Demand Finance Later Stage Seed Stage 
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 12, 2014
They often create the biggest tensions between investors who are investing at different stages in the business. These tensions seep out in some angels or seed funds publicly or semi-privately deriding later-stage VCs for their “bad” behavior. I have seen bad behavior from later-stage VCs, believe me.
View from Seed
DECEMBER 6, 2018
It seemed like every other TechCrunch post was announcing a startups’s new seed financing round. Seed stage companies just aren’t announcing their rounds anymore. Case in point, according to CrunchBase, NextView has made only two new seed investments this year in 2018 … the actual number is: eleven. Here’s why.
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Feld Thoughts
MARCH 24, 2017
From those founders, we are aware that FC takes their mission “to be the most aligned fund to founders at the seed stage” very seriously. In general, these investments were rarely competitive at the time of their first financing. FC’s portfolio is made up exclusively of seed stage investments at seed valuations.
thebarefootvc
JANUARY 27, 2014
I think that later stage valuations are frothy (for reasons I explain below) while earlier stage valuations are starting to stabilize from previous highs (with the exception of the superstar serial entrepreneur) - turns out scaling in a sea of competition (both startup and entrenched) is not so easy. Or so it seems.
K9 Ventures
OCTOBER 10, 2017
This post is intended to be a dynamic document, and I will attempt to update it from time to time with new questions that may arise or as financing trends evolve. And I sincerely hope that this post does a good job of addressing what Pre-Seed really is. Q: Define Pre-Seed? Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed?
Hunter Walker
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
Additionally, funds such as Foundry Group and Google Ventures have taken their own approaches – the former creating a separate early stage entity , the latter encouraging their seed stage partners to create standalone personal syndicates. 2) The Bundled Expertise Syndicate.
pandodaily.com
NOVEMBER 29, 2012
But at a macro level, widespread failure this early is far less painful than if it came at later stages. Lastly, seed-stage entrepreneurs who have pushed for the maximum valuation possible haven’t done themselves any favors. ” On a micro level, failure is always painful. The stakes for everyone are lower.
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