Business Plan Blog

JANUARY 7, 2014

With venture capital becoming more and more of a bygone dream for early-stage companies, many startups want to turn to angel funding to raise capital but don’t know where to start. Download our free Raising Capital from Angel Investors eBook. 6 Strategies When Searching For Angel Funding. Want To Learn More?

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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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Gust

OCTOBER 5, 2011

In most cases, an early stage startup will raise seed capital from more than one investor. This “ uncapped note ” example ignores the concept of a valuation cap , which we’ll take up in a future installment. Additional closings may be held up to 90 days after the Initial Closing at the option of the Company.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

There is also a huge amount of seed capital available from seed funds. if the valuation goes above $3m pre it’s too late for me). And the convertible note phenomenon hasn’t helped as many seed deals just keep raising small amounts of convertible debt. The supply / demand imbalance is way off.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2015

A company raises $1m of seed money from angels in a convertible note with a $6m cap. Assuming equity is raised at or above that cap, the total dilution, before the new money, is 16.6% (equivalent to an equity financing of $1m at a $6m post money valuation. The company spends the $1m building and launching their first product.

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

I was surprised to find that it has been more than two years since my post summarizing the state of the seed stage market, and trying to bring a balanced view on the rise of Super Angels and Micro-VC’s. The venture capital market continues to be in transition, and a lot of changes have occurred in the early stages of the market.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Not a big shock, but things don’t look pretty, especially in the venture capital world. 41% of them feel that they qualify for venture capital funding.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

the wave of semiconductor startups in the 1960’s/70’s, the emergence of Venture Capital as a professional industry, the personal computer revolution in 1980’s, the rise of the Internet in the 1990’s and finally. Venture Capital used to be a tight club clustered around formal firms located in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York.

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