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The Long Road Ahead: Data from Personal Investment Experience
Loon Creek Co-Founder and long-time angel investor Kevin Learned reflects on the hard truth of extended exit timelines, sharing insights from 77 personal investments and 15 years of fund and SPV administration experience.

Kevin Learned
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ACA Awards Loon Creek Capital’s Co-Founder Kevin Learned with the Hans Severiens Lifetime Achievement Award
And the winner is.... Kevin Learned! Learn why the ACA selected our Cofounder as this year's recipient of the Hans Severiens Award!

Loon Creek Team
5 min read
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Putting the UnDead (Funds) to Rest
Angel Investors fear Zombies, especially when they are extending a Fund past its end of life.

Loon Creek Team
5 min read
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Investing for Singles, Not Home-runs
Angel Investors can make money without investing for exponential returns. Our latest blog post discusses our experience with RBF.

Loon Creek Team
3 min read
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Beware the Tax Consequences of the Convertible Note
Angel Investors should be aware of the tax consequences of the securities in which they invest.

Loon Creek Team
6 min read
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Please Stop Messing up the Cap Table
Angel investors often press entrepreneurs to allow them to invest below the round minimum, but it can create future problems for the company

Loon Creek Team
3 min read
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Innovation in Angel Investing Structures
There has been a lot of buzz around ‘alternative’ investment structures in private investing. This post discusses revenue-based financing.

Loon Creek Team
2 min read
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Message to Angel Do-ers: Stop Punishing Yourself
No good deed goes unpunished. Angel group organizers often make the mistake of donating their time up front and leaving in frustration later

Loon Creek Team
4 min read
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Capitalization Tables Demystified
Warrants, waterfalls, preferences, oh my! An overview of why capitalization tables are important and includes a simple model to use early.

Loon Creek Team
3 min read
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Raising Capital Simply
Accepting small investors directly on the cap table may be easy now, but investors who counsel founders to do so are creating trouble later.

Loon Creek Team
3 min read
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Simplifying Angel Investing - The Use of Investment Syndicates
An investment syndicate (SPV, SPE) is a group of investors who pool funds to make a single investment in a specific company.

Loon Creek Team
3 min read
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