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Invest in Connecting With Customers
By Andy Gordon on July 30, 2020
DEAL DETAILS Startup: goDeskless Security type: Crowd note Valuation (cap): $7 million Discount rate: 20% Minimum investment: $100 Where to invest: MicroVentures Deadline: August 17, 2020 Conversion provisions: The company has the option to convert the crowd note into nonvoting preferred stock at a valuation no higher than $7 million or at a 20% discount on…
Republic CEO on Four Years of Equity Crowdfunding
By Early Investing on July 29, 2020
Note: Equity crowdfunding and Republic both turned four this year! To mark the occasion, our friends at KingsCrowd reached out to Republic CEO and co-founder Kendrick Nguyen to hear his thoughts on the future of startup investing. We wanted to share their piece…
Finding the Best AngelList Syndicate Leaders
By Adam Sharp on July 28, 2020
Chris Sacca is a legend in the angel/VC world. His first VC fund — Lowercase Fund I — has been called the best-performing fund of all time. Here’s how Fortune described it back in 2015. Can you name…
Webinar Reminder: Meet Republic’s CEO
By Vin Narayanan on July 27, 2020
Editor’s Note: In case you missed it, we’re hosting a special webinar with Republic founder and CEO Kendrick Nguyen on Thursday at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT. The invitation is below. We hope you join us. Andy Gordon will be back on Thursday with…
How to Play the End Game
By Adam Sharp on July 24, 2020
It’s been another crazy week in markets. There are a bunch of topics I want to discuss with you. So today we’re going to look at five stories, with brief commentary on each. Grant Williams and Bill Fleckenstein Interview Jim Grant about “The End…
Crypto Monitor: Ethereum’s Mid-Year Surge
By Early Investing on July 24, 2020
Ethereum is on a tear right now. It’s up more than 100% on the year. And in this edition of Crypto Monitor, Adam Sharp and Vin Narayanan examine the future of this second-largest crypto. Read below for more details on what Adam and Vin talked about.
Market Update: How to Handle the Stock Bubble
By Early Investing on July 23, 2020
So far this year the 5 largest stocks in the S&P 500 have returned 35%. The other 495 stocks are down 5%. And stocks are more expensive than ever. These are things you typically see in the late stages of a stock bubble. What other…
Upcoming Webinar: Meet Republic’s CEO
By Vin Narayanan on July 22, 2020
In the past few weeks, we’ve written extensively about the Republic Note. In early July, Andy Gordon first reported on the Note — calling it an opportunity unlike any other. And on Monday, Andy recommended that our First Stage Investor…
The Importance of Co-Investors
By Adam Sharp on July 21, 2020
As online angel investors, there’s an easy metric we can use when judging possible investments. If we pay attention to who else is investing in a startup’s round (also known as co-investors), we can learn a lot about the quality of the deal. For example, if…
Republic Note: Invest NOW for a Lifetime of Revenue
By Andy Gordon on July 20, 2020
Deal Details Startup: Republic Core Security type: Profit-sharing token Cap: $8 million Price per note: $0.12 Minimum investment: $100 Where to invest: Republic Deadline: Today (…
What We Should Learn From the Twitter Hack
By Adam Sharp on July 17, 2020
By now, you’ve probably heard about the major hack that occurred on Twitter. The accounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Coinbase, Gemini, Barack Obama, Apple and others were taken over by bad actors on Wednesday. Once this individual (or group) successfully…
Profiting Off Misunderstanding
By Adam Sharp on July 17, 2020
Lately I’ve been analyzing my investment history — both successes and failures. I noticed that all my winning investments have one thing in common. In almost all cases, I understood something that the market didn’t. That may sound a bit strange (or arrogant). So…
Invest in the Next Generation of Coders
By Andy Gordon on July 16, 2020
Deal Details Startup: CodeCombat Security type: Preferred equity Valuation: $25 million Share price: $1.71 Stage: Series A Minimum investment: $500 Where to invest: SeedInvest Deadline: August 7. (But campaign may end earlier if maximum target is reached.) CodeCombat…
Grading the SEC’s Proposed Crowdfunding Changes
By Andy Gordon on July 15, 2020
The SEC is about to make a series of modifications to equity crowdfunding regulations. These updates come a little more than four years after it first enabled regular investors like you and me to crowdfund startups. Back then, the SEC was mostly concerned with protecting investors.
Updated AngelList Dashboard Tracks Portfolio Performance
By Adam Sharp on July 14, 2020
Over recent months, AngelList has made some major updates to their investor dashboard (if you haven’t been given access to the new dashboard yet, they should be rolling it out to you soon). To access the dashboard, log into Angel.co and…
Portfolio Update: Cityzenith Valuation Jumps on Rapid Progress
By Andy Gordon on July 13, 2020
It’s full speed ahead for Cityzenith. We recommended the digital twin visualization software company to you last August. It’s made tremendous progress in almost 12 months. In fact, so many good things are happening at once, it’s hard to know where…