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title: "Vital Signs #99: Self-Directed IRA's, Meet Crowdfunding"
description: Learn how to leverage Crowdfunding to invest in private equity from your self-directed IRA
image: https://www.sjordanassociates.com/hs-fs/file-31291373-jpg/images/sja_logo-1.jpg
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# Vital Signs #99: Self-Directed IRA's, Meet Crowdfunding

 Published by [ Scott Jordan ](https://www.sjordanassociates.com/blog/author/scott-jordan) on  Fri, Jul 11, 2014 @ 03:17 PM

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Let's get this obvious statement out of the way! Investing in the seed/early-stages of a company’s life cycle is very risky (of the 600,000 companies incorporated annually 12-24 companies will launch an IPO while venture capitalists invest in only .25% of companies reviewed). Some liken it to gambling in Vegas. So why are so many investors attracted to this investment class in light of the risks? The answer is early-stage investing is a “hits” business. When companies succeed they oftentimes return many times the initial investment (>10x) overcompensating for the losses, and private equity generates 25% annualized returns if structured correctly (Source: Wiltbank Study – Willamette University).

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