In one week (April 10th), Jumpstart Innovation & Investment (JumpIN) will host over 100 investors and eight presenting companies for dinner in New York City. We caught up with Sam Kotch to get some last minute insights. Q&A below. We interviewed you a few weeks ago about the event. Can you quickly remind our readers what JumpIN is? Sam
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A recent post on the Axial Forum looked at “The Best (and Least Expensive) Business Development Tool for Private Equity.” Many of those principles can be applied to microcap deal sourcing. The author, Brandon Labrum of Fund Lab, shared four deal sourcing tips for investors and advisors regardless of types of deals they do. 1. Newswires alone weren’t built for
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A recent post by Matt Metalios on the Axial Forum says “Time to Reconsider Proprietary Sourcing.” Investment firms across the board are facing increased competition due to record levels of dry powder, high valuations, and a constant increase of worldwide connectivity. These factors are forcing investment firms to rethink how they approach business development and differentiate their deal flow from competitors. Metalios
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In a recent post on the Axial Forum, Meghan Daniels discuses “What Makes a Great Private Equity Website.” Daniels shared five element every private equity website should include; 1. Investment criteria and approach 2. Team page 3. Portfolio companies 4. Contact 5. Mobile-responsive design Learn more HERE.
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In a recent post on LinkedIn, Tom Allinder discussed “Why an Alternative to Litigation is better for Lenders and Funders.” Allinder says the primary reason a funder should choose restructuring over litigation is because, through a restructure, funders have a much greater chance of receiving a return of capital (and a profit). For direct microcap investors, Allinder says restructures are
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Guest Post By: Tom Allinder I was speaking to a funder of microcap companies last week. He was describing how the microcap market is continuing to fall apart. I asked him what the problem was… “Convertible debt and the funding instruments the companies are using,” he replied. “We are seeing this across the board now. When a company starts filing
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An article on IRMagazine.com looks at how investment firms use social media by exploring the social media strategy of a mid sized London-based investment firm called BlueBay Asset Management. According to the article social media is viewed by the BlueBay team as a helpful asset, not only from a marketing aspect, but also as an investment-screening tool. Jayne Fieldhouse (head of
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Toxic debt is a very important topic for microcap professionals but it is seemingly taboo to discuss microcap toxic debt in public (on the internet). There are few reliable sources of information on microcap toxic debt online. We have compiled some of our best content on the topic and will continue to add links to this post as we add more to our website.
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The court found Steven Hicks of Ridgefield, Connecticut, liable on the SEC’s claim that he misappropriated investor funds. The SEC has been actively litigating the case since filing its complaint in 2010 against Hicks and his firms Southridge Capital Management LLC and Southridge Advisors LLC
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Guest Post By: Mark R. Basile, Esq. There are two sides to the position of OTC (microcap) CEO pay. Either you should have the privilege to work for free for shareholders and investors, or you can be a real professional and pay yourselves a reasonable salary. If you want to raise real money, pay yourself. I can’t begin to tell you
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