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Early Stage VCs – Be Careful Out There

Feld Thoughts

In addition to our own funds, we are investors in a number of other early-stage VC funds as part of our Foundry Group Next strategy. “Historically, the $10 million valuation mark has been somewhat of a ceiling for seed stage startups. All the experienced finance people I know talk regularly about cycles.

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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

Both Sides of the Table

If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. Some quick highlights include: The Role of a Seed Stage VC.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. 2007 was the watershed year.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

A fund size of $25 – $100 million in normally an “early stage&# fund that is likely to do seed investments and/or smaller A round investments. A fund size of $100 million – $200 million is likely to either be an A round investor or “stage agnostic&#.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. What Does the VC Performance Data Tell Us? The answer is likely a mix of both.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. What Does the VC Performance Data Tell Us? The answer is likely a mix of both.

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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

Almost two years ago, in a private/closed meeting with K9 Ventures’ LPs only, I claimed that: What was being referred to in the press as the “Series A Crunch” was not because fewer Series A deals were being done, but because there were too many Seed deals being done. Seed stage was super tough.