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

The Startup Magazine

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. This could be a proportion of the company’s equity or investment; in other instances, it could be a portion of its later-stage profits.

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Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Securing Capital: Innovative Financing Options for Today’s Startups

ReadWriteStart

Generally, it also allows potential consumers to get a share of the business — whether through equity or an actual tangible item or product itself — to bolster confidence in the brand. Instead, they usually ask for a stake in your business, either through equity or convertible debt. Incubators and Accelerators.

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Mentorship over Money (and Office Space)

The Startup Lawyer

With the success of Y Combinator and TechStars , several incubators (sometimes referred to as “accelerators&# ) have popped up everywhere. a) That’s $20,000 per startup for a 15%-20% equity stake. Pretty expensive seed capital. Some have done quite well. And more than likely all 3 places.

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

Steve Blank

The first wave of startups began when R&D centers and universities began to provide the technology and seed capital for new startups that were spin-outs or spin-offs. Inside the zones were Torch Technology Business Incubators with startups licensed by the local governments. Investing in China Today.

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Five Questions Every Start-Up Should Ask About Accelerators

Austin Startup

I put that in quotations, because, as I’ll expound, there is a start-up industrial complex that is designed to fleece novice founders from their seed capital with predatory fees, terms, etc. Also, I’m going to start just writing accelerator, because writing accelerator/incubator over and over just reads poorly.

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

Steve Blank

The first wave of startups began when R&D centers and universities began to provide the technology and seed capital for new startups that were spin-outs or spin-offs. Inside the zones were Torch Technology Business Incubators with startups licensed by the local governments. Investing in China Today.

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How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k

www.thestartup.eu

Posted by Stefano Bernardi On June - 21 - 2010 It’s a known fact that seed capital is very scarce in Italy. Sweat Equity: Juliette and Marco put in a bit of work during weekends as project managers, designers, developers, sysadmins, etc. TheStartup.eu Meet Tipsandtrip. CEO Marco Magnocavallo. MyGengo.com and Tolingo.de.