Tag Archives: The Soho Loft
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 […]
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” […]
Advertise for LPs: QIBs This or That – Who Cares If You Have $100 Million?
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. Actually, we care very much about Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs), investors with $100 million+ assets under management, especially […]
