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The seeds planted by those who came in the 90′s have begun to blossom 15 years later literally into seedcapital, blossoming new entrepreneurs and an ecosystem of experienced operators that powered LA 1.0 Many of the early winners sold for north of a half a billion dollars. Success begets success. and are guiding LA 2.0.
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If your business is beyond the seedcapital stage, there’s still good news for you. This increase in seed/startup stage and first sequence investing is promising, and this renewed interest in seed and startup financing is an encouraging development for our nation’s entrepreneurs,” he says. jobs per angel investment.
US-based seed VCs rarely invest outside of the country (500 Startups is one exception) leaving a potential gap in the market for folks with international expertise. Lee Jacobs is one example of a Syndicate lead who is sourcing deals from South America. Would Syndicates be a solution?
The fact that a great deal of the content produced by tech news sites concerns startup companies might make an observer from another planet think America is a veritable nursery for brilliant business ideas. Crowdfunding is an efficient way for entrepreneurs to raise seedcapital," the editors wrote.
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