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Trends in Seed Stage Funding for Entrepreneurs

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I’ve recently taken a look at seed stage funding by venture capitalists (VCs) and angel investors over the past five years. For VCs, I chose to look at all seed stage VC deals (from MoneyTree©) as well as those in five of the most active regions in the country. All Seed-VC. Silicon Valley.

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Janvest Wants to Fill the Seed Investment Gap in Israel (Interview)

VC Cafe

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. based Angel capital with early stage technology companies in Israel, and do so in a way that substantially mitigates the risk of seed stage investing.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

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There has been no shortage of controversy and criticism around the convertible note, a popular investing vehicle that’s used by seed stage and angel investors. Launch Date: April 16, 2009. Since 2009 the Founder Institute has helped. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was.

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Starting Startups - Startups and angels: Along the way to success

Tim Keane

By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. How To Change The World » December 14, 2009.   He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.  Starting Startups. So, Paul Graham is a brainiac. 

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

www.informationarbitrage.com

Read more » Recent Press The New York Times April 22, 2009 - A Company Plans to Market Illiquid Assets CNBC.com April 8, 2008 - Social Stock Picking Reuters April 6, 2009 - Bit.ly And from my perspective as an engaged seed stage venture investor, this makes them unfundable.

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Finding a Technical Partner for Your Startup

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Until your wireframe is done, it’s too early to talk to developers or potential investors. Or you can find seed-stage investors who will give you the money to hire a developer. That’s why you need to be looking for seed-stage investors at the same time as technologists.

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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

In the stealth phase , prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists (VCs) start investing in an industry or market segment that others have not yet found. The Russian investment group, DST, is an example, with their $200 million investment in Facebook, at a $10 billion valuation, in 2009.