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DECEMBER 27, 2011
They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 They raised $5 million in venture capital to fund growth. They used the money to hire a bigger tech team so they could roll out their second product line. The company would have had to raise at least $35 million in venture capital to have funded operations like this.
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MARCH 25, 2016
Most of this advice boils down to an argument in favor of basic planning before starting a company or raising money. In many ways the fact that it has become so cheap to start a company and relatively cheap to raise angel/seed money that we as an industry have gotten lazy on basic planning. Incumbent Strengths & Weaknesses.
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JUNE 17, 2017
Venture capital isn’t right for many business but if you do want to raise from a VC at some point you need to understand that often investors care more about growth than profits. They both raised angel / seed money of $1.5 They raised $5 million in venture capital to fund growth. What did they actually do?
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MAY 13, 2013
Almost certainly the startup would have raised some capital. Let’s assume $2 million in seed money. If the money comes from professional investors it usually has a “liquidation preference” meaning that their money comes out before the founders or common stock. Get some famous angel or seed money.
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APRIL 3, 2010
This is part of my ongoing series on Understanding Venture Capital. I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry. I like the way he thinks.
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JUNE 28, 2010
This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. So how is Mike able to do this at a time where others have warned against taking seed money from VC funds?
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NOVEMBER 18, 2012
Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. He shut down his company gracefully and even thought it must have felt like a crap sandwich doing so I’ll bet his reputation is still solid with his backers.
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