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

The Startup Magazine

The fundamental objective and aim of seed investment is to assist a company in launching its operations successfully. Seed capital is a component of the initial investments made in young businesses. Some return value must be offered to the investors for startup seed funding to be considered acceptable.

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The Care And Feeding Of A Startup

YoungUpstarts

Facts: Many popular startup companies are tech companies because they can create highly specific products quickly and distribute it to a large audience fast, but a startup does not necessarily have to be a technology company. Facts: Only a few new companies are startups. Myth #2: All startups are technology companies.

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Yes, distributions to LPs have been pushed out a few years but the value capture in privates by the best VC firms (and best LPs) has been enormous. In reality the “private capital market” now really consists of three distinct markets: Seed capital (the start), Venture capital (scale or bust) and Growth Capital (private IPOs).

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Entrepreneurs, not the government, will save Europe’s economy

The Next Web

Access to capital continues to be a challenge in Europe. Getting seed capital (1M EUR or less) has become easier, but raising significant money (25M EUR and more) to turn your company in a global business continues to be difficult. Large companies also provide an important ‘exit strategy’ for startups.

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Here’s How to Do PR on a Budget

Both Sides of the Table

Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. So if you think of a great PR firm as “distribution” you will do well. It super charges a business that is closer to product delivery.

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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

Both Sides of the Table

But while Amazon blew away existing physical distribution channels to deliver products to you, we are blowing away existing physical infrastructure to help you store the things you want to keep – just not at your home. After 9 months it was time to raise seed capital and go test drive our new software and processes.

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The Role Venture Capital is Playing in Online Schooling (Guest Post)

VC Cafe

An SFGate article reports that the venture has raised more than $90 million in seed capital, as of April 2012. When those services and products are being distributed for free, it makes paying the bills even harder.