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How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate

Genuine VC

There are essentially two distinct basic strategies for startup entrepreneurs to raise a seed round of capital: Subscription approach – An entrepreneur sets a structure (usually a convertible note) and recruits individual angel investors who subscribe to the round, all without a term-driving lead investor.

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The 10x Angel. The 0x Angel.

Hunter Walker

Instead I want to comment on what a “10x Angel” looks like – the type of individual investor who delivers value to the startup in ways that are notably different than the average funder. One reason Satya and I thought we had Product Market Fit for starting Homebrew was behavior we saw as angel investors.