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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

pexels You need to have enough resources by having a seed-stage investor who will financially support your company in the long run. I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. How does the funding for the seed stage work?

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How the pre-seed round made a comeback in 2024

VC Cafe

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? While the answers are somewhat semantic, the pre-seed funding round is making a comeback in 2024 startup financing.

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

” Below are our favorite pieces from the past few years, divided in to a few key categories: fundraising, company building, product development, industry trends, and the life of a VC. Seed stage startups are now graded on a curve.” So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.”

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). All the investors whom I pitched who believed that email was dead didn’t invest. At the pre-seed stage, there is no way to prove that your thesis is right or wrong. And that’s ok.

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How I invest as a pre-seed investor?

Hippoland

Etc… At the pre-seed stage, a big way to stand out is if you have a V3 statement (as opposed to a V1 statement). All the investors whom I pitched who believed that email was dead didn’t invest. At the pre-seed stage, there is no way to prove that your thesis is right or wrong. And that’s ok.

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Advice for CTO Founders: Don't Let Business Kill the Business

www.informationarbitrage.com

And from my perspective as an engaged seed stage venture investor, this makes them unfundable. Selecting value-added angel investors and advisors can also help with the camaraderie issue, as they can provide advice and counsel during the solitary period of hard-core coding and product development.

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Why Launching a Startup Is More Expensive Than You Think

mashable.com

For example, my company decided early on to hire a UI designer, which has helped tremendously with our product development. Then we allocated the saved money into hiring the highest quality developers available — especially those who have experience working with a distributed team. Getting funded is hardly the end-all.

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