community-investing
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Avinya Ventures wants the cheque to come with a crowd
The Surat venture fund grew out of We Founder Circle’s angel network. Its bets on commerce software, batteries and industrial businesses test a practical proposition: an investor should bring useful people along with the money.
Fractional
Fractional is a San Francisco company that lets groups of friends, followers, or strangers co-own investment properties and other assets together through member-run investment clubs. Instead of raising money as a securities offering, each club is a member-owned LLC where everyone is an active participant with voting rights, sidestepping the expensive PPMs and accredited-only rules of traditional syndications. Fractional handles the back office - LLC formation, compliance, bookkeeping, distributions, and K-1 tax filings - so ordinary people can pool small checks into real estate, private lending, and even the occasional laundromat or candy store.