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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

Genuine VC

Seed capital is more readily available, including of course through NextView Ventures. era to a mobile-first one, and soon beyond even that. Accelerators, incubators, and co-working spaces have proliferated in Cambridge and Boston. Plus, tech has moved on from the Web 2.0

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

Both Sides of the Table

The seeds planted by those who came in the 90′s have begun to blossom 15 years later literally into seed capital, blossoming new entrepreneurs and an ecosystem of experienced operators that powered LA 1.0 Many of the early winners sold for north of a half a billion dollars. Success begets success. and are guiding LA 2.0.

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Mentorship over Money (and Office Space)

The Startup Lawyer

But this morning I read a Dallas Business Journal article that I found amusing: A new accelerator is planning to invest $200,000 and provide up to 45,000 square feet of office space to about 10 mobile app startups in exchange for 15-20% equity in each startup. (a) Pretty expensive seed capital. And more than likely all 3 places.

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The Summer Solstice And Seed Stage Squeeze

Haystack

.” 2/ Lateral Competition – The number of “seed” funds has also grown during this boon. More and more seed capital has flooded into the market, making the situation for funding seed rounds ~$2M-ish total size more competitive. Samir Kaji from First Republic has been writing on this for years.

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The Company Milestones Angel Investors Care About

Business Plan Blog

The most important principle of startup fundraising that every entrepreneur needs to know is: raise enough capital to achieve a set of milestones that will allow the company to attract the next round of investment. Founding Team, Key Hires, Advisory Board. Market Validation.

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How To Allocate Friends & Family Startup Capital

Business Plan Blog

For example, if you are a tech expert launching a mobile app, you will want a team member, service provider, or advisor fulfilling the following roles CEO, CFO, sales, and marketing. While all of these milestones are vital to the success of raising seed capital, market validation is towards the top of the list.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

CEO/President is Karl Siebrecht (ex-Pres of Atlas at AQuantive and ex-GM of ad platform product management, search and display marketing, and mobile and gaming advertising for Microsoft). 5.3mm – Investors: Madrona, Bain Capital, Khosla Ventures – Read more: TechCrunch. Primarily targets SMBs. Founded in 2006 by Aaron Finn.

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