The Reality of Equity Crowdfunding This past week, the SEC’s new equity crowdfunding rules enacted under the JOBS Act officially took effect, so as of last Monday, previously non-accredited investors (basically those with less than $1M net worth, excluding their home) can finally start investing directly in startup equity. In…
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Is the Tech Press Hunting Unicorns? Startups had another tough week in the tech press. William Alden wrote a damning expose on Palantir, one of the Valley’s most secretive companies up to this point, to which co-founder Joe Lonsdale replied on Quora. Former VP of Engineering at uBeam Paul Reynolds…
Top Story Capital with a purpose, By Om Malik »Sharing Om’s thoughts VC, and its outsized impact on innovation, on the occasion of his partner stepping down from the NVCA Perspectives Know Thyself, Venture Capitalist: Thoughts on feeling open or closed, By Charlie O’Donnell »Explaining how an…
Top Story No Leading, No Guts, No Glory, By Charlie O’Donnell »Defending why seed investors should lead Perspectives Dear VCs, there’s something you need to know about raising funds this year, By Elizabeth Clarkson »Describing why there has been a spike in established VCs raising new funds in…