Matching Seed Capital Valuation Venture Capital 
K9 Ventures
JUNE 5, 2015
Low supply of companies with traction drove the valuations and deal sizes up. The risk here is what I refer to as the curse of over-capitalization. Seed stage was super tough. In that presentation, I said that Seed is not the first round of financing any more and that K9’s investments were mostly “pre-seed”.
Gust
SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
This means that by far the most effective way to reach a VC is to be introduced by someone who knows both of you and thinks it would be a good match. While VCs are the toughest nut to crack, there are many other (often better) sources of seed capital that may be available to you. One of the primary ones is the referral source.
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