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Welcome to this week's Founder's Insights. Join me as I explore sponsor co-investments and discuss why rigid demands of co-investment may not always make sense! As investors become more experienced in joint ventures or passive investments, they often ask about the sponsor's co-investment. This means they want to know how much of their own money the sponsor is putting into the deal. While it may sound simple, it can get complicated due to the varying factors and circumstances surrounding each sponsor. If you're interested in learning more about investing with us at Lone Star Capital, please feel free to reach out directly.

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Collaboration with seasoned angel investors and mentors can provide valuable insights, foster growth, and help new investors navigate the landscape with confidence. Their guidance can equip investors to seize opportunities, negotiate terms, and avoid common pitfalls, leading to more success. Collaborate with Accelerating Angels! Learn more here: https://buff.ly/3NlGPxM #investing #angelinvesting Mary McCarthy Cindi Englefield

Crowdcube Co-CEO Matt Cooper discusses the development of secondary markets and liquidity, highlighting areas of strength and areas that still need work, including educating boards of directors and venture capital investors. Founder-led secondary market opportunities may be more appealing to investors than a live secondary market due to lack of transparency and potential price volatility. Give the full pod a listen: https://buff.ly/3w7JaIf

Folks in venture and tech - if you haven't subscribed, then I highly recommend C2 Ventures "In the Trenches" newsletter. Their analysis on the Instacart IPO and round-by-round returns is insightful. Early stage wins the day right now! "Looking first at Series A and B in the aggregate, we see a net IRR of 41.2%, versus 9.5% for the S&P over the same time period. This is the difference between a total investor return of 2.2x (S&P) and 22.4x (early-stage venture) on their investment." IYKYK!

Thank you again to Chandila F. for an excellent chat and incredible insights to the world of capital raising from the point of view of the investor. This episode has already had almost 100 views in the short space of time it's been up, and I hope that many founders will get the chance to see it and learn the strategies and tips we discuss in depth. In this clip Chandila talks about the vital due diligence phase of the investing process. "Moving on to the due diligence process, it's important to have a standard checklist of items to review. This includes data rooms, confirmation of where you are, and any patent issues. It's important to quickly get to the number of it and determine if the deal can be done. I think a lot of people don't take the time to go through the due diligence process, but it's essential to ensure the relevant aspects are there." If you are looking for help with your capital raise, and you want to go on to dominate your market with the support, money and expertise of a powerful investor behind you.. then get in touch :) #DueDiligence #DataRooms #AngelInvestors #raisingcapital #BusinessProcesses #BusinessStrategy #PitchDeck

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Here is a very useful forecast from SyndicateRoom on the health of early stage investing in 2024. Well worth a look if you're raising this year. "Businesses need to be properly funded to weather this environment." #runway #startups #investments #angelinvesting #cambridge #tech #cleantech #biotech

If I told you to find 100 investors to target for your fundraise, what would you do? Would you download some random list of investors and start there? I wouldn't Tomorrow I start my 2-day workshop on investor research + outreach, to show you what I would do