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The secret to how the NFT hype affects hedge funds

The art and financial sector has been abuzz for the past months: the rise of NFTs or non-fungible tokens has been garnering attention and quite the sum. Continue reading →

David Drake of LDJ Capital banks on Bitcoin to hit the $133,300 mark this 2021

By: David Drake 2020 was a year full of unfamiliarities. COVID-19 was an uninvited visitor that barged itself into our lives and decided to wreak havoc on our fragile world. It caught all of us off-guard and forced us to accept this difficult reality. Several industries bore the brunt of COVID-19, and businesses were barely keeping their heads afloat. Millions […]

Will bitcoin price hit $133,300 in 2021? David Drake says it’s possible and shares top 3 crypto predictions

By: David Drake The coronavirus disease or COVID-19 outbreak single-handedly defined 2020 as this pandemic severely affected industries, economies, and the way of life around the world. Financial markets, stocks, and companies around the globe had a turbulent year and faced major setbacks like the imposed global lockdowns and termination of business operations.  After several months of quarantine, the world […]

On The Rise: The Next Moguls like Donald Trump will come from the Crowd – but they will not be Crowdfunding

By David Drake   Direct Public Offering, also known as Regulation A+, is poised to significantly bring down the cost of raising capital for businesses in the US when it becomes legal. And when it does, it could overshadow even its more popular regulatory sibling under the JOBS Act – Crowdfunding.   Such incidences like paying up to $250,000 in […]

Investment Outlook 2014: Are you Ready to Race with Stallions?

By David Drake, The Soho Loft   The year 2014 will be full of change and innovation in the finance and investing landscape as many newcomers will enter the game of finance. Here are some of the changes and trends that we see for the year 2014:   1. JOBS Act   SEC will try to make it clear for […]

Angels Lead Crowd Investors through Syndicate Funding

By David Drake. This is what I want to see: The likes of Angel Capital Association (ACA) and European Business Angel Network (EBAN) embracing and starting to take a proactive role in the new ecosystem where deal flows are coming in quicker and proof of concept brings in regular people investing alongside the angels. Angel investors, through syndicate funding, are […]

95% of U.S. Startups Funded By Angels

By David Drake Angels seem to be everywhere these days. A whopping 95% of the startups in the U.S. in 2012 were funded by angel investors. And the numbers continue to rise. Angel investors, a.k.a. business angels, are affluent accredited investors, typically successful entrepreneurs or retired business people, who invest their own money informally in startup companies. To lessen the […]

The New Institutional Asset Class: Debt Crowdfunding

The New Institutional Asset Class: Debt Crowdfunding By David Drake   Institutional investors are still licking their wounds after the real estate market crashed and burned during the last global financial crisis. Some say we got into this financial mess because people were buying houses using their credit cards. However, there is a new asset class emerging from the global […]

A Storm is Coming: PE Funds Fall Under Reg D 506

By David Drake In spite of prior delays, on August 29, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission finally issued its first proposals for rules under the Jobs Act that would relax general solicitation for accredited investors. Signed into law on April 5 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups (JOBS) Act makes revolutionary changes to federal security laws that are over […]

Stepping on the Peers

Guest Post by David Drake. David Drake is the founder and chairman of LDJ Capital, a New York City private equity firm, and The Soho Loft, a global event-driven financial media company helping funds advertise for investors. You can reach him directly at David@LDJCapital.com.  Institutional investors are taking over the nascent peer-to-peer lending industry, and in doing so, taking the “peer” […]


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