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Seed and Later Investments for Startups are Booming

Startup Professionals Musings

The explosion in seed funding, without a corresponding explosion in investors willing to lead the next round (Series A), may mean that you can’t get a second round and will be “orphaned” or die. Seeded companies will take longer to raise a next round. As soon as you get seed money, it’s time to start working on the next round.

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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. Pandora begs Congress to lower Internet music licensing rates.