The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

George Deeb is the Managing Partner at Chicago-based Red Rocket Ventures , a startup consulting and financial advisory firm based in Chicago. So, let’s say that one founder puts in $100,000 in seed capital, that could be worth 20 percent of a seed stage company’s valuation.

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Scott Edward Walker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

If you’re an entrepreneur looking for seed capital, but don’t know any sophisticated angel investors, you need to hustle and build relationships in order to get “warm” introductions. This approach will keep the financing relatively simple and inexpensive and will defer the company’s valuation (i.e.,

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Partner Time. One of the pitches of seed investors is that they have a) the relevant experience needed to really help companies and b) are incentivized to spend more time helping founders than the very large funds. But I’m noticing this value being diluted somewhat for a few reasons. In many cases, this is still true.

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