Press: Keiretsu Forum Angels Come to India

The Hindu BusinessLine

Angel investors – wealthy individuals who invest in and mentor start-ups – will be better off writing small cheques for a number of ventures rather than restricting their investment to just a few companies, according to Matthew Le Merle, Managing Partner, Keiretsu Capital.

He told The Hindu BusinessLine here that angel investing is a hit-driven business and the more diversified portfolio that an angel investor holds, the better are his or her chances of making a decent return.

Keiretsu Capital is a co-investment fund that has been started by Keiretsu Forum, the US-headquartered global angel network. Members of Keiretsu Forum can invest in these funds. Keiretsu Forum has 46 chapters across the world, including two in India – in Chennai and Bengaluru.

Press: Expanding Israel's Digital Economy

Brief video taken during the presentation of Fifth Era's 2016 report on the impact of internet regulation on investment given to members of the Government of Israel in Jerusalem.

This Fifth Era white paper can be downloaded by clicking this link.

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Press: Born Free: Will Regulation Ruin the Internet?

The Wall Street Journal and AT Kearney the global management consulting firm are exploring the future of America as it approaches it's 250th anniversary.  Fifth Era has contributed to the dialog.

The Internet has so profoundly changed the world, few of us could imagine living without it. Fewer still would want to. Clearly, the Internet’s myriad benefits dwarf its inevitable drawbacks. Will the Internet continue to be an engine of global progress? Or will burdensome new regulations dampen its future? As we choose our path toward America@250, leaders in the U.S. and abroad would be wise to draw some key lessons from the Internet’s remarkable rise.

Read at ATKearney.com

Presentation: Angel Capital Association - The Future of Crowdfunding

Fifth Era is presenting at the 2015 Angel Capital Association Annual Meeting in San Diego, California a set of plausible future scenarios for the future of crowdfunding.

These scenarios indicate that the current widely held "official future" of how crowdfunding will play out, is perhaps at the optimistic end of the spectrum.  Other equally plausible scenarios would see a much more challenging future driven by potentially high failure rates to be experienced on crowdfunding platforms combined with, and perhaps driving increased regulation.

The summary materials are an incomplete record of the discussion, but can be downloaded by clicking this link.

For further perspective on this issue, contact Fifth Era through the contact section of this website.