Vicinity Views
News, education and insights on investing in public offerings through the Vicinity platform and private early-stage offerings with VentureSouth.
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Testing…
Testing testing… Two new testing the waters campaigns are live on Vicinity! With interest building in both of these deals, let’s recap what “testing the…
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Rethinking Portfolio Diversification: The ROI of Local
Portfolio diversification is your ally when it comes to risk. But it’s not only traditional assets: consider investing in local real estate.
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Reinventing Retirement: Invest Local for a Better Future
Concerned about retirement? Read this article and discover how a local investing strategy can help make your golden years truly shine!
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Investing in a Recession: Assets to Consider
Economic uncertainty can be tough for investors to manage. Read this article and discover which assets can help you diversify your portfolio.
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What Silicon Valley Bank can teach us about the power of community
Imagine driving down the interstate, 4+ hours in the car, children in tow, late in the afternoon. Suddenly, brakes. Your map app did not…
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Self-Directed IRA (SDIRA): What Investors Need to Know
A Self-Directed IRA is a retirement account that provides investors with an opportunity to diversify their portfolios. Read on to learn more!
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The Case for Mid-Market Real Estate and Crowdinvesting
Investing in mid-market real estate through “crowdinvesting” is a winning strategy. Read on to discover this booming asset class.
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Historic Tax (Rehabilitation) Credit FAQs
Tax credits can be an exciting part of real estate investing. Here are some frequently asked questions to help build a foundation.
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Reg CF: Rules Investors Need to Know
Before you invest through Reg CF, you must understand the rules. Read this article and discover everything you need to know to get started!
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The 5 Benefits of Reg CF for Investors
Looking to diversify your investment portfolio? Reg CF can get you there. Read on to find out how and discover the many benefits of…
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Millennials and Investing: A Complete Guide to Reg CF
Are you a millennial looking to diversify your portfolio? Read this article and discover everything you need to know about investing with Reg CF.
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Reg CF Compliance: A Brief Guide for Issuers
Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) enables eligible companies (developers and business owners) to offer and sell securities through crowdfunding. And yet, before you can make…
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Back to basics: Section 1045 rollovers
You made a $5,000 investment (in a QSBS C-Corp) through VentureSouth in 2016 and we sent you back $45,000 for the capital gain in…
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Back to basics: Section 1202 capital gain exclusion
Why do we claim that angel investing can create especially attractive types of capital gains? The answer is Section 1202 of the tax code.…
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Back to basics: capital gains
A basic angel investment might be: From a tax perspective, that is a simple story: That’s a nice outcome, of course. It’s even better…
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Back to basics: intro to angel investing taxes
Before Thanksgiving, we replied to a Forbes article claiming the tax advantages from angel investing were not exciting compared with those from real estate…
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VentureSouth 2019 Summit recap
Phew. What a week. The 2019 VentureSouth Summit was another step up in ambition for VentureSouth and www.venturecarolina.orgVenture Carolina. The pictures tell the story,…
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The VentureSouth Summit 2019 – This Week!
Final preparations are nearly done for the 2019 VentureSouth Summit and Venture Carolina Education Conference. As for the last three years, our goal this…
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Is real estate Clemson and angel investing Carolina? A reply to Angel Investing Versus Real Estate Investing: Which Strategy Would Win?
By: Paul Clark In Forbes last Friday, this article from Ellie Perlman, the CEO of a real estate investment company, outlined the pros and cons…
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KIYATEC To Present Immuno-Oncology Response Characterization at the 2019 Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting
KIYATEC, Inc. today announced that it will present data characterizing in vitro response to checkpoint inhibitors in solid tumors, a capability that addresses an important need in…
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Angel Investing in the Southeast
By: Kevin Meinecke [Editor’s note: Kevin left VentureSouth in June 2022 for the big city, and is now Senior Manager of Mergers & Acquisitions…
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VentureSouth Closes Angel Fund III
This week we are pleased to announce the final closing of our third “sidecar” fund – the VentureSouth Angel Fund III. You can learn…
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SC angel credit trading season
Last week’s post about the after-tax returns of angel investors was prompted partly by Malay and partly because it’s the time of year when…
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VentureSouth Announces Successful Exit From Portfolio Company Ecomdash
VentureSouth is pleased to announce that Ecomdash, one of its portfolio companies, has been acquired. Ecomdash, based in Charlotte, provides software to help retailers successfully…