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Seed rounds are dead

Hippoland

I put “equity” in quotes because I include convertible notes and convertible securities in this category.) But, the vast majority of startups these days will not be able to raise money from large seed funds who lead. (And This leads me to point #3. And that’s ok!) E.g. $200k on $3m.

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Seed rounds are dead

Hippoland

I put “equity” in quotes because I include convertible notes and convertible securities in this category.) But, the vast majority of startups these days will not be able to raise money from large seed funds who lead. (And This leads me to point #3. And that’s ok!) E.g. $200k on $3m.

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The state of Q2 2018 pre-seed/seed-stage fundraising: Part 1 - crypto version

Hippoland

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. Basically, early customers buy into a new startup’s token at a special price, and those customers benefit from that price if the company does well. Startups are doing much smaller token sales (and I’m glad)!

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The state of Q2 2018 pre-seed/seed-stage fundraising: Part 1 - crypto version

Hippoland

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. Basically, early customers buy into a new startup’s token at a special price, and those customers benefit from that price if the company does well. Startups are doing much smaller token sales (and I’m glad)!