ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Government programs. You should also research the government programs like subsidies, funding, and grants that are available for your business sector and ensure you understand the parameters to qualify for these. ? So, I would suggest that you bootstrap during the inception stage. ? Seed stage. Equity investors.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

*This post is part of our “pitch deck” series where we dissect the seed stage pitch deck and discuss the ideal flow for a pitch. is an education technology company that partners with top colleges & universities to bring their degree programs and credit-bearing courses online.”. What does your company actually do?

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 6, 2021

The program has been running in Colorado supporting pre-seed to post-seed stage startups at the intersection of conservation and technology since 2018. This program invests in the following areas: natural-based solutions to climate change providing sustainable food and water protecting land and water.

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SiliconHills

MAY 7, 2015

million in seed stage funding. Bitfusion, which participated in the Techstars Cloud program in San Antonio this year, has created specialized software that brings supercomputing performance to a variety of hardware […] The post Bitfusion Lands $1.45 Million in Seed Stage Capital appeared first on SiliconHills.

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SiliconHills

JULY 27, 2012

Then DreamIt Ventures has got an pre-seed stage accelerator program for you. The Philadelphia-based incubator will launch its first accelerator program in Austin, which will kick off in mid-December and run through March. The companies in the program will launch at South by Southwest Interactive.

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Mucker Lab

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Businesses benefit from the agency's training programs, gaining experienced SDRs acquainted with their industry. If you are the founder of a seed-stage company interested in learning more about Mucker funding, apply to MuckerLab and/or contact us.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

That said, there are many companies that seed funds back that never consider YC, and quite a few great companies do raise money from seed funds before or after the program. But I’d say that it’s obvious that YC has been the most powerful force in the seed stage startup and VC industry over the last 10 years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. They are not interested in research and development, or funding at the idea stage. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Solution development undefined or incomplete.

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SiliconHills

APRIL 3, 2015

Austin-based Conceivable announced it has raised $800,000 in seed stage funding to launch its fertility program. The startup raised the funding from a group of investors including former and current patients, successful healthcare executives and former venture capitalists.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

We at NextView have been thinking about and looking for investments in seed-stage startups which leverage the megatrend of transitioning computing away from a standard fixed-web PC world. Of course that includes “mobile-first” applications and companies which ride the adoption of tablet devices (more on those in upcoming posts).

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View from Seed

MARCH 22, 2016

Even if you’re in the pre-revenue, pre-seed or seed stage, there are still ways to get on a reporter’s radar. Will the average person care which language you wrote your program in? The post Why Reporters Ignore Your Seed-Stage Startup Pitches, And How to Fix That appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Just like beer drinkers in the 90’s, the best entrepreneurs will have an increasing amount of real choice for their seed-stage funding options. Just like beer drinkers in the 90’s, the best entrepreneurs will have an increasing amount of real choice for their seed-stage funding options.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s interesting to note that the majority of these new funds are focused on Seed stage investing (not surprising if you follow the market, although investments at the Seed and Seed + stages have started to decline quite a bit from their peak a few years ago).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. They are not interested in research and development, or funding at the idea stage. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Solution development undefined or incomplete.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 2, 2011

So it's good news for the entrepreneurial community that there's a new accelerator program in town: FounderFuel. FounderFuel is backed by the team behind Montreal Startup and Real Ventures (a $50 million seed-stage fund). FounderFuel boasts over 85 entrepreneurs and investors who will act as mentors for the accelerator program.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. A few deals have been funded through this program. I'm a huge fan of this innovation. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5

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View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

We’re running our new and improved accelerator program back, we’re doubling our offering and raising the valuation cap (hello $400K) , and we’d love for you and your team to apply. Why we started the program in the first place. I liked that there was no organized demo day at the end of the program.” – Lillian, ShelfLife. “I

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Steve Blank

APRIL 12, 2010

It can be more complex if you find the your target customer or users need to change or the feature set is wrong or you need to “repackage” a monolithic product into a family of products or you chose the wrong sales channel or your customer acquisition programs were ineffective. Most startup business models are initially wrong.

