AXS Investments Insights - Venture Capital August 2021

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Strong Venture Capital Investment Trends Expected to Continue

By Greg Bassuk, Chief Executive Officer, AXS Investments

With stocks continuing to achieve all-time highs, rates still hovering around historical lows, and coronavirus variants all driving unprecedented market uncertainty, there has never been a time riper to focus on alternative sources of returns to help investors build their best portfolios.

One area of particular interest is venture capital. While financial news headlines are dominated day-to-day by the stock prices of public companies, so much of the innovation and growth driving our economy derives from privately held companies.

Institutional and high net worth investors have long recognized the significant investment attributes of the private sector and have been investing in start-ups and high growth companies prior to their initial public offerings, either directly through private offerings, or through traditional venture capital funds. In recent years, however, individuals have started to see investor-friendly products that enable them to access the very high growth potential of the Venture Capital asset class (check out our blog on this).

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