Building A Successful Start-up Begins With Traction
At Incolo, we talk about the term "investability" and define that as “people would want to invest in your business, even if you are not raising capital”. It’s something we are really passionate about as part of our mission to help create more successful founder-led...
Syndication in Private Markets
In light of our last article covering ‘Syndicates 101’, today we’re going to explore the specific roles that investment syndicates play in private markets. Specifically, how syndicates have emerged as a means for founders to efficiently raise capital from value...
Syndicates 101
What Are Syndicates? Syndicates are online groups of like-minded investors and offer a variety of early-stage investment opportunities to them. These investors have the ability to join any Syndicate they’d like, participate in deals as they see fit and not in...
Why Incolo Exists
What's in a name? Everything! In-co-lo was sparked in a moment of genius from 2 members of our team (not me). Incolo is Latin for "[I/to] cultivate" which is exactly what we've found our team to be doing for the community we love. We are cultivating communities on a...
FAQ Friday: What is Investment Crowdfunding?
It’s FAQ Friday! Every Friday we answer common investment crowdfunding questions. If you have a question you would like answered, please DM us on Facebook or comment below! ⬇️ ⬇️ What is investment crowdfunding? Investment crowdfunding is a new type of...
COVID-19’s Hit is Like My Dad’s Passing
We were in the hospice room all awaiting what we knew would come, but never seemed real. My dad was defiant (in a good way) until the end ...and then he was gone from a 3.5+ year battle with pancreatic cancer. Shouldn't it seem real? His passing, stay-at-home...
COVID Emerging Observations
COVID Emerging Observations Of all the things I envisioned that could ever shut the country down, I didn’t think it would be a health outbreak of movie-like proportions. Within less than two weeks, my world has quickly gotten isolated. It feels surreal to drive down...
Awesome Changes on the Horizon!
In major news on March 4, the SEC has announced significant changes across "traditional" and "new" offerings which allow entrepreneurs to raise capital. Once active, these changes would greatly improve the ability for founders to raise the capital they need and...
Authentic Investing
Authentic Investing My relationship with money has played a very central theme in my life. As a child growing up in a turbulent household, money was my ticket to independence that allowed me to live on my own terms. Laser focused on that goal, I entered my 30s with an...