2. Average Age: 47 years old
Average Annual Income: $90,000
Average Net Worth: $750,000
Average Individual Investment per Venture: $37,000
Investment “Hit Rate”: 1 out of 10 deals
59%
43%

3. Source: Investor Pitches

9. Per Capita 34th
Dollar Share & Deal Share
~0.24% - 0.27%

16. 1. The Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act
• Small company shareholders 500  1,000.
2. The Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act
• Loosens SEC regulations for “crowdfunding.”
3. The Small Company Capital Formation Act
• Easier for small businesses to go public.
4. The Access to Capital for Job Creators Act
• Advertise to solicit investors.
5. The Reopening American Capital Markets to
Emerging Growth Companies Act
• Reduces the cost of going public.
6. The Capital Expansion Act
• Community bank shareholders 500  2,000.

18. 10 IPOs to look for in 2013
Fortune spoke with analysts, VCs, and investment bankers to
uncover 10 companies that are prime IPO candidates in 2013.
Twitter backed by DST, Mail.ru and JP Morgan
Violin Memory backed by Toshiba and Juniper
Square backed by Visa, Starbucks
Xoom backed by SVB Financial Group
Dropbox backed by Goldman Sachs
Arista Networks founded by Bechtolsheim, Cheriton, and Duda
Box backed by SAP Ventures and Salesforce
Marin Software backed by SAP Ventures
Kabam backed by Intel Capital, Warner Bros and MGM
Opower backed by General Electric

21. 2.7% of private-sector firms in South Carolina
contributed 66.8% of all net employment gains
from 2004-2008

22. Key Issues
Capital Markets Gap
Business Environment
Recommended Initiatives
Direct financial incentives
More formalized Business Network
(i.e. strengthen the ecosystem)