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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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Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money

Startup Professionals Musings

In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors.

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Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money

Gust

In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would otherwise require outside investors.

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Should you raise on convertible notes or do an equity round?

Hippoland

A reader named Turner Dean recently asked me whether it’s better to raise seed money on convertible notes or straight-up equity. We hold this to be true in product development, and it should also hold true when raising your seed round. You just don’t have time or money to worry about making things clean now.

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Where to Get Feedback on Your Business Pitch

Up and Running

Drawing on advice from our own Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software and Josh Cochrane, our VP of Product Development, I’ve broken down a few of the different options for entrepreneurs looking for feedback on their pitch. They ended up with a nice pitch, and approximately $300K in seed money.”.

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Snaptrip case study – Solo founder hypothesis in action

The Equity Kicker

With no team and no technical expertise Matt was planning to find a team and build out some product before starting to raise some seed money. We help founders develop a deep understanding of the problem so that they don’t have to rely on gut alone. Our unique model allowed him to get started straight away.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) Both PBworks and Ustream (the two most prominent companies I’ve been directly involved with) had a ton of work to do after gaining initial traction. I can’t code, and that’s a major disadvantage.