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View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

Many of these Founders we wouldn’t have had an opportunity to connect with if we hadn’t launched this program. When the point of the program is a Demo Day show at the end, all of the participating companies need to be in lock-step. all designed to scale, it requires a logistical effort with a rigid timeline.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

We at NextView have been thinking about and looking for investments in seed-stage startups which leverage the megatrend of transitioning computing away from a standard fixed-web PC world. Of course that includes “mobile-first” applications and companies which ride the adoption of tablet devices (more on those in upcoming posts).

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 21, 2014

As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

Another Area of Concern is in the Seed Investor Class. I have also heard LPs express concern over the last few years about the seed stage of venture. One narrative is that too many funds have been created, and without a strong sense of differentiation, there will be too many mediocre seed funds.

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SiliconHills

DECEMBER 15, 2016

By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Professor-led startups at the University of Austin at Texas just got a big boost in seed stage funding this week.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. Seed-stage means promising companies that don’t yet have a revenue stream, and may not yet have a proof of concept. Super Angels. Business accelerator.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 1, 2020

When you reach the seed stage and you’re looking to raise $1 million to $3 million, that’s when you should start discussions with potential lead investors who can invest $1 million or more on their own. Apply to accelerator programs. Accelerator programs can be great preparation for your pre-seed or seed round.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. Seed-stage means promising companies that don’t yet have a revenue stream, and may not yet have a proof of concept. Super Angels. Business accelerator.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

The Assistant Director will also help host the Texas Wireless Summit , the Wireless Seed Stage Forum and the Entrepreneur Lounge at SXSW (this alone is worth it). ATI also works closely with MobileMondayAustin and Semantic Web Austin. ATI On Campus “Assistant Director&#.

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SiliconHills

MARCH 6, 2019

Claimbot announced this week it has raised seed stage funds to expand its artifical intelligence powered virtual chat engine. The company, founded in 2016, announced it has raised $615,000 with participation from the Google Assistant Investments program, Notley Ventures, Social Starts and several angel investors.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Help me spread the word about this program! I'm a mentor and investor in CapitalFactory , a seed-stage startup mentorship program in Austin, TX. Each year we pick 5 companies to participate in a 10-week summer program which includes: 20 real mentors. Present at Demo Day. Help me spread the word and keep us at #3!

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View from Seed

APRIL 26, 2018

At the seed stage, hiring great people is one of the most important things to get right. When I came to NextView, this is also the pillar of our Platform programming that I immediately gravitated toward.

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David Cohen

AUGUST 29, 2013

It is coming from a seed stage VC and suddenly the amount of that investment has a range. I call the MD of the program and the same person who was just praising the attorney calls her a shark and says “how dare she try to charge after offering her services for free”. None of it happened.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

I certainly bear no ill will to the various firms that ultimately passed on our fundraise… as a seed stage VC myself now I can appreciate how hard it is evaluating companies at the earliest stages of development. then we integrate loyalty programs, CRM, etc., And a third firm “pressure tested” (i.e.

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Steve Blank

MAY 12, 2015

Here’s Edmund’s description of the I-Corps Lite program. SBIR/STTR Program and Startup Seed Funding. The Small Business Innovative Research ( SBIR ) and Small Business Technology Transfer ( STTR ) programs are startup seed funds created by Congress to encourage U.S. were funded by the SBIR program.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

In case you’re keeping score at home — that’s approximately the size of 65 US seed-stage funds managed by one company. Those two investments represent the equivalent of another 32 US seed-stage funds just in two deals. WeWork raised $690 million from Chinese investors, NextVR $80 million and Meta AR $50 million.

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Gust

JULY 8, 2012

If you are new to the entrepreneurial world of startups, you are likely confused by the terminology of seed-stage, lean startups, micro-VCs, and Super Angels. Seed-stage means promising companies that don’t yet have a revenue stream, and may not yet have a proof of concept. Super Angels. Business accelerator.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2012

Yesterday I sent emails out passing on participating in two seed rounds for companies I really like. They had lots of investors trying to invest and each company was competitive with two other seed stage companies we’ve seen in the past 30 days. So – what do we do?

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Austin Startup

MAY 6, 2010

Capital Factory , a seed stage technology accelerator based in Austin, announced five companies that will participate in the 2010 program this summer. About 200 companies applied for the program, which provides cash, mentorship, and services to those who are selected. Many people ask about the selection process.

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