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Angel Insider: Why Bridge Rounds Are All the Rage
By Early Investing on August 9, 2022
Bridge rounds or flat rounds — interim funding rounds between larger funding rounds — are all the rage among startups today. You don’t have to try too hard to find headlines about them. Founders may choose to do bridge rounds for a number of reasons. But they’re not always about the startups themselves. There are larger market forces at work that are influencing the current bridge round explosion.
New Pick: Invest in the New Standard of Sustainable Medicine
By Andy Gordon on August 8, 2022
Our broken healthcare system has no shortage of startups trying to fix big stubborn problems. The opportunities are plentiful. That’s the upside. But the reason there is so much opportunity is that healthcare in the U.S. has been so resistant to change. And that’s the downside. …
Demystifying Bitcoin Bottom Predictions
By Olivia Strobl on August 5, 2022
Editor’s Note: Vin is out of the office this week. So KingsCrowd Investment Research Manager Olivia Strobl is stepping in. We think you’ll enjoy her take on the crypto markets. Crypto Market Musings So much happened last week that I don’t know where to begin.
Behind the Pick: Naming and Solving a Real World Problem
By Early Investing on August 5, 2022
What’s in a name? While William Shakespeare’s message in the famous “Romeo and Juliet” soliloquy may be that names are meaningless, they’re actually quite useful in the crypto world. You’ll understand if you’ve ever had to type out a crypto wallet address. Crypto wallet addresses…
Smart Soda Gets $3 Million and a Huge Vote of Confidence
By Teddy Lyons on August 4, 2022
We first recommended Smart Soda in November 2020. The company makes healthy, vitamin-infused sodas that it sells through two business lines — ready-to-drink bottles and proprietary soda dispensing machines. And in the nearly two years since our recommendation, the company has achieved remarkable…
News Fix: Crypto Bear Market Edition
By Allison Brickell on August 3, 2022
We’ve made it to the dog days of summer. The crypto markets haven’t exactly been hot — in fact, they’ve been pretty cold for the last few months. But that doesn’t mean it’s all bad news. Market Update The crypto market is still in bear market…
Crypto Insider: Coinbase Tussles With the SEC
By Early Investing on August 1, 2022
Coinbase has been struggling lately. About two weeks ago, an ex-Coinbase product manager was charged with fraud over an alleged insider trading scheme involving crypto. Then last week, Coinbase shares dropped more than 20% after news broke that it’s facing an SEC probe into whether the platform is…
New Pick: Invest in Better Crypto Wallets
By Vin Narayanan on July 29, 2022
We’re firm believers in investing in good projects with long-term upside — projects that can survive multiple bear markets, thrive in bull markets and deliver outsized returns over the long run. Finding projects like that with solid traction is even more difficult.
A Gold Mine for Collectibles Investors
By Vin Narayanan on July 29, 2022
Attending Comic-Con in San Diego is on my bucket list. I’m a huge comic book fan. And I love superheroes. As a kid, I used to collect all sorts of action figures — Star Wars, Superman, Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Bionic Woman, Batman, G.I. Joe. I loved them all. …
Startup Insider: Startup Investing in Your Golden Years
By Early Investing on July 28, 2022
Startups can often feel like a young person’s game. We hear all the time about innovative entrepreneurs under the age of 30, young companies full of recent college graduates and fresh new ideas from younger generations. For older startup investors, this can present a problem. Startup investors almost…
Angel Insider: Who Needs Special Deal Terms, Anyway?
By Early Investing on July 26, 2022
Vin Narayanan recently attended a conference with some smart and passionate angel investors. When he pitched a startup for them to invest in, he expected some questions. But he didn’t expect the first one to be, “What special deal terms can you give us?” When Vin…
New Pick: Rapid, Eco-Friendly Lithium Production
By Andy Gordon on July 25, 2022
Everybody is worried about soaring oil prices. But I’ve been watching another resource that’s in high demand: lithium. Its price has shot up 434% year over year, leaving oil in the dust. Users are beginning to panic. In April, Elon Musk tweeted…
Crypto Monitor: Why Bitcoin Is Correlated With the Stock Market
By Early Investing on July 22, 2022
Bitcoin has historically been a non-correlated asset. Over the last 12 years or so, bitcoin has not moved in tandem with the stock market. But this year, that relationship changed. Bitcoin seems to be moving in lockstep with the broader markets. But why? And…
Crypto Bear Market Continues Despite Relief Rally
By Vin Narayanan on July 22, 2022
Crypto Market Musings Relief rallies happen when a lack of bad news — or news that wasn’t quite as bad as investors expected — causes the markets to go up. And they typically take place during bear markets. We usually don’t…
Blendid Makes Splendid Progress
By Teddy Lyons on July 21, 2022
Update as of October 13, 2022: Blendid’s raise is closing tomorrow. The company has made significant strides since our update, and we feel you should know the very latest in case you want to make a last minute investment. In July 2022, Blendid…
An Investor’s Approach to Business Models
By Vin Narayanan on July 20, 2022
I have Netflix on my mind. Yesterday, I wrote about how Netflix exploited market inefficiencies to build a dominant consumer brand for our Pre-IPO Profits members. (Editor’s note: It probably isn’t the market inefficiency you’re thinking of. Click here to sign…