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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. What exactly is the seed funding? The initial official fundraising round is called seed funding, and it comes immediately after the pre-seed investment stage.

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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

Every announcement – whether it was a funding round, exit or layoffs – was analyzed within the context that the tech bubble has definitely burst or that we’re still in the bubble. At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. So, what really happened in 2016?

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. ” The Cost of Financing.

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How to find funding for your hardware startup while we’re waiting for the hardware revolution

Version One Ventures

Despite the recent media buzz surrounding the hardware revolution and emerging maker space, the overwhelming majority of hardware startups have a hard time attracting financing today. Hardware requires time, money, and inventory. Here’s the advice I give these teams who are navigating the tough world of hardware financing.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. You are building awareness around your product and, presumably, persuading others of its value. You’ll discover flaws and hopefully correct them.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

“The tech industry creates roughly 10 awesome companies per year,” he says. “That’s independent of how much money VCs have or how many companies funded. “I wouldn’t expect anyone except seed investors to complain about it,” Graham says. ” Put another way: Maples is right.