Scramble, a salsa-like blend of vegetables, herbs and spices designed to give scrambled eggs, omelets and frittatas a bold flavor boost, is CleverFoodies' first product and even though it only launched a few weeks ago it is already in more ... |
| 27.04.2015 | Sales brokers, distributors helped startup SuperEats reach major retailers nationwide quickly | From the start, SuperEats’ co-founders Aaron Gailmor and Charlie Ruehr wanted their crunchy, tortilla-like Kale + Chia Chips to be distributed nationwide, which is why they “very intentionally” approached UNFI as their first distributor an... |
| 19.04.2015 | Fintech Startups Navigate Legal Gray Areas To Build Billion-Dollar Companies | Nav Athwal Contributor
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| 31.03.2015 | Thinking outside the can: Fig Food’s soup pouches are eye-catching and environmentally-friendly | “Fig Food is about making a difference” by giving consumers heart healthy, plant-based foods that are in demand, on trend and convenient, but also in packaging that is more sustainable than cartons and cans, said Joel Henry, owner of the c... |
| 29.03.2015 | The JOBS Act Is Progress But Much Remains To Be Done | Rory Eakin Contributor
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Editor’s note: Rory Eakin is the co-founder and COO of CircleUp.
We’re approaching the third anniversary of the Jumpstart O... |
| 04.02.2015 | CircleUp may be better suited for food, beverage companies than other crowdfunding websites | Food and beverage companies make up about half of the firms listed on CircleUp’s platform, which means the website’s team of experts are experienced in the space and more efficient at identifying and addressing the needs of food and bevera... |
| 30.10.2014 | Eco-Conscious Water Filter Company Soma Goes Back To The Well For $2.2 Million | Since the close of its $3.7 million seed round last July, business has been flowing smoothly for the Warby Parker of water filtration, Soma.
The company will be selling its sleek, environmentally friendly water carafes and filters in Willia... |
| 16.10.2014 | What’s a B Corp and why does it matter? | “They raced yachts,” a headless voice tells us in the latest Dodge ad.
The “they” who raced yachts are the company’s namesake brothers, John and Horace, shown in all their Gilded Age grandeur: sporting white ties, lindy hopping with flapper... |
| 12.09.2014 | Feature Friday: Crowdfunding Filters | Our portfolio company CircleUp, a crowdfunding market for equity investments in consumer products companies, launched something this week that I think is a something we will see more and more in the crowdfunding world going forward.
They ha... |
| 30.07.2014 | SPECIAL FEATURE: Why do 85% of new CPG products fail within two years? | Now this kind of failure rate may not surprise many struggling entrepreneurs; but they should draw some consolation from the fact that CPG giants are no better at developing winners, despite their deep pockets.
Indeed, even major CPG produc... |
| 09.07.2014 | Crowdfunding: Nomad Skips VC Funding, Goes Straight to the Public | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
When Nomad CEO Noah Dentzel first launched his startup, an early-stage company that makes portable smartphone accessories, he turned to crowdfunding to get it off the ground. ... |
| 30.06.2014 | The Law Of Unintended Consequences | One of the great things about getting older is you see things over and over again and you start to understand. That’s called wisdom I guess. One thing I have seen over and over is that the best of intentions often lead to unintended consequ... |
| 16.06.2014 | When Should a CEO Get Involved in Day-to-Day Details? | June 16, 2014 3 min read
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Facebook recently changed its News Feed algorithm to give added weight to the word “congratulations.” Why? Because CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly found ... |
| 23.05.2014 | Entrepreneurs to venture capitalists: We’re looking for 5 traits | I’ve met with dozens and dozens of VC investors over the years, both formally and informally. Some passed on my company. Others we passed on. I’ve also had hundreds of conversations with other entrepreneurs about their experiences with vent... |
| 27.03.2014 | CircleUp Raises $14M in Series B Funding | CircleUp, a San Francisco, CA-based online investment platform, raised $14m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Canaan Partners with participation from Google Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Maveron, and Rose Park Advisors.
