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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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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5 Success begets success. and are guiding LA 2.0.

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Here’s How to Do PR on a Budget

Both Sides of the Table

Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. So while I highly recommend working with an external agency once you’ve raised venture capital I think you’ll waste a bunch of money and be less effective unless you first hire staff in-house.

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JOBS Act to Change Startup Funding Landscape

ReadWriteStart

It's the term proposed by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) in a proposal last October ( PDF available here ), and this week it will be codified into law. Crowdfunding is an efficient way for entrepreneurs to raise seed capital," the editors wrote. But it is also a good way for hucksters to fleece suckers.".

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Immigrants and the Startup Visa

thebarefootvc

The proposed legislation is backed by more than 160 venture capitalists and seed capital investors, including Khosla Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures.

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These 3 Strategies Helped Us Raise $500,000 In 3 Weeks

YFS Magazine

When it comes to funding, there are plenty of ways to find money, but one must always be willing to work for it.