View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

*This post is part of our “pitch deck” series where we dissect the seed stage pitch deck and discuss the ideal flow for a pitch. Now it’s time to set the stage with the early traction you have. Seed stage VCs are realistic about how much traction a very raw company might have.

Seed Stage 149

Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 149

View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

I don’t mean growth hacking for user acquisition, although that’s certainly part of this. – Flowchart: Seed VC Decision Tree (how one seed investor gets to yes or no). – Checklist: Critical to-do’s immediately after raising seed capital. A look at actual startups’ funnels).

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Seed Capital Syndicate Syndication 120

Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Additionally, funds such as Foundry Group and Google Ventures have taken their own approaches – the former creating a separate early stage entity , the latter encouraging their seed stage partners to create standalone personal syndicates. 2) The Bundled Expertise Syndicate. 3) The Alternate Liquidity Syndicate.

Syndicate 99

Syndicate Syndication South America Seed Stage 99

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Holocognics would break it down even further and discuss why, for instance, SEO works in one industry and not another – both in the sense of why a certain business has a higher chance of succeeding in showing up higher in a search, but also why SEO in a certain business has a higher “acquisition” rate (to use the Startup Metrics term).

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Southern California Startup SEO 150

VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. Essentially, investors are receiving equal shares of 10 Israeli seed stage start-ups for relatively small capital. Do you see a crash coming?

Technical Review 106

Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage 106

View from Seed

APRIL 23, 2015

Additionally, if you’re talking to VCs, it’s implied that you’re thinking big and thinking about a large acquisition or IPO, as well as generating hundreds of millions in revenue. Note that many were included in our pitch deck templates for raising seed capital. You can find those here. ). Accidental VC'

Founder 120

Founder Distribution Viral Seed Stage 120