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Why We Invested in Marlo

View from Seed

Marlo founders Ankith Harathi and John Keck decided to found Marlo in 2018, after meeting as students in the Harvard MS/MBA Program, where they are completing both an MBA and a Masters in Computer Science.

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The state of Q2 2018 pre-seed/seed-stage fundraising: Part 1 - crypto version

Hippoland

The fundraising landscape in 2018 for pre-seed and seed-stage companies has changed a lot even in just the first few months of this year. This is what I wrote in Q1 2018 about the fundraising landscape. These syndicates are often a bit “underground”, so you won’t be able to find them by researching via Google.

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The state of Q2 2018 pre-seed/seed-stage fundraising: Part 1 - crypto version

Hippoland

The fundraising landscape in 2018 for pre-seed and seed-stage companies has changed a lot even in just the first few months of this year. This is what I wrote in Q1 2018 about the fundraising landscape. These syndicates are often a bit “underground”, so you won’t be able to find them by researching via Google.

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Marketing Your Portfolio Companies to Other Investors

David Teten

See How VCs structure a syndicate and recruit coinvestors for more on this. Though these tools can be helpful to the syndication process, I believe it will largely remain a relationship-based process for some time to come. . Jan 2018: Raised $21m Series A. Fundraising history: March 2019: announced Series B raise.

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The Story Behind Our Investment In Fiddler Labs

Haystack

At the beginning of 2018, we almost invested in a startup with two strong founders. This is the story of how we invested in Fiddler Labs. To make a long and private story short, on the morning I was about to call the founders to let them know I was in, they decided to amicably part ways.

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Seven Compelling Reasons Why You Should Redesign Your Website

crowdSPRING Blog

Try using an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) tool to stay in touch with important thought leaders speaking to your audience. As we said in our look at web trends of 2018 : A dated or poor looking website design can make even the best businesses appear non-professional and unreliable.

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Written Communication is Critical for Fundraising

David Teten

A retail investor might join an existing syndicate on a crowdfunding site based on a deck and maybe an email. c) 2018 Entrepreneur.com, which previously published this article. It is very difficult to get an investor to commit without that direct dialogue, ideally with as many of her colleagues as possible.