Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

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? We will finish developing our blockchain-based Smart Letter of Credit and extend our CargoX platform for air freight logistics.

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Slovenia Technical Review Startup Seed Capital 62

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

This is because these days it’s a trendy word, conjuring up images of youthful exuberance, all-night coding parties, and developing revolutionary apps that transform into mind-boggling IPOs. The coolest thing you can say to anyone todat seem to be when you announce that you’re launching a startup.

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Cofounder Montana Startup Seed Capital 100

David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

By developing innovating technologies and taking a new approach, we believe that we can find alignment across various institutional and individual stakeholders with the means to leverage their networks and effectively push for progress. Once we’ve executed all the steps above, we go to VCs and raise seed capital of $1-2m.

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America Technical Review Advisory Board Due Diligence 60

David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

By developing innovative technologies and taking a new approach, we believe that we can find alignment across various institutional and individual stakeholders with the means to leverage their networks and effectively push for progress. This work is unpaid, as with any other startup at the pre-seed stage. We’re off to the races!

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America Technical Review Advisory Board Due Diligence 60

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Pre-launch customer development data is another way, sometimes in the form of user surveys for consumer companies or interviews with potential beta customers for B2B businesses. One of our portfolio investments, a B2B SaaS company, was a pre-product startup at the time of the seed round. B) Post-Product Companies.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 8, 2015

This notion of founder/market fit is incredibly important for pre-product companies who are out raising seed capital or pre-seed (aka genesis rounds) — both of which we invest in. But there’s also a great deal of importance placed on another, more common idea: Product/Market Fit. (If

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

If you get into the best deals it has never been a better time to be a VC or LP, and the best have developed strategies to capture more value Given that the best deals are pushing out their exit dates it means that many firms aren’t seeing as quick of liquidity as they might have 20 years ago. Follow the money.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

Before you even consider opening your business, you first need to sit down and develop a sound budget plan. Many failed entrepreneurs believed that as long as they had a large amount of seed capital, they could begin their startup and before long make it big. A Sound Budget and the Money to Go With It.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 10, 2014

But today, the development is back on track and, given Harvard’s centuries-long history, a five-year delay is barely noticeable anyway. And done well, local seed capital can be the catalyst for the new Harvard engineering campus in Allston. Buildings are important, because buildings are a preview of things to come.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The seeds planted by those who came in the 90′s have begun to blossom 15 years later literally into seed capital, blossoming new entrepreneurs and an ecosystem of experienced operators that powered LA 1.0 Many of the early winners sold for north of a half a billion dollars. Success begets success. and are guiding LA 2.0.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

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. This helped the startups qualify for funding from banks and venture capital firms.

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VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

Ditch the business plan and when assumptions are proven wrong, pivot Customer Development: Build a product your customers want (vs. Agile Development: launch an MVP early and iterate quickly. Capital resources alone don’t do the trick. Cash (alone) isn’t king.

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Lean Seed Capital Startup Burn Rate 214

Genuine VC

AUGUST 14, 2012

For entrepreneurs, seeking seed capital means meeting with numerous VC firms and sometimes dozens of angels… fun? Telling the same pitch over and over again… taking time away from more immediately impactful endeavors like recruiting and customer development… the endless follow-ups and inevitable radio silence… fun?

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 11, 2021

Venture capital is a great instrument for high growth companies, or those who are very early in their development but intend to pursue a high growth strategy. And for venture-backed startups this tends to be “get them customers.”.

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View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2018

We don’t seed companies that are developing drugs or medical devices that will require FDA approval. It’s a world that doesn’t fit our seed-focused model and fund strategy. I should make clear that we are not life science investors.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 24, 2014

The strategy here is to foster product development and marketing which creates overall (semi-)organic user momentum. Even if those customers are acquired unprofitably or the margins are thin/non-existent, this revenue figure begins to connect the dots about the potential for a real business developed over time.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2015

muru - D will be hosting a roadshow in six Southeast Asian cities, including Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Singapore, and selected startups will receive S$40,000 in seed capital, space in muru - D Singapore’s central business district office and as well as introductions to world-class mentors, coaches and investors.

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Once a startup has raised seed capital, plenty of theories and advice exist on how to successfully raise a Series A. Foster product development and marketing which creates organic (or somewhat organic) user traction. They are: 1. Build Audience Momentum.

