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The Funding Gap

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An experienced software engineer, for example, can develop a new mobile app with his or her own resources and market the product on the web with very little capital. This graphic shows that the distribution of funding is not uniform across the spectrum of rounds size in dollars. Copyright BillPayne.com 2011. million and $4 million.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

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It’s possible to have a company with literally millions of customers (users) that employs only a handful of people, working in a small rented office, with hardware and software costing in the tens of thousands rather than millions of dollars. (Instagram is a textbook example.) Most of our early-stage startup clients fit this description.

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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

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Pre-revenue software, internet, mobile and telecom deals. The distribution of groups in the survey includes a relatively representative sampling of angel groups across the US and Canada. Kiwi software deals were funded at a pre-money valuation of US1.4 Pre-revenue life Science, biotech and medical device deals. Organization.