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Startup Business Investments Around The World

YoungUpstarts

Over time, as you scale your operations, you may need to source additional funding from venture capitalists to mitigate high production costs or limited revenue. Professional Social Networking Sites. Rationale for Startup Investments.

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). They risk money they can afford to lose. To me, this is the best time to raise your seed. Option Two: Post-Launch?—?Raise

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VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding!

Both Sides of the Table

So they set up seed programs that allowed for rapid decisions for $500k or less, often done as convertible debt for both speed and cost reasons. And I’ve just completed my first seed deal of Ad.ly ($500k) with another exciting deal I hope to announce within 30 days. What exactly is seed funding anymore?

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

pandodaily.com

If you are raising a seed round now, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself. There are still the same debates on whether or not you should take seed money from VCs. HealthTab acquires Avvo Health to double its doctor network. Old media’s problems are the costs not the lack of paywalls.