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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

Syndicates Those in charge of a syndicate are called “syndicate leads.” Individuals invest modest sums in numerous businesses, even when working together in syndicates such as angel networks. The earliest investors in a business are usually syndication.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. I’m distinguishing these from incubators and accelerators.)