Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

One excellent way to do this (with a good bit of help from the experts), is to create a draft business plan using LivePlan from Palo Alto Software. While VCs are the toughest nut to crack, there are many other (often better) sources of seed capital that may be available to you.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The second reason, perhaps nearer to both entrepreneurs’ and investors’ hearts, is the ability to punt on valuation at a stage in which it is hardest to determine using any objective criteria. If you have any specific questions, please leave them in comments!

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

Angels have significantly increased their investment activity, and are committing more dollars resulting from higher valuations," says Jeffrey Sohl, director of the UNH Center for Venture Research at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics. “It If your business is beyond the seed capital stage, there’s still good news for you.

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Software By Rob

JANUARY 8, 2019

And to do this without the headache of traditional fundraising, loss of control, or the pressure to build a unicorn ($1B valuation) or even raise another round of funding. We are happy to speak with you at any revenue level, but somewhere in the $150k-range is when founders may start to look for seed capital.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

A s venture funds struggle to raise money in Israel, seed capital, one of the earliest and riskiest stages of investment, is becoming harder and harder to secure. Our objective is to double, triple or quadruple the valuations of these companies and get them ready for larger investments from VCs or other funding sources.

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Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage 106

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world. According to VCs, there’s been a 65% decrease in up-rounds (where a company gets a bigger valuation) in the last six months and more than 60% of those polled expect a longer wait for an exit. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

And I’ve been lucky enough to watch innovation happen not only in hardware and software but in Life Sciences – in Therapeutics, Medical Devices, Diagnostics and now Digital Health. In the 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s, momentum shifted to the enterprise as large businesses supported innovation in PCs, communications hardware and enterprise software.

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