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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Startups need to understand how to manage the seed money they receive from investors and VCs. “And if you have a valuation cap; a higher cap is always better than a lower cap.” Lightspeed is in the business of encouraging entrepreneurship.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going. If you are raising a seed round now, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself. November 29, 2012.