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Tiered Valuation Caps

Austin Startup

However, there are circumstances in which founders know there are potential serious milestones on the short-term horizon that would dramatically influence valuation, but they need to close their seed money now. Good investors who don’t view you as just another number in their “spray and pray” portfolio won’t criticize you for doing so.

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

pandodaily.com

” Mike Maples of Floodgate Fund may have the most Darwinian take on it all — always a surprise delivered in his warm, folksy Andy Griffith-like Texas accent. “That’s independent of how much money VCs have or how many companies funded. . “That’s just keeping the plates spinning.” Open Sesame!