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Discover the Top Founders in Equity Crowdfunding with Multiple Exits

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By Sam Fiske
| KingsCrowd
If, like me, you spent countless hours watching the Olympic Games this summer, you probably had your favorite athletes. Typically, these favorites are those who have already won Olympic or World Championship medals—they’ve reached the top and should know how to win again. I approach startup investing with a similar mindset. If a founder has already successfully exited a startup, shouldn’t they have an easier time doing it again?
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Charting the Funding Gap: Black-Founded Startups in VC and ECF

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By Sam Fiske
| KingsCrowd
This Chart of the Week examines the quantity of startup deals featuring at least one Black founder in the last 12 months, along with the corresponding percentage of investment allocated to these ventures. Black-founded companies only received – a number that is way too low, knowing that identify as Black. Black-founded companies receive a much more notable portion of online equity investments, with 6.8% of all Reg CF and Reg A+ equity investments allocated to them in the last 12 months.
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How Founders' Shared Experiences Shape Startup Outcomes

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By Sam Fiske
| KingsCrowd
Companies with multiple founders are often attractive to investors, particularly if they have complementary skill sets or have previous experience together. In today’s Chart of the Week, we take a look at companies in the equity crowdfunding landscape that have founders with shared prior experience together. This can be anything from being related, married, or working together at a prior company or on a previous startup.
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