Wall Street Now Digging Deep Into Weeds-Cannabis Comes of Age November 14, 2017 Weed Market Update: Wall Street Now Wants In as Cannabis Comes of Age Progress within the context of emerging markets and specific industry opportunities is often measured best by the degree of attention on the... Continue Reading →
SEC Invokes Duck Test for Initial Coin Offerings-ICO Alert November 11, 2017 The Duck Test : If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said so-called initial coin offerings aka ICOs in many cases are a duck within the context of securities... Continue Reading →
Unicorn IPO Case Study in Silliness: SNAP November 10, 2017 Unicorn IPO 3.o. The holy grail for tech start-up entrepreneurs, their early and latter stage investors, and of course, the Wall Street investment bankers who aspire to collect tens of millions of dollars in fees... Continue Reading →
Rule Number 1 For Entrepreneurs Seeking to Raise Capital November 05, 2017 Rule 1 for entrepreneurs seeking to raise capital is to assemble all of your thoughts and "put pen to paper", in outline form. Then you can start filling in the blanks with compelling narrative and well-thought-out... Continue Reading →
Blockchain ICO Primer for Fintech Startups Seeking to Raise Capital October 27, 2017 The Good, Bad and Ugly of Cryptocurrency Private Placements; Fintech Startups Use of Initial Coin Offerings aka Blockchain ICO. Extract below via Lexology.com is courtesy of insight from global law firm KL Gates.... Continue Reading →
Latest Insight Crytpocurrency ICOs, Blockchain Startups, Fintech Funders October 17, 2017 Robert Hackett of CB Insights is always keeping his finger on the pulse of fintech and in particular, the advent of cryptocurrency ICOs advanced by blockchain startups and the fintech funders putting wind in the... Continue Reading →
Private Placement Funding Scorecard -October 11 2017 Update October 11, 2017 Private Placement funding activity for startups across fintech, on-line real estate services, regulatory and compliance, social media, enterprise software, cyber-security and AI (Artificial Intelligence)--all... Continue Reading →
What’s Next for IPOs? More Nasdaq SPAC Listings September 05, 2017 Nasdaq Aims at Blank-Check Companies for IPO Listings; SPAC Issuance Set to Surge With New Rule Change Proposed; NYSE Listing Business Targeted Blank-check companies, more formally known as Special Purpose... Continue Reading →
Private Placements Placed Lately-Offering Memorandums Monetized August 30, 2017 August 29 2017 Summary of most recent private placements placed that delivered funding to top gun entrepreneurs. From fintech to cyber-security from healthtech to ride-sharing services for kids, and all the way to... Continue Reading →
Recent Private Placement Offerings-First Week of August ’17 August 12, 2017 The first week of August 2017 was chock full of successfully-completed private placement offerings across a broad spectrum of sectors, from industrial product startups to medical device firms, to disruptive... Continue Reading →
