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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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Instead of sticking a fork in the venture market, realize. there is no fork

This is going to be BIG.

We're not in a nuclear winter--and if anyone tells you that they're having trouble raising money, it's probably due to the following: Their business isn't killing it, so they haven't gotten to that "next level" you need to get to move up to Series A funding.

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Am I a Founder? The Adventure of a Lifetime. « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Yet for every founder there are 10-20 other employees who take the near-equivalent risks in joining an early-stage company. If you’re not a founder (by choice, timing or temperament,) you may be an early employee or a later stage startup employee. Will there be a lecture on getting seed money in a post crisis world?

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Series Seed or Convertible Note? Which one is more founder friendly? Which one do investors prefer?

Gust

Assuming the company is able to make effective use of the seed money to greatly increase the value of the enterprise, all of that value therefore accrues to the founder, rather than the investor. That is a swing of 15x from the investor’s point of view!

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds? Simple: according to Mike Polaris has followed on nearly every seed investment that they’ve done. He says they are just as selective on seed investments as they are in later stage deals.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

Both Sides of the Table

Maybe I need to do slightly later stage.” Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. He told me, “I have $6,000 in my bank account. I want to do this again. But I have to be careful.

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Understanding the Risks of VC Signaling

Both Sides of the Table

Because it is a “series&# I plan to get into some of the deeper complexities of funds such as “cross over funds&# and “why VC’s hate to price their own deals&# at a later stage. The last post was a high-level primer.