Unlike an angel syndicate or venture fund, investors do not give the Josephine Collective funding to invest. Instead, we meet founders, learn about their visions, their market opportunities, their guiding principles and present them to our group of investors who individually decide whether they want to participate in an investment. When there is enough interest to meet the minimum check size, we make an investment in the startup, coming on as a single line on the cap table.
This allows the Josephine Collective to:
- Access hot deals that individual investors may not be able to reach on their own.
- Protects founders from having too many investors on their cap tables (which creates both legal and financial burdens on both sides).
- Keep our operating costs very low, as we do not have to spend thousands on special purpose vehicles for each deal.
Any Accredited Investor can apply to join the Collective, however, please note that we may delay your membership to ensure we maintain our 51% women and people of color targets.
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