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VC Seed Funding Example: Trada

Feld Thoughts

In this case neither Niel (nor I) had any interest in creating a traditional syndicate to fund the company. Instead we quickly put our heads together about a financing (we like to say it was over beers, but the truth is more mundane – we hammered out the details in a 10 minute conversation in the conference room of the Foundry office).

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The Importance of Robust Angel Ecosystems

VC Adventure

I’ve always felt that a robust angel financing market was important to startup ecosystems and the data on the next two charts really brings that home. Angels are often unorganized and have scattered and burdensome investment processes. Rvc angel capital summit Seth Levine keynote from Seth Levine.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

At this time, we had secured a term sheet from a co-investor from one of my other angel investments (Thanks, Graeme!) Staged financing gives investors options in deciding whether and when to invest more and gives entrepreneurs options in how much to raise and when to think about exiting.