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Seed Stage Firms are Dead, Long Live Micro VCs

Genuine VC

It’s clear that despite the varied terminology (Super Angel, Micro VC, Seed Stage VC, Seed Firms, etc.), The traditional VCs which have recognized the demand-side issue have launched numerous (sometimes high-profile) separate special programs and initiatives to play at the seed stage, to varying degrees of success.

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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

pexels You need to have enough resources by having a seed-stage investor who will financially support your company in the long run. I will tell you brief details about seed stage funding, and deal sourcing on this page, so read the conclusion until the end. How does the funding for the seed stage work?

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Accidental VC: When, Exactly, Should Seed-Stage Startups Look for Office Space?

View from Seed

So, when should a seed-stage founder — who, let’s face it, isn’t launching a business because they’re pumped to find corporate real estate — actually start looking for a legitimate office? The post Accidental VC: When, Exactly, Should Seed-Stage Startups Look for Office Space? appeared first on The View From Seed.

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A Beer Drinker's View of the Venture Industry

Genuine VC

Just like beer drinkers in the 90’s, the best entrepreneurs will have an increasing amount of real choice for their seed-stage funding options. beer market is due to other forces like distribution laws and global consolidation, neither of which have much to do with the venture industry.)

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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. However, our overall goal is to invest in the full spectrum of seed. Belief #1: The best time to invest is early.

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Smart Bear Live 5: Dan from SyncBloc.com with Mark Suster

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

It’s quite simple, which is when you had systems where you had limitations on distribution or transportation of products, it enabled you to operate with a certain cost structure. or an MSN or an AOL in terms of portal distribution. So VCs invest in different stages. You have seed stage, A round, B round, C round, D round.

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

How do you deal with a severely uneven distribution of investment success between individuals or groups of partners? I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. I find myself having similar conversations and really appreciate that you’ve written and shared this. Read More ».