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Seed Stage Startups Are Now Graded on a Curve

View from Seed

Over the past five years, we’ve witnessed an Atomization of the Seed Stage. Early fundraising is no longer a one-and-done fundraise of a single round of Seed capital subsequently followed by a Series A 12–18 months later. How much total capital has been put into the company since founding. 100K in MRR was cited).

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

But mainly we did it because these corporate VCs were among the only groups willing to invest at PayPal’s somewhat inflated post-money valuation, during the middle of the dot-com crash when traditional VCs pulled back sharply and other sources of funding were constrained.” I’ve Been in Venture Capital for Two Months.

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Mentorship over Money (and Office Space)

The Startup Lawyer

Pretty expensive seed capital. Good luck trying to convince even the most nascent of startups to take your investment at around a $100k post-money valuation. One of the 2 partners plans to provide personal mentorship. Tags: Startup Issues dallas incubator mobile applications seed capital.

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