This post explains how to raise a seed round with no lead, no fixed amount, and a fluid closing date. Mass syndication is a single continuous seed round and I think it’s the state of the art in continuous fundraising. Should you have a board seat for seed investors? Does a small seed round need protective provisions? MORE >>

Even though First Round is a small, seed stage fund and we don't have the kind of approach that forces more money on an entrepreneur than they need, the idea of calling something too small made me feel uncomfortably close to that mindset. This summer, in NYC alone, over 50 companies will be participating in various incubator programs. MORE >>

I’m realizing I’m spending a lot of time talking to venture friends about projects that they (a) can put a lot of capital into (that may not necessarily need it), (b) incubator/hatchery/Y-Combinator type programs, (c) new seed-stage funds, etc. think I’m spending too much time with venture guys. MORE >>

Seedcamp emerged out of conversations between a bunch of UK-based entrepreneurs trying to lever the talented resources around them into a formal project that could actually help seed stage entrepreneurs across the UK, Europe and sometimes beyond get their projects off the ground. Sustainably incubating. payitforward.  .  . MORE >>

It wasnt because they werent accredited investors that I didntask my parents for seed money, though. Sometimes angels deal terms are as fearsome as VCs.Other angels, particularly in the earliest stages, will invest basedon a two-page agreement. What is an incubator? Thats where the name"incubator" comes from. Better how? MORE >>