Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

While VCs are the toughest nut to crack, there are many other (often better) sources of seed capital that may be available to you. That’s why investors attend Demo Days and look for acceptance into such programs as one of several ‘validators’ of a startup.

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Haystack

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Earlier this week, in the wake of Y Combinator’s Demo Day, I saw a tweet go viral and generate lots of chatter. The tweet was written by YC’s President, Michael Seibel. I’ve never met Seibel (yet) though, of course, have heard amazing things about him from everyone I know and admired his style from afar.

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The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 20, 2010

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”. Their first Demo Day is scheduled for June 30, 2010. Tags: Startup Lawyer dallas seed capital.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

At their heart, seed accelerators are defined length programs (usually 3 months) where early stage startups are provided seed capital, mentorship, co-working space (though not always) and other services in the hope of removing the barriers to startup success… or failure. What is an accelerator? So where are we now?

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Do I need to bring my product or demo? Here are some tips: If you don’t have traction, show the product; if you don’t have the product, show a demo or prototype; if you don’t have the prototype or demo, show mockups; if you don’t have mockups, make sure you are extremely prepared! Problem definition. Competition. The Problem.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Today, NextView Ventures is excited to release a pillar project in our Growth Guides series: pitch deck templates for raising seed capital. For context, last year, based on questions from our existing portfolio, we launched two board deck templates for seed-stage startups. The second type of pitch is more of a show.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Another thing I noticed was that I was now referring companies that I had invested in at a “pre-seed” (capitalization intentional) stage over to folks who would previously be considered my peer venture funds doing Seed-stage investments.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Founders can make in-person connections, however, with Qualcomm Ventures at various demo events, conferences and trade shows. The group also hosts its annual QPrize competition, awarding winners with $750,000 in seed funding. “First meetings with seed investors just aren’t that formal. “I’m always open.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 24, 2018

If you follow the writings regarding the Austin ecosystem you’ve probably read debates about the absence of capital. Some founders argue that Austin lacks seed capital, most participants agree that there is a lack of later stage capital. Capital, founders, companies, and community all exist in Austin.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Build something then demo it to people. The great thing is, in 2007, we visited 75+ resorts for a demo tour, and have many leads I can follow up on. We are raising seed capital, but would like to have a US tech investor. How I can find the right investor (software)? No investor cares about a business plan. Thanks alot!

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

We had to raise some seed capital. The default was spending two years trying to perfect an application and doing a big launch and demo day, or I mean, TechCrunch Disrupt. Unfortunately, we did not have any resources to do take two so I had to shut down the company, move to Silicon Valley full-time. So, people default.

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