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The Summer Solstice And Seed Stage Squeeze

Haystack

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. Back in 2017, Fred Wilson noted the strategic importance of the seed stage , writing: Seed is really hard. You lose way more than you win.

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Disrupting VC

thebarefootvc

I helped launch NYCSeed in 2008 in response to the lack of seed funding available in NYC. Now we have an overabundance of capital at that stage. However, while the cost of starting a tech company has plummeted this past decade, for the most part it still takes significant dollars to grow and scale game-changing companies.

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How to Avoid Being Part of 90% of Failed Companies

ReadWriteStart

The rounds were conducted from 2008 to 2010, starting from seed capital. To set a lousy price in relation to its quality and cost. These results were obtained after the following rounds of financing of more than 1000 technology companies in the United States. Data Says Otherwise.