Parallel Insights

Artem Milinchuk is a seasoned entrepreneur who has unique expertise in the world of agriculture. Artem has over 10 years of finance experience in food, agriculture, and farmland. Prior to founding FarmTogether, Artem was employee #1 and CFO/VP of Operations at Full Harvest Technologies, a now post-Series A B2B platform for​ buying and selling​ produce. He previously worked at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Sprott Resource Holdings, E&Y and PwC. Artem holds an MBA from The Wharton School, and a BA and MA in Economics from the Higher School of Economics. Few people realize that farmland is an investable asset that has many favorable characteristics. In this podcast Artem talks to us about why he started FarmTogether and why now is a particularly exciting time to be investing here. If you are interested in learning more please check them out at https://farmtogether.com/ and don't forget to use your Parallel Passport to sign in!

Craig Cecilio is an entrepreneur and investor who is passionate about democratizing access to real estate investing. He started DiversyFund as a way to help allow individuals who cannot generally afford to invest in private real estate assets start investing and building wealth. In particular he saw an opportunity open up after the 2012 JOBS act and believes that we are still in the early innings of the democratizing of private markets. DiversyFund is now one of the premier online real estate investing portals, a user of the Parallel Passport, and we were excited to have Craig join us on the podcast.

Nick Goss, former securities lawyer at Latham & Watkins LLP and investment banker at Credit Suisse, explains the various types of capital raising structures that are available to US entrepreneurs. Reg D 506(b), Reg D 506(c), Reg CF, Reg A, and A+, he helps to simplify the landscape highlighting what the positives and negatives are with each. You won't want to miss this.