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Should a Startup Spend VC Funding on a Domain Name?

David Teten

However, they remain key to your email identity, and fundamental to your marketing and even capital-raising. The ff Venture Capital portfolio is evidence of how much we believe this, e.g., our companies Alerts.com , Gobbler.com , Identified.com , Patents.com , Phone.com , and Plated.com. I previously published this in Forbes.

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How the pre-seed round made a comeback in 2024

VC Cafe

While the answers are somewhat semantic, the pre-seed funding round is making a comeback in 2024 startup financing. What’s the difference between an angel round and pre-seed round and why do I believe we’ll see more pre-seed rounds taking place in 2024?

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