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Over the many decades I’ve been an investor, I’ve seen some pretty amazing things. One of them was the dot-com initial public offering (IPO) craze that happened in the late 1990s. The height of the mania was from 1999 to 2000. During that time, investors could throw money at almost any IPO and get outrageous…
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Corporate Diversity Advances in Fits and Starts
For champions of corporate diversity, progress can often look like two steps forward, one step back. Case in point: Among companies in the S&P 500 Index, women now comprise 30% of the members of their boards of directors. On one hand, that’s a milestone for women in corporate leadership. On the other, given that 30%…
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Caroline Rupert Single Family Office Kathaka Invests In Lick’s $22M Funding Round
The UK-based home decor shop and brand Lick Home has recently announced a $22M funding round to fuel its further growth. Amongst the investors is the UK single family office of Caroline Rupert, called Kathaka. Lick Home: Sustainable paints, wallpapers and blinds Lick moved the customer experience for home decor shopping from unpersonal, huge DIY…
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Back in April, I wrote about the need to invest in America’s crumbling infrastructure and how the current administration had just revealed a massive bill to do so. When President Biden initially announced this, he called it a “once-in-a-generation investment in America unlike anything we’ve seen or done since we built the interstate highway system…
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LameStop: SEC Issues Bland Analysis of Meme Stock Fiasco
Economic historians will look back decades from now and marvel at the events of January 2021. As a global pandemic raged and the strangest presidential administration in the country’s history ended, fluctuations in the stock price of a flailing video game retailer captured the public consciousness. But if lawmakers hoped the chief securities regulators in…
Read MoreGuillaume Pousaz Single Family Office Invests In Wayflyer’s $76M Series A
Wayflyer is a platform that offers revenue-based financing to ecommerce firms. Now, the company raised a $76M Series A funding round. Amongst the investors is the Swiss single family office of Guillaume Pousaz. Wayflyer: Revenue-based financing for ecommerce companies Wayflyer is a Dublin-based startup that offers flexible funding options between $10K to $20M for ecommerce…
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Over the past several years, the political landscape has been fractured. Americans are hotly divided on a broad range of issues, and the chasm between parties is the widest it’s been in quite some time. But there are still some things that both factions largely agree on. One of these issues is creating a buzz…
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The SEC Brings Back Misconduct Admissions Policy
Cancel culture is a hot topic in everything from celebrities to academia to sports. Impolite – or just plain offensive – actions and comments seem to be prompting public apologies and retractions from high-profile figures on an almost daily basis. Now, the “public shaming” component of cancel culture is coming to Wall Street. It may…
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Savio Kwan Single Family Office Participates in $131M Funding Round
Chinese smart-city tech startup Venturous Group has raised a $131M Series A funding round. Amongst the investors is the Chinese single family office of former Alibaba executive Savio Kwan. Venturous Group: Focus on urban technology Beijing-based Venturous Group calls itself the leading citytech group. It focuses on investments in “smart city infrastrucutre data-technology services companies”.…
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Editor’s Note: Time to get excited! Today, we want to introduce you to one of the most famed investors to ever grace the pages of Profit Trends. Alpesh Patel is the founder and CEO of a hedge fund, the bestselling author of more than a dozen books, an entrepreneur, and a Dealmaker for the queen…
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