by Pique Ventures | Jun 11, 2019 | Capital raising, Crowdfunding, Fund Your Business, Innovation, Uncategorized, Vision, Women Investing in Women
Building a new firm in venture capital from scratch is not easy. Traditionally it has been the domain of former investment bankers and exited entrepreneurs. There are now some interesting entrants to the industry such as writers, podcasters, and very determined forces...
by Pique Ventures | May 7, 2019 | Big Ideas, Capacity Building, Capital raising, Crowdfunding, Impact investing, Leadership, Women Investing in Women
“All-women teams received just $1.9 billion of the $85 billion total invested by venture capitalists last year, according to data on the from M&A, private equity, and VC database PitchBook. That’s equal to about 2.2% of 2017’s total pot. Meanwhile, all-male teams...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Apr 12, 2018 | Crowdfunding, Decision-Making, Due diligence
Some say equity crowd-funding hasn’t taken off, but it certainly hasn’t gone away. There is still much room for the space to evolve. Equity crowdfunding finds itself somewhere in the intersection amongst angel investing, venture capital, and public...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Mar 4, 2017 | Crowdfunding, Impact investing, Trends
Last year I wrote that financial technology was a hot topic and that blockchain was the interesting and disruptive development in that space (I went on to write about the next big thing in fintech, which was featured in Inc.) I also wrote that revenue generation would...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Jul 16, 2012 | Capital raising, Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is not a new concept. In its simplest sense, it is about communicating an opportunity to people and influencing them to give you money to support your project or venture. It is essentially what all forms of fundraising and capital raising/investing are....
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Jul 10, 2012 | Capital raising, Crowdfunding
Mention crowd-funding and most people think of Kickstarter. If it is mentioned in the same breath as investing with values, Kiva might come to mind. People with projects and start-up businesses start to wonder if crowd-funding is a solution for their funding and...
Recent Comments