ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 6, 2019

million in seed capital led by Lavrock Ventures with participation from Scout Ventures and Advantage Ventures. Disclaimer: Trueface and parent company, Chui are an alumnus the ReadWrite Labs accelerator program. The company has now raised $3.7 Kyle Ellicott is also an advisor to the company. The post Trueface raises $3.7M

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 15, 2013

When David Cohen and I came up with the idea for the Global Accelerator Network (GAN) in 2010, we counted roughly 100 accelerator programs around the US that were founded following the Techstars model. From that initial outreach, 16 high quality accelerator programs joined us to launch the network.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2015

For its initial foray into the Southeast Asia technology space, the startup accelerator will kick off a search for ten technology startups across Southeast Asia to participate its inaugural six-month accelerator program which begins in August 2015. trillion,” says Annie Parker, co-founder at muru - D. muru - d.com/apply/global.

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The Startup Lawyer

MARCH 8, 2010

Location: Come from anywhere, willing to locate to Dallas for the program. Capital: Needing seed capital to support living expenses while bootstrapping, can make efficient use of limited capital, would generally be planning on self/angel/customer financing as a next step coming out of the program.

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The Startup Lawyer

MARCH 8, 2010

Location: Come from anywhere, willing to locate to Dallas for the program. Capital: Needing seed capital to support living expenses while bootstrapping, can make efficient use of limited capital, would generally be planning on self/angel/customer financing as a next step coming out of the program.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital. This helped the startups qualify for funding from banks and venture capital firms.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

While VCs are the toughest nut to crack, there are many other (often better) sources of seed capital that may be available to you. Gust is used by over 1,000 angel investment groups, accelerators, business plan competitions and support programs to manage their applications. If they’re legitimate, they will.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 11, 2021

Which leads us to the fundamental difference between, say, a small self-funded online therapy practice and one that has taken millions of dollars in seed capital: the latter can acquire a larger number of patients much faster using investment dollars for both customer acquisition and to subsidize the economics of serving those clients.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 3, 2012

No Bootstrapping Plan : Many startups that come out of an accelerator program (such as YCombinator, Dreamit, or TechStars) simply do not get funding. It can be very tempting to take in a little bit of seed capital, and start to operate as if you’re a big company.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

” Not only is this true due to more widespread access to resources like the internet, MBA and business programs, mentors, and various networks; its also easier to find investors for a variety of projects, and easier to source talent from around the globe.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters. This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital. This helped the startups qualify for funding from banks and venture capital firms.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

And, as one entrepreneur put it to me, "we understood that a big part of our responsibility in the program was to make sure the mentors have a good experience, by taking their advice to heart and giving them a feeling of being part of our evolution as a company." Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 28, 2019

Mitch Marchand, founder of Vybe Software, working at Sputnik ATX accelerator in Austin, TX First off, and full disclosure, I operate an accelerator program (Sputnik ATX) and have strong opinions on this subject as a participant in the “helping startups” market. It is OK to recognize that a program isn’t going to accelerate you as advertised.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 21, 2014

As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 25, 2016

He helped launch six seed capital funds, three college accelerator programs, the StartFast Venture Accelerator. In 2010 Martin started a non-profit called Upstate Venture Connect with a mission is to connect first time entrepreneurs in new industries with the resources who can help them across the entire Upstate NY region.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2012

Venture capital for online schooling is so important because success usually hinges on the ability to make high-quality educational resources widely available for little money. One such service is Coursera, an online educational program developed by two computer science professors from Stanford University.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The Women in Tech Summit, produced by Capital Factory in partnership with DivInc and Women@Austin , included programming that ranged from an empowering Google workshop, to a pitch competition for the chance to win a $100,000 Investment. more than 500 women and male allies came together to celebrate, elevate and inspire one another.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

At their heart, seed accelerators are defined length programs (usually 3 months) where early stage startups are provided seed capital, mentorship, co-working space (though not always) and other services in the hope of removing the barriers to startup success… or failure. What is an accelerator? So back to TechStars.

