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

The Startup Magazine

I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. What exactly is the seed funding? The initial official fundraising round is called seed funding, and it comes immediately after the pre-seed investment stage.

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Seed Stage Startups Are Now Graded on a Curve

View from Seed

Over the past five years, we’ve witnessed an Atomization of the Seed Stage. Early fundraising is no longer a one-and-done fundraise of a single round of Seed capital subsequently followed by a Series A 12–18 months later. A seed extension has ceased to be the equivalent of scarlet letter, and instead has become commonplace.

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How Much Seed Capital Should You Actually Raise?

View from Seed

In a world of pre-seeds , seeds, seed extensions, super-seeds , and more, figuring out the right amount to raise for a startup’s seed round can seem like a moving target. Conventional VC wisdom says entrepreneurs should raise 18 months of runway. The post How Much Seed Capital Should You Actually Raise?

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Building a High-Tech Startup Team

Business Plan Blog

Rather, give titles such as VP of Engineering, Product/Technology, Sales, Marketing, Finance, etc. Below are some tips for aligning the startup team with the capitalization strategy. With little to no revenue, many early stage entrepreneurs turn to the Co-Founder model to build credibility for their startup when raising seed capital.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

As a VC, I’m interested in working with companies with large-scale revenue potential, and that’s the company we envision. I am only interested in talking with people who want to work full-time on this, once we have raised capital (or ideally before). This work is unpaid, as with any other startup at the pre-seed stage.

America 60
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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

As a VC, I’m interested in working with companies with large-scale revenue potential, and that’s the company we envision. I am only interested in talking with people who want to work full-time on this, once we have raised capital (or ideally before). The company has a long-term vision far beyond politics. This work is unpaid.

America 60
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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

Third, venture capital has now become Founder-friendly. A 20 th century VC was likely to have an MBA or finance background. A unicorn is a startup with a market capitalization north of a billion dollars. What this means is that the emergence of incubators and super angels have dramatically expanded the sources of seed capital.

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