Conversion Finance Pre-Money Valuation Seed Stage 
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
The rise of “micro VCs” or seed-stage funds. ” The new narrative is “will my seed funds be able to fund the prorata of their winners?” ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m Seed funds now represent 67% of all funds being created now, which is up 100% from 6 years ago.
View from Seed
OCTOBER 21, 2014
As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 27, 2012
When a company is at its earliest seed stage, the terms tend to be the least complex. As the company grows and the second or third group of investors comes in, the terms of each subsequent financing grow in size, scope, and the number of lawyers’ fingerprints on them. Seat on the board. Anti-dilution protection.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
When a company is at its earliest seed stage, the terms tend to be the least complex. As the company grows and the second or third group of investors comes in, the terms of each subsequent financing grow in size, scope, and the number of lawyers’ fingerprints on them. Seat on the board. Anti-dilution protection.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
For startup founders and CEO’s it’s also just as common to see them place too much focus on the amount of money raised, and the pre-money valuation, rather than the value that each investor can bring to the table. Do you have relationships with other investors at the next stage of the investment lifecycle?
Gust
OCTOBER 17, 2011
When a company is at its earliest seed stage, the terms tend to be the least complex. As the company grows and the second or third group of investors comes in, the terms of each subsequent financing grow in size, scope, and the number of lawyers’ fingerprints on them. Seat on the board. Anti-dilution protection.
K9 Ventures
MARCH 23, 2011
There has been a lot of noise in the Valley lately about how most seed stage deals are now being done as convertible notes. The convertible note was really intended as an instrument for a “bridge financing” – when an equity round was imminent, and likely to occur, but the company needed some money in between.
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