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The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 20, 2010

The first program begins April 5, 2010. The selected startups will get up to $25,000 in seed funding, intensive top-notch mentorship, and the opportunity to pitch to angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate dev teams at their biannual “Demo Day”. Location: Come from anywhere, willing to locate to Dallas for the program.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. Switching from venture capital to startup founder required a different mindset, Ajay said: All day in a VC firm, you’re saying ‘no’.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. Switching from venture capital to startup founder required a different mindset, Ajay said: All day in a VC firm, you’re saying ‘no’.

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Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

My guests on Bay Area Ventures on Wharton Business Radio on Sirius XM Channel 111 were: Errol Arkilic , former program director for the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps), now founder of M34 Capital. Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. There were a lot of requests for us to turn our mentorship program into a physical accelerator with a fund, office space and full-time staff. My good friend Adam Lilling and I started Launchpad more than 5 years ago .

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David Cohen

JUNE 16, 2015

Today we announced that Techstars has acquired UP Global, which includes Startup Weekend and many other fantastic events and programs. Techstars was helping the ones that were building businesses by growing their networks, providing intense mentorship, attracting seed capital, and scaling up through additional funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The price points are not as high as your beautiful Excel spreadsheet had forecasted when you raised your seed capital. It’s a sexy title when you can’t design products, program computers or sell! They work on joint spiff programs with the channel partner. yes, I'm joking. They are your lifeblood.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 8, 2012

They set up the fund, invested in group of startups, created the accelerator, hosted a pitch competition called “Distilled Intelligence” which handed out $25K to winners, and selected a dozen more startups for The Fort’s first program. People are trying to build something here.”. But things have been changing. area startups off the ground.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Survival or Establishment Stage: Once initial seed capital is drying up and no profit has yet been earned, the challenge for a social enterprise will be to expand the customer base and increase the market penetration while preserving capital.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 8, 2019

During the ensuing two-and-a-half months we’ve spoken with more than 100 founders and investors, worked on terms, and settled on the structure of the program. ” That is, a group of 10-20 companies going through the program together. From the beginning, we knew we wanted to fund in “batches.”

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 12, 2011

QuickBooks and other accounting software programs will do this for your finances, but you should also implement tools for tracking other key metrics (e.g. While they’ve been hard at work on their product, they’ve also incorporated the company, now named SayAhh (thanks Mac!) as a C-Corp in Delaware.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 8, 2011

Stanford is a leading campus when it comes to entrepreneurship and a new seed fund deepens the web of entrepreneurship on campus. Early stage investment firm North Bridge Venture Partners has joined with the Asia-Pacific Entrepreneurship Society (ASES) and announced a $75,000 seed capital competition.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Stage #2: Seed Funding Seed funding (also called seed capital) typically ranges from $100,000 to $500,000 and is often provided by angel investors, and is usually structured as convertible notes or common stock. With seed funding, you hope to grow your business and, at the very least, gain proof of concept.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Via these early positions of primacy and via his wealthy Brazilian family’s money being Facebook’s first $20,000 of seed capital, Saverin today is worth more than $1.3 But they did go to Harvard and they were in tune enough to glob on to the programming genius that was Mark Zuckerberg. And oh yes, he is still only 28 years old.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 10, 2010

The proposed legislation is backed by more than 160 venture capitalists and seed capital investors, including Khosla Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures. Brad Feld , managing director at Foundry Group, an early-stage venture capital firm in Boulder, estimates that the program could create up to 5,000 new companies a year.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 23, 2010

The company was founded with seed capital from Austin Ventures. The amount of capital committed is described as “in the low millions,&# and the only reason it is that substantial is because the company acquired some intellectual property from other companies (including FiveRuns) to help accelerate the development of the product.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

You may also want to consider Crowdfunding at Seedups which is an innovative online matching service that allows entrepreneurs to raise up to £250,000 in seed capital from Business Angels. Seedups Hi Jeremy.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I’m learning how to program. Has anyone found a referral program system that works great to generate new customers? If you want to build an APP, but have no programming skills, where is the best place to start? We are raising seed capital, but would like to have a US tech investor. Product, product, product!

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

So, I was really interested in programming, design development, but I didn't realize the kind of business aspect for a very, very long time. We had to raise some seed capital. EB : Honestly, I wasn't even aware of Silicon Valley or this whole concept of startups and tech companies until 2005.

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