Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

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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Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 327

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. Beijing Venture/Angel Ecosystem. While Beijing has VC’s and Angel investors happy to write a check there aren’t as many angels/VCs in China versus US per capita.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

In the few days I was in China I met with several VC’s, angel investors, business press and spoke to hundreds of entrepreneurs. Beijing Venture/Angel Ecosystem. While Beijing has VC’s and Angel investors happy to write a check there aren’t as many angels/VCs in China versus US per capita.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Pre-seed Round of Funding. In the pre-seed stage, a startup is searching for product/market fit. Funding: Startups typically raise anywhere from $100K to $750,000 in pre-seed. At the low-end this might come from friends, family or angel investors. At the high-end pre-seed angel funds might invest.

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