by Pique Ventures | May 28, 2019 | Big Ideas, Events, Fund Your Business, Innovation
What is Your Impact Investment Thesis?An investment thesis is to an investor like a value proposition is to an entrepreneur. You get asked what your thesis is all the time. As you get started, you’ll need to test out your thesis and see if any entrepreneurs want your...
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 | Apr 9, 2018 | Decision-Making, Diversity, Tools
I recently saw a post on LinkedIn seeking suggestions for removing bias from investment due diligence process. In particular, the inquirer wanted to ensure that characteristics such as race, gender, and culture did not come into play. They drew from processes from...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Mar 27, 2018 | Capital raising, Decision-Making, Due diligence
On very rare occasions, we are approached by someone other than the CEO in the capital raising process. This is fine initially. Sometimes it might be a Board member or investor or other mutual connection making an introduction. However, it raises eyebrows,...
by Bonnie Foley-Wong | Jun 12, 2017 | Impact investing, Integrated Investing
There are three key categories of due diligence for impact investments: Experiential due diligence Analytical due diligence, including commercial, financial, and legal due diligence Impact due diligence Experiential due diligence In terms of impact investing in...
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