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Seed and Later Investments for Startups are Booming

Startup Professionals Musings

The number of startups getting seed funding in 2012 jumped by 65% over the previous year to a total of 1749, according to a recent report by CB Insights. Seed investments” are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 Seeded companies will take longer to raise a next round. This is nothing new.

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

pandodaily.com

” Mike Maples of Floodgate Fund may have the most Darwinian take on it all — always a surprise delivered in his warm, folksy Andy Griffith-like Texas accent. “That’s independent of how much money VCs have or how many companies funded. Entrepreneurs are survivors by nature. Open Sesame! (A A little too late).