View from Seed

OCTOBER 21, 2014

As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2012

When a company is at its earliest seed stage, the terms tend to be the least complex. Investors may provide money in stages or tranches, based on defined milestones, to decrease investment risk. However, there is no set pattern of terms an entrepreneur might be able to anticipate from either. Anti-dilution protection.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

When a company is at its earliest seed stage, the terms tend to be the least complex. Investors may provide money in stages or tranches, based on defined milestones, to decrease investment risk. However, there is no set pattern of terms an entrepreneur might be able to anticipate from an angel, either. Anti-dilution protection.

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Term Sheet Pre-Money Valuation Due Diligence Post-Money Valuation 227

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Today, NextView Ventures is excited to release a pillar project in our Growth Guides series: pitch deck templates for raising seed capital. For context, last year, based on questions from our existing portfolio, we launched two board deck templates for seed-stage startups. Usually, a more human interaction works better.

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Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2011

When a company is at its earliest seed stage, the terms tend to be the least complex. Investors may provide money in stages or tranches, based on defined milestones, to decrease investment risk. However, there is no set pattern of terms an entrepreneur might be able to anticipate from either. Anti-dilution protection.

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Term Sheet Pre-Money Valuation Due Diligence Post-Money Valuation 158

Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

How to finance a new seed-stage startup? ” Ressi in particular seems to be passionate about removing the “debt” component from convertible debt seed financing transactions. This is true, although interest is generally paid in stock upon conversion. Convertible debt? Convertible equity?

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I recently got together with Aaron Shechet and an early stage startup to discuss the direction the company might want to take. It was a great conversation and I thought it would be a good idea to do some visible networking with Aaron to get to know him better. We occasionally get involved with very early stage startups.

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