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Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

VC Cafe

But when it comes to launching a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) these days, as incremental and iterative prototypes, things have changed significantly: Capital abundance: There’s never been more seed capital in the market. Capital resources alone don’t do the trick. Cash (alone) isn’t king.

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How We are Investing Through The Covid Correction

View from Seed

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. We invest in both B2B and consumer companies that aspire to shape the lives of millions of mass market end users.

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NextView’s Greatest Hits

View from Seed

Magic Graph: How Much Seed Capital Should You Raise? “At some point, an entrepreneur begins to exhaust her network, and her network’s network, and the incremental hours devoted to fundraising will begin to yield less capital raised than the previous.” Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently?

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TechWildcatters Applications Due March 19

The Startup Lawyer

The selected startups will get up to $25,000 in seed funding, intensive top-notch mentorship, and the opportunity to pitch to angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate dev teams at their biannual “Demo Day”. Here’s the type of startups TechWildcatters is looking for: -Applications: B2B Web/Enterprise 2.0,

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TechWildcatters Applications Due March 19

The Startup Lawyer

The selected startups will get up to $25,000 in seed funding, intensive top-notch mentorship, and the opportunity to pitch to angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate dev teams at their biannual “Demo Day”. Here’s the type of startups TechWildcatters is looking for: -Applications: B2B Web/Enterprise 2.0,

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Startup Data: 4 Strategies Changing the Speed & Size of Your Series A

View from Seed

Once a startup has raised seed capital, plenty of theories and advice exist on how to successfully raise a Series A. For B2B startups especially, this is the best signal of product-market fit – a sign that the company is investable. Generate Real Revenue. Another approach to raise Series A is to drive meaningful revenue.

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Four Winning Strategies from Series Seed to Series A

Genuine VC

We live in a demand-constrained world and if, with your Seed capital, you can show overwhelming top-level pull (whether consumer or businesses adoption), Series A investors can convince themselves that the rest will fall into place over time. For B2B startups especially, revenue is the best signal of product-market fit.