40: Republic.co: Simplifying Startup Investing for Un-Accredited Investors
Invest Like a Boss
Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz
4.8 • 518 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2017
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Republic.co is the official spinoff of AngelList and allows unaccredited investors with the ability to invest in pre-vetted startup companies. Equity crowdfunding presents a new sector of investing that has been a long time in the making, but only recently introduced thanks to the JOBS act in May of 2016. Chuck Pettid, partner of Republic.co joins us to discuss the new opportunity and how their platform is working to simplify the deal terms for investors.
We also discuss how Republic sources deals for the platform and bundles the financing into “simplified agreement for future equity” in their Crowd Safe. This episode is an informative view of how startup and private investing deals are vetted and structured and is valuable at all levels of investment experience.
Links:
Republic.co - Website
@joinrepublic - Twitter
@joinrepublic - Facebook
Crowd Safe - Calculator Tool
@chucksterolove - Chucks Twitter
Where are we:
SoHo, NYC - Chuck Pettid
San Diego, California - Sam Marks
Chiang Mai, Thailand - Johnny FD
Discussed:
Indiegogo Co-Founder, Slava Rubin on Equity Crowdfunding - ILAB 32
BeatStars - Indiegogo Equity Crowdfunding
WeWork - Coworker
Time Stamps:
05:01 - Chuck’s background
06:05 - Republic.co founder story
08:02 - AngelList’s focus
09:45 - Sourcing deals
17:58 - Funding & valuation caps
22:10 - Investor limitations
26:30 - Start up fund
28:20 - Investor groups
31:30 - Vetting deals
35:00 - Crowd safe
39:19 - Calculator tool
44:50 - Future financing
46:50 - Common questions
53:10 - Investor perks
54:45 - Unanswered questions
1:00:34 - Startup Investments
1:07:01 - WeWork Co-Working
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| 0:29.3 | per repair. Welcome to the Invest Like a Boss podcast. I'm Sam Marks and I'm Johnny FD. We're |
| 0:34.9 | self-made entrepreneurs who invest our own money and use modern technology to invest like a boss. Join us each week for exclusive interviews with our network of modern investors, business owners, and multi-millionaires to discover new ways to invest our hard-earned cash. Hey, everyone. This is Johnny and welcome to episode 40 of the Invest Like a Boss podcast. I'm here back with Sam Marks. Hey Johnny. How are you? Welcome |
| 0:55.2 | back for another episode. Yeah, I'm excited. I think this space and these guests are going to have |
| 1:01.7 | on with such different types of investment opportunities that were not available literally |
| 1:07.1 | just one year ago is really going to change investing as a whole. Even if you're not |
| 1:11.9 | interested in startups, I think this next guest is going to be, it's going to be kind of eye-opening. |
| 1:18.1 | Oh, definitely. And you know what? Startup investing, it's still incredibly complicated, |
| 1:22.9 | still very confusing. Guys, if you're listening and you're confused by some of the terminology in this |
| 1:27.9 | stuff, don't feel bad. I've personally invested in eight, 10 startups in the last few years, |
| 1:33.2 | and literally every single time I do it, I'm confused. But I think what Republic, who's our guest |
| 1:38.7 | this week, I think what they're doing that's amazing is a really simplifying the structuring |
| 1:43.1 | of this stuff to make a startup investing kind of easy to digest, especially for non-accredited investors, |
| 1:49.4 | people with less experience in it. So I'm looking forward to kind of diving into just the simple |
| 1:55.6 | side of this stuff and trying to break it down for a layman terms just like myself. |
| 2:00.6 | Definitely. |
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