After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out  that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Series Seed Financing Documents (by Fenwick & West). Series Seed. MORE >>

It was a seed round. We just signed the standard documents which were tweaked to reflect the round size, share price, and board provision in the term sheet. Well our firm and many other firms who invest at the seed stage have taken that criticism to heart. We closed an investment recently. MORE >>

This post explains how to raise a seed round with no lead, no fixed amount, and a fluid closing date. Mass syndication is a single continuous seed round and I think it’s the state of the art in continuous fundraising. What you want in your term sheet. What you don’t want in your term sheet. MORE >>

Valuation is an important aspect of VC deal terms, and a major determinant of your ultimate outcome.  It hardly deserves any attention at all in the early stages.  have to admit, the light bulb didn’t go off for me until I was negotiating term sheets.  The other terms (besides valuation) matter too!  MORE >>

There’s been a lot of debate recently in the market about what kind of investment structure is best for angel and seed arounds. Don’t think for a second that what happens in YCombinator is indicative of the whole seed funding market. Mark Suster , Seth Levine , Fred Wilson , and Chris Dixon have all weighed in and there’s more on RWW. MORE >>