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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

Both Sides of the Table

*. If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. I was out to raise my first seed money in my second startup of $500,000. Some quick highlights include: The Role of a Seed Stage VC.

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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. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Short track record.

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Source, Select, Win ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

So are most disciplines within the investing world, but the fundamental framework and manner in which we compete in VC is pretty different. Even other forms of private investing (growth equity, buyouts, real estate, distressed, etc) have a pretty different competitive framework. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Author howerl.