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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The Top Five Benefits of Investing in Your Local Economy
Investing takes on many forms. The key is to keep a diversified portfolio, and investing in local real estate plays an important part in…
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The Evolution of Local Investing
At the end of 2020 Chapel ran a successful campaign on Vicinity’s portal to fund a multi-tenant facility in the Poe Mill area. For…
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Taxes for Investors: A Brief Guide to Forms
Are you struggling to understand what tax forms apply to your investments? Our brief guide on taxes for investors should help!
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The Case for Direct Ownership
Let’s talk some trash. No, not figuratively. Trash is an everyday part of our lives, but how much do you really think about this…
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See, Touch, Feel
Diving into financial planning resources or investment strategy tips can feel more like a personality test than a mathematical analysis. You’ll get questions like:…
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A Different Take on Value Investing
I distinctly remember the look I received from our investment advisor assigned to my company’s 401k retirement plan. It was the annual plan review.…
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Pride of Place
Pride of place. It’s one of those phrases that sounds familiar, but you’re not sure why. What place are we talking about? Are there…
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Double Duty Dollars
If you’re in the thick of raising capital, worrying about who’s running their mouth about your brand and what they’re saying might not be…
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Accredited or Sophisticated?
I recently saw someone post on social media about their momentous achievement of reaching “Accredited Investor” status. For context, that’s the financial equivalent of…
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The Collab of the Decade
This week we’ve got buildings on the brain. Private real estate investing is hardly a new arena, but the rise of Crowdinvesting has CRE…
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Booming Babies and Business Buying
The mass exodus of baby boomers from small businesses has been predicted for several years now. While the “tsunami” of boomer biz owners looking…
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Evaluating Evaluation
Today we’re going mountain climbing. What mountains you say? Well, the small ones of course! Zeb Parsons, one of our recent podcast guests left us with…
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Play Ball
We stay incredibly busy at VentureSouth. We’re on another record-breaking pace for investments this year. We’re adding two additional locations in Wilmington, NC…
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VentureSouth Leads Investment Rounds for Two Greenville-Based Companies
VentureSouth is pleased to announce that it recently led investment rounds for two Greenville-based startups—a Series Seed Investment for Offsite and a Series A Investment…
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Sharpen Minds Partnering with United Way of the Piedmont to Help Foster Families
Excited to see our portfolio company, Sharpen Minds, partnering with the United Way of the Piedmont to provide helpful information for foster families via…
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VentureSouth Charlotte Helping to Grow Charlotte’s Angel-Funding Community
In a recent article in the Charlotte Observer, VentureSouth Charlotte’s Director Mac Lackey weighs in on the angel investing scene in the Queen City,…
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Spiffy Partners with Ford Motor Company
Excited to share that our Portfolio Company Spiffy has partnered with Ford Motor Company to bring “convenient and secure services” to Ford and Lincoln…
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KIYATEC Announces New B2 Financing and New Investor LabCorp
We are very pleased to pass along news of KIYATEC’s Series B2 fundraising, led by VentureSouth with participation from LabCorp and several co-investment partners.…
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VentureSouth in the Top 10!
Last week at the annual Angel Capital Association Summit in Chicago, we were thrilled when VentureSouth was announced as one of the Top 10…
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VentureSouth Wilmington launch
VentureSouth is pleased to announce a new addition to its network: VentureSouth Wilmington. We are pleased to partner with Rob Kaiser and his team…
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VentureSouth Announces 2018 Record-Breaking Results
VentureSouth is pleased to announce record-setting results for a fifth consecutive year. In 2018, the South Carolina-based early stage investment firm grew its membership…
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Baebies Establishes Partnership with CureDuchenne
We would like to congratulate portfolio company Baebies on their new partnership with CureDuchenne. Baebies is delivering innovative products and services for newborn screening…
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VentureSouth On Pace for Record Year in 2018
VentureSouth, one of the nation’s largest angel investment firms, is on a record-breaking pace for investments and returns in 2018. In September, the group…
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UVision’s FDA approval
We are very pleased to congratulate portfolio company Luminelle (UVision) on successfully receiving approval from the FDA for its Luminelle hysteroscopy system. 510(k) clearance,…