ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

These usually play a role in the very early stage of your business, primarily pre-revenue. So, I would suggest that you bootstrap during the inception stage. ? Seed stage. At the seed stage, the investors would be expecting at a return of 15 to 20 times their investment over 5 to 7 years. Early-stage.

Startup 150

Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

The Equity Kicker

JUNE 26, 2014

We are a bit like an accelerator programme, a bit like an incubator and a bit like a straight early stage fund, yet we are also different to all of these things in crucial ways. We invest in 1-2 companies per quarter that join us for a year long programme, and we invest in late-seed stage companies too.

eCommerce 98

eCommerce Partner Incubator Early Stage 98

View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2015

And that product is a highly engaged seed-stage investment where we are usually the lead or co-lead in a round and will often take a board seat. So, the bar will be different for each investor, and for very early stage fundraising, the goal is to find true believers more than convincing skeptics. (My

Boston 120

Boston Syndicate Syndication eCommerce 120

View from Seed

JUNE 30, 2015

As a founder, I think it’s easier to talk to potential investors about where they invest across the lifecycle of a company (whether it’s truly early-stage/early lifecycle, for instance), versus round stages like seed, series A, etc. Almost all VCs actually invest across this spectrum.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Dilution 120

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Sure, if you’re Jack Dorsey, creator of Twitter, you can dictate your terms, but last I checked, most of the entrepreneurs First Round and most of the seed stage firms back don’t have that same kind of track record. Unfortunately, that’s really not the case for most startups. Many, if not the majority, are first time CEOs.

Equity 104

Equity Term Sheet Seed Stage Angel Investor 104

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 8, 2017

Until now we have focused on marketplaces and next generation ecommerce. That meant lots of consumer and small business focused marketplaces and next generation ecommerce companies. Suitable for early stage investment. We chose to be focused for three reasons. We can articulate a few underlying investment theses.

Artificial Inteligence 78

Artificial Inteligence eCommerce Early Stage Algorithm 78

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

I’ve had a couple conversations with other investors recently around what a seed stage company needs to achieve to raise a series A. 5M in ecommerce revenue or marketplace GMV used to be interesting, but now it’s more like $10M. This strategy can also fail because the goal line might move. $1M

Product 28

Product Seed Stage Seed Money Metrics 28