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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Small Business Report: A Brick and Mortar Graveyard?
The retail landscape is changing faster than the drive-thru line at Chick-fil-A. And the future for brick-and-mortar, in particular, might seem unclear.
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Campaign Page Walkthrough
Malcolm gives us a general overview of how campaign pages are setup. If you have any questions email us at [email protected] – thanks!
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Risky Business?
We’ve all heard this stat as a warning to both would-be founders and investors. A shot across the bow about the supposedly near-guaranteed failure…
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We’ve Got a Message for Warren Buffet
“It’s an economic war.” Warren Buffet delivered this mic drop moment on his recent CNBC interview with Goldman Sachs’ CEO, David Solomon. During the…
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Going Private, Publicly
Building a portfolio of private investments can feel like sailing out on uncharted waters. “I’m not a financial planner” you might say, why would…
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A Crowdfunding Christmas: It’s A Wonderful Life
“Few movies have aged like It’s A Wonderful Life, the iconic Christmas classic most of us grew up watching. As of December 2, 2020…
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How a Rev Share works…
If you’ve been browsing our campaigns you might have come across a few structured as rev share agreements. It’s a term that gets thrown…
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Breaking into SAFEs
At risk of getting flagged by the FBI, I’m going to lay out the easiest path to break into a SAFE. This method is…
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The Local Business Report: Gyms Are Doing Extra Reps
2020 has been a tough year for most businesses. We’re beginning a Local Business Report series through which we will highlight different industries and…
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Survey Insight
Some of our most common feedback responses were deal-specific questions about the terms, structure & potential returns of an offering.
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Over The Moon About Microinvesting
And while most small businesses aren’t trying to break into the space travel market, they’re still shooting for the stars. These businesses need capital…
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3 Investment Topics for Thanksgiving Table Talk
Happy Thanksgiving! Food, fellowship, football. There are so many reasons to enjoy your Thanksgiving feast. But what about that window of time after you’ve…
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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…