View from Seed
NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Once a startup has raised seed capital, plenty of theories and advice exist on how to successfully raise a Series A. Recently, we looked at our own portfolio at NextView Ventures to dig a little deeper on how startups actually raise that next round of financing. in our portfolio. The mean Series A size was $5.2M.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
One of our portfolio investments, a B2B SaaS company, was a pre-product startup at the time of the seed round. So these startups should look to raise seed capital either before launch or once they can show early revenue for proof points. Seed rounds aren’t about momentum in the way Series A and B rounds are.
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Genuine VC
MARCH 24, 2014
The five conditions for a Series A financing which he enumerated are: a core team ready to scale, demonstrable market size, repeatable cost effective customer acquisition, metric momentum, and plausible monetization. But unfortunately these are neither necessary nor sufficient for raising that round, and are instead merely guideposts.
K9 Ventures
JUNE 5, 2015
Another thing I noticed was that I was now referring companies that I had invested in at a “pre-seed” (capitalization intentional) stage over to folks who would previously be considered my peer venture funds doing Seed-stage investments. Pre-Seed is the New Seed. If it doesn’t have the product fully baked yet?
Hippoland
DECEMBER 15, 2015
In late 2008, I was about to turn in my 2 week resignation at Google to start a company when Sequoia sent out a presentation to their portfolio companies. From my purview at 500 Startups in talking with many seed investors – both angels and VCs – this is what I predict will happen in 2016.
Hunter Walker
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
So I recently re-shared a 2019 blog post where I’d basically advised founders who’ve raised seed capital to worry less about “how will I raise the next round” and more about “how will I execute my plan?” Has any pre-Series A company succeeded on every metric month after month? Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs.
Growthink Blog
MAY 23, 2011
With this seed capital – more often than not totaling between $100,000 and $1,000,000 - the company accomplishes a number of key technical milestones, gets a beta customer or two, and then goes on a "road show" to venture capitalists around the country for capital to “scale” the business. Venture capitalists Cut Tough Deals.
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