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Diverse Lead Firms

Austin Startup

645 Ventures 645 Ventures makes deeply-researched investments in institutional Seed to Series A rounds for exceptional companies who demonstrate stellar early results in the areas of market validation, product differentiation, team strength, and brand narrative. These sectors generally leverage the Internet or software in a fundamental way.

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Does the Size of a VC Fund Matter?

Both Sides of the Table

A fund size of $100 million – $200 million is likely to either be an A round investor or “stage agnostic&#. A round investor implies they are the “first institutional money in the deal.&# GRP Partners is stage agnostic. But you can do some focused Internet-based research before approaching the firms.

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The Next Bubble – Don’t Get Fooled Again

Steve Blank

The awareness phase is where other later-stage investors start to notice the momentum, bringing additional money in and pushing prices higher. Meanwhile, the bubble for “seed stage&# startups began when Ron Conway’s Silicon Valley Angels and DST guaranteed every startup out of a YCombinator $150,000.

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A primer on convertible notes, convertible securities, and equity

Hippoland

Here’s a quick primer on how investments tend to work in startup companies at the seed stage. And as you raise money at later stages, you will most likely be raising equity rounds. There are a lot of convertible note templates on the internet.) More later on the details and nuances of some of this.

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Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011

VC Cafe

The Internet sector dominated for the first time in the past decade and saw a large increase of investment, attracting $482 million or 23% of total capital raised by high-tech companies (115 total investments), compared to $222 million or 18% raised in 2010, and $147 million or 13% raised in 2009. Mid and later stage companies attracted $1.48

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First Half of 2011 Showed Boost in Later Stage VC Deals in Israel

VC Cafe

Mid stage companies accounted for the highest rate of investments in Q2 2011, attracting 44% of all capital invested and later stage followed, with 27%. Seed stage investments are down almost by half, accounting for 3% of investments in the first half of 2011, compared to 5% last year.

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Israeli Startups Raised $2.14 Billion in 2011

VC Cafe

The Internet sector dominated for the first time in the past decade and saw a large increase of investment, attracting $482 million or 23% of total capital raised by high-tech companies (115 total investments), compared to $222 million or 18% raised in 2010, and $147 million or 13% raised in 2009. Mid and later stage companies attracted $1.48