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Can Pre-Seed Capital Hurt an Entrepreneur’s Chances to Raise Seed from VCs?

View from Seed

In the last year or so, the debate over the definitions of seed versus pre-seed capital (sometimes called genesis rounds) has exploded. Much digital ink has been spilled about what dollar amount constitutes a pre-seed and how that might affect a startup’s ability to go raise a “normal” seed round from institutional investors.

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The 5 Key Stages of Equity Funding

Growthink Blog

Put everything else on your "wish list" to buy with revenues from sales or additional financing. Many entrepreneurs end up taking their company in a different direction after some time spent testing your initial business model. With seed funding, you hope to grow your business and, at the very least, gain proof of concept.

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