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VC Seed Funding is Dead, Long Live VC Seed Funding!

Both Sides of the Table

So they set up seed programs that allowed for rapid decisions for $500k or less, often done as convertible debt for both speed and cost reasons. I was an early cynic. I told entrepreneurs that it was a bit of a Faustian bargain. Talk to companies that have taken this money and see if they’ve gotten support.