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Announcing K9 Ventures, L.P. – a seed stage fund

K9 Ventures

– a seed-stage fund. is a $6.25M fund that is designed to do concept and seed-stage investments in technology companies. Either protectable IP or at least hard IP. Direct Revenue : The company must have a direct revenue model. I’m pleased to announce the formation of K9 Ventures, L.P.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Eligible for favorable treatment under Qualified Small Business Stock exemption, if structured as equity. Typical business stage.

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Introducing NextView III and Our Focus on the Everyday Economy

View from Seed

Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. The physical office hasn’t been rendered obsolete by any means, but IP video conferencing has fundamentally changed how and with whom many people work on a daily basis.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

IP Location Tools. Seed Stage Valuation Guide. NESTA : They invest in early-stage companies, inform and shape policy, and deliver practical programs that inspire others to solve the big challenges of the future. The British Library is a one-stop-shop for business start-up information. business planning.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Microsofts originalplan was to make money selling programming languages, of all things.Their current business model didnt occur to them until IBM droppedit in their lap five years later. Usually you get seed money from individual rich people called"angels." Theyre not something you couldhand to someone else to execute.

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Out of the Crisis #14: Robert Rhinehart on the Corona Initiative, accelerating basic research, and finding a cure faster

Startup Lessons Learned

You're selling a consumable product, which is a great business model. Any venture capitalist will tell you, "That's why we take a wide spectrum of that at the seed stage." How would you make the case to a scientist to say, "This is not an invasion of the scientific domain by bogus business concept."

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Piercing the Corporate Veil of Sweat Equity

grasshopperherder.com

If there is traction, ok…there are some benchmarks and you can look at seed stage funding rounds. While it’s flattering that someone might think I’m capable of immediately grasping all the complexities of the business instantly, it’s a bit unrealistic. You don’t have a defensible business model.