View from Seed

JUNE 7, 2016

At NextView, one founder we invested in last year proactively asked us, as her lone institutional investor, to start doing this. For professional development as well as exposure for your management team, founders often bring in VPs (or SVPs, or other C-levels, etc.) PowerPoint | Keynote | PDF | SlideShare.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Founder Seed Capital Institutional Investors 120

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Make your public profile as sexy, comprehensive and enticing as possible, adding a short, well done, elevator pitch video (think “the kind of video you see on great Kickstarter campaigns”) and listing your full management team. This will almost always be the best approach to an investor.

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

With this funding, the company often perfects its business plan and starts building its management team in order to position itself for its next round of funding. With seed funding, you hope to grow your business and, at the very least, gain proof of concept.

Equity 88

Equity Mezzanine Later Stage Venture Capital 88

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

This risk is alive and well and makes dedicated seed funds a compelling option for founders. This continues to be true, but as seed funds have increased in size and become more institutional, these managers are realizing that it’s hard to make a living hitting singles and doubles and moving their funds.

Seed Stage 55

Seed Stage Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Early Stage 55