The compa... |
| 26.03.2014 | CircleUp takes $14M to help early-stage startups get off the ground | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
J. O’Dell provided additional reporting for this ... |
| 18.03.2014 | Launch Angels Signs First Deal, Names Impressive Investment Committee | The Boston-born PayPal StartTank company Launch Angels has serious plans to shake up "Old World" investment practices with its equity crowdfunding-focused model. And as of Tuesday, the startup has proof of those plans in action. L... |
| 30.01.2014 | Eager to “democratize” healthcare investing, Poliwogg gives the crowd new ways to join in | So much of the investing power today lies in the hands of elite venture capital and private equity firms, which by the way have progressively shied away from life science investments over recent years. Poliwogg is hoping to fill that fundin... |
| 07.01.2014 | A Web Service For Qualified and Accredited Investors | I just finished filling out a sixteen page questionnaire for an investment the Gotham Gal and I are making. I fill out this identical form about once or twice a month for various investments we make. Each time I get the form, I find a versi... |
| 23.10.2013 | Inside A Google Ventures Design Sprint | Design isn’t something you would normally associate with a VC firm. But as more firms are adding value-added services, Google Ventures has created an all-star team of designers from Google, Mozilla and more to help portfolio startups create... |
| 10.10.2013 | 10 Top Crowdfunding Websites | October 10, 2013 6 min read
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In her book Cash From the Crowd, Sally Outlaw, founder and CEO of crowdfunding website peerbackers, reveals the secrets of funding your business with... |
| 23.09.2013 | Angel investing: The walls come tumbling down | Today is the first day it becomes legally permissible for startups and emerging companies to advertise their offerings.
Or to tweet that they are raising money.
Or to generally solicit for investors at public pitch events.
What’s that you s... |
| 29.08.2013 | Some Thoughts On The SEC's Rulemaking On General Solicitation | The JOBS Act was signed into law on April 5, 2012. This legislation was designed to make it easier for small businesses in the US to raise capital and contained a number of important and valuable changes to securities laws. One of the most ... |
| 21.08.2013 | SmartyPants Vitamins Raises $2.59M | SmartyPants Vitamins, a Venice, CA-based provider of nutrient dense gummy supplements, raised $2.59m on a convertible note.
Current and new investors including Lei Dei and Melissa Kasper Shapiro have backed the company via CircleUp, a crowd... |
| 16.08.2013 | FundersClub Ditches Dumb Money By Going Invite-Only | “Democratizing venture capital” sounds great until equity crowdfunding fills startup financing rounds with amateur angels who don’t add value. So while other funding platforms open the floodgates to any accredited investor, and eventually a... |
| 28.07.2013 | Qualified Small Business Stock | For the past twenty years, the US federal tax code has included provisions that allow startup investors to get favorable tax treatment on the capital gains they earn on early stage investments. These provisions are in Sections 1202 and Sect... |
| 19.07.2013 | Refer A Startup To FundersClub For Crowdfunding, Get Paid If It Exits | Think you know about the hottest startups before anyone else? Equity crowdfunding platform and online venture firm FundersClub wants you to be their eyes and ears, so they’re offering to give you 10 percent of their carry (profit) if a star... |
| 11.07.2013 | Let The Games Begin | That was my partner John's email response when the news came across our internal email list that the SEC had finally lifted the General Solicitation Ban as they were asked to do by Congress in Title II of the JOBS act.
What this means is th... |
| 10.07.2013 | SEC Lifts Ban On General Solicitation, Allowing Startups To Advertise That They’re Fundraising | The SEC has just voted 4 to 1 in favor of implementing section 201(a) of the JOBS Act, which lifts the ban on general solicitation and permits startups, venture capitalists, and hedge funds to openly advertise that they’re raising money in ... |
| 19.06.2013 | Decoupling Advisory From Custody | I had coffee with a friend last week. He's been working on wall street for most of his career. Over the past few years he has built a fast growing business inside a large asset management firm that allows the largest institutions (pension f... |
| 17.05.2013 | The crowdfunding floodgates are (kind of) open. Now another healthcare investing portal is jumping in | In its announcement, VentureHealth said it already raised $875,000 as part of a series B for cryoablation startup Channel Medsystems.
These platforms join a collection of other online platforms for accredited investors that include CircleUp... |
