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Trends in Seed Stage Funding for Entrepreneurs

Gust

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

Tim Keane

By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC.   He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.  October 2010. September 2010. Angels and Advisors. Investor Relationships. Enter your Email.

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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. Meanwhile, the bubble for “seed stage&# startups began when Ron Conway’s Silicon Valley Angels and DST guaranteed every startup out of a YCombinator $150,000.

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What is convertible equity (or a convertible security)?

Startup Company Lawyer

Over the past few years, convertible debt has emerged as a quick and inexpensive method for startup companies to raise money from angel investors and early stage venture funds. Paul Graham sparked some commentary by declaring in a tweet in August 2010 that “Convertible notes have won.

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

www.informationarbitrage.com

Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. And from my perspective as an engaged seed stage venture investor, this makes them unfundable. Vaultive « Are Derivatives the Real Problem? Information Arbitrage by Roger Ehrenberg.

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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

Gust

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. million) and the 2010 survey (average = $1.7

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ProfessorVC: How Much Diligence is Due.

Professor VC

2010. (7). What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. ► February. (1).