View from Seed
APRIL 27, 2020
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. Practically, this will probably mean a slightly larger number of touchpoints via virtual communication and more thorough reference checking.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 31, 2019
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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The Startup Magazine
AUGUST 11, 2023
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.
Genuine VC
OCTOBER 19, 2015
Seed capital is more readily available, including of course through NextView Ventures. So today, I am pleased to announce that we’re changing the name of the Web Innovators Group to the Boston Innovators Group — or, as we’ll mainly refer to it, BIG. Fast-forward to today and the landscape is different.
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Let’s face it, the rules for getting a startup funded at the seed stage aren’t very clear. Note: When I say “seed stage startup,” I’m specifically referring to software/app startups that are eitherpre-product or early product. Many founders read the daily headlines on TechCrunch announcing that….
View from Seed
MARCH 24, 2021
Doing Reference Checks on VCs “Try to speak to at least one founder that the investor has worked with in a failed investment. Magic Graph: How Much Seed Capital Should You Raise? ’ like all startups have to, but also “why invest now?'” ” (David Beisel). This is not always easy to do. ” (Rob Go).
View from Seed
DECEMBER 8, 2015
For these two aspects of founder/market fit, we rely very heavily on references to get to the bottom of this. This notion of founder/market fit is incredibly important for pre-product companies who are out raising seed capital or pre-seed (aka genesis rounds) — both of which we invest in.
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