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The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

Top engineering talent today has a bimodal distribution. The Series A is now the fourth round of funding for a company — the first is usually friends and family, or an incubator (~$50K), then pre-seed (~$500K), then seed (~$2M), then Series A (~$6M-$15M). Series C/D is the new Mezzanine.

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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

The Series A is now the fourth round of funding for a company — the first is usually friends and family, or an incubator (~$50K), then pre-seed (~$500K), then seed (~$2M), then Series A (~$6M-$15M). If the Micro-VCs are looking for Series A-like metrics, what does a company do when it’s just getting started? Engineering Capital.