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Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Startup 333

Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2013

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. This helped the startups qualify for funding from banks and venture capital firms.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2016

Most businesses – online or offline, need seed capital to get established and without access to these funds, launching a business can seem like an improbable dream. This way, you can focus your initial days of business in building the marketplace instead of developing an app that costs money. Find a cofounder.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 15, 2013

. “It became clear that although many of these low-income entrepreneurs have quality business ideas and a lot of motivation, they often lack the business knowledge and seed capital they to get the most out of their enterprises,” they add. Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

Before co-founding Biota Technology , he was an investor and entrepreneur-in-residence at Seed Capital , a investing in science-based innovation. Switching from venture capital to startup founder required a different mindset, Ajay said: All day in a VC firm, you’re saying ‘no’. Steven : Nope, hubris.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 28, 2016

Before co-founding Biota Technology , he was an investor and entrepreneur-in-residence at Seed Capital , a investing in science-based innovation. Switching from venture capital to startup founder required a different mindset, Ajay said: All day in a VC firm, you’re saying ‘no’. Steven : Nope, hubris.

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Entrepreneur Cofounder Seed Capital Texas 120

Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

Raising seed capital is a tricky business. Most are making major mistakes in their approach when seeking capital. I get approached often by tech startups looking for their first outside funding. They come in lots of different flavors and stages of fundability.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. And do your customer development. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Accept that many successful companies are going to want to be backed by big-name firms in other cities.

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The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Pretty expensive seed capital. Furthermore, the $20k is more like a living stipend than something the mobile startup deploys for development, etc. (b) Tags: Startup Issues dallas incubator mobile applications seed capital. (a) That’s $20,000 per startup for a 15%-20% equity stake.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2013

The most important principle of startup fundraising that every entrepreneur needs to know is: raise enough capital to achieve a set of milestones that will allow the company to attract the next round of investment. Product Development. Founding Team, Key Hires, Advisory Board. Market Validation.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Seed Capital Advisory Board 55

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

A company that can successfully raise money in an ICO may never need venture capital again. Most of those companies will still require seed capital to assemble their team and fund a year or two of initial development and experiments. SAFT agreements and perhaps even SAFTE agreements).

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Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

A company that can successfully raise money in an ICO may never need venture capital again. Most of those companies will still require seed capital to assemble their team and fund a year or two of initial development and experiments. SAFT agreements and perhaps even SAFTE agreements).

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Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

If your business is beyond the seed capital stage, there’s still good news for you. This increase in seed/startup stage and first sequence investing is promising, and this renewed interest in seed and startup financing is an encouraging development for our nation’s entrepreneurs,” he says.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2012

Venture capital and other forms of seed funding have been crucial for the development of the best online colleges. Many third-party educational organizations exist to maintain online schooling ventures, and these organizations typically receive most of their funding from venture capital firms.

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Venture Capital Michigan Seed Capital Programming 96

Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 6, 2019

And you’ll develop a better appreciation for why some of the bedrock, unthinking assumptions about the world that hold true in America simply don’t in most other places around the globe. My quintessential teacher here is Wences.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

US-based seed VCs rarely invest outside of the country (500 Startups is one exception) leaving a potential gap in the market for folks with international expertise. With seed capital requirements which fall somewhere between a bank small business loan and venture. 2) The Bundled Expertise Syndicate.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 12, 2011

Anytime the financial model indicates that SayAhh will run out of cash, determine how you will raise capital to ensure liquidity and be sure to properly account for the debt or equity transaction on the balance sheet and Cap Table. Tie each round of funding to a set of key milestones in the development of your product/business.

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Balance Sheet Forecast Cap Table Early Stage 136

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. You help them on stories, act as a source, develop real relationships, read their stories and eventually when you have news they’re more willing to have a conversation. It’s a continual process.

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PR Venture Capital Hiring Seed Capital 319

Campus Entrepreneurship

MARCH 8, 2011

Early stage investment firm North Bridge Venture Partners has joined with the Asia-Pacific Entrepreneurship Society (ASES) and announced a $75,000 seed capital competition. “In our 2010 seed competition, we saw some great ideas coming from university campuses, so this year we decided to concentrate our efforts there.

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Seed Capital Seed Stage Early Stage Asia 37

Business Plan Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

As this funding vehicle develops, experts anticipate that many of the best crowdfunding rounds of investment will be “led” by angel groups or seed stage funds. Download our free Raising Capital from Angel Investors eBook. This guide will walk you through the process of obtaining seed capital for your startup.

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Angel Groups Accredited Investor Angel Investor Due Diligence 51