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Surviving 2016 as a seed stage startup: Don’t batten down the hatches but take an umbrella.

Hippoland

(Note: these are my opinions and not my employer’s): 1) Raising seed capital from VCs who invest in all stages will become challenging. Investors who invest at all stages are increasingly reserving more capital for follow-on to keep their existing portfolio companies afloat longer. In 1992, we were in a recession.