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Fundraising Debt And How To Avoid It

YoungUpstarts

Of course, a certain amount of initial capital without financial performance is absolutely necessary to get a business off the ground, especially in regulated industries. Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue.

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

The Startup Magazine

The fundamental objective and aim of seed investment is to assist a company in launching its operations successfully. Seed capital is a component of the initial investments made in young businesses. Some return value must be offered to the investors for startup seed funding to be considered acceptable.

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The Care And Feeding Of A Startup

YoungUpstarts

Myth #2: All startups are technology companies. Facts: Many popular startup companies are tech companies because they can create highly specific products quickly and distribute it to a large audience fast, but a startup does not necessarily have to be a technology company. Facts: Only a few new companies are startups.

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SXSW Startups: CargoX

Austin Startup

CargoX has developed a decentralized platform based on the Ethereum network, and their Blockchain Document Transaction System (BDTS) technology, and it has a pipeline of future products for the supply chain industry?—?among and we are already building a strong network of partners and customers. What are your goals for CargoX in 2019?

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Raising venture capital in down market?

VC Cafe

In addition, they must have a solid plan for how they will use the capital that they raise. In general, raising seed capital in a down market requires creative thinking and perseverance. Be selective – When raising capital, don’t overreach and try to get too many investors on board at once.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters.

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Singapore’s ClearBridge BioMedics Raises $9 Million Series B

YoungUpstarts

Other investors in this financing round include SPRING Seeds Capital , Clearbridge BSA and Lu Yoh Chie of Biosensors International , and existing shareholder BioVeda. The filtered cancer cells remains alive, and can be used for further medical research as well as refining customized cancer treatment for patients.

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