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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

It is what Seed used to be from 2009-2013, until the Seed rounds got fat and bloated and the bar for raising a Seed round became a lot higher. 6M-$15M used to scale customer acquisition and revenue). Series C/D is the new Mezzanine. And I sincerely hope that this post does a good job of addressing what Pre-Seed really is.

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ProfessorVC: Survey says VC's invest on Gut Instinct

Professor VC

Thursday, September 24, 2009. Blink starts with the anecdote of the Getty Museums $10 million acquisition of a rare Greek statue dating from the 6th century BC. One other chart worth noting is the the expected returns from various private capital providers (Banks, Asset based lenders, Mezzanine, Private Equity and VC).