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How We are Investing Through The Covid Correction

View from Seed

But the courage and leadership I am witnessing each day is inspiring. Similarly, FOLD has always held seed investors back from doing second seed or late seed investments for fear that they are being suckered into something that others have already passed on. This is scary.

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

The Startup Magazine

The fundamental objective and aim of seed investment is to assist a company in launching its operations successfully. 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.

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Fundraising Debt And How To Avoid It

YoungUpstarts

Of course, a certain amount of initial capital without financial performance is absolutely necessary to get a business off the ground, especially in regulated industries. Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue.

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A Quality Benchmark for Accelerators: The Global Accelerator Network

Feld Thoughts

Provide some sort of seed capital to their founders. We also review their leadership and mentor pool to ensure value. Not every accelerator is/could be/would be a member in GAN, nor is it designed that way. To become a member, each accelerator must meet the following strict criteria: Operate a 3-6 month long program.

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Got "Founder Fit?" If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It

Up and Running

Everyone regardless of gender manages differently, and this is something that Boris and his team are not just open-minded about, but that they welcome: You cannot generalize about leadership whether male or female. One approach isnt superior to another. The founder drives the culture. You cant dissociate that.

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Argentina Entrepreneurship, Endeavor, and Global Lessons

Reid Hoffman

For example, while there are many advantages in being in Silicon Valley — the ability to raise seed capital followed by blitzcapital to fuel hypergrowth, its status as a destination for people and companies from around the world, the amazing network of talent needed to translate capital into market leadership — executives, technologists, and everything (..)

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. Another reason leadership of accelerators don’t stay more than a few years is – frankly – it’s very hard work / long hours / not immediate pay-back. We had a specific goal in mind.