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Startup investors must consider fair value, or risk another crash

Equidam

For over a decade Equidam has supported founders (and investors) with the challenge of setting a fair valuation for their ventures. In January of last year, we wrote about how the supply of capital had saturated many other asset classes, and early stage equity was becoming more attractive to a greater number of investors.

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Distressed Debt Hedge Funds: How to Become a Vulture Capitalist

Brian DeChesare

Distressed investing offers equity-like returns with lower risk.” The company still pays interest on the full $1000 and must repay it upon maturity, but you can buy the issuance at a steep discount because there’s a significant chance of default (see: book value vs. market value vs. face value ).

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SEC Commissioner Urges Reform of Regulation D and Private Markets

Reynolds Holding

But, through decades of legal, regulatory, and market developments, private companies now have access to increasing amounts of private capital, inflating their sizes and significance to investors and our economy, and all without the concomitant safeguards built into the public markets. [6] 3] Others are choosing not to go public at all. [4]