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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

Together this means that Seed stage companies need to run longer and at a higher expense structure, meaning they need to raise a lot more capital. In that presentation, I said that Seed is not the first round of financing any more and that K9’s investments were mostly “pre-seed”. Too Much Capital.

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Avoiding the Common Pitfalls of Securing Capital: Innovative Financing Options for Today’s Startups

ReadWriteStart

Not only are they trying to get their inspired endeavor up and running, but they also are struggling to acquire the much-needed capital to actually successfully fund the startup. In the past, securing capital was not unlike fielding an organized racket at the hands of predatory bankers and other similar types of lenders.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1. This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years. For most companies, it is simply a non-starter.

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The Summer of Initial Coin Offerings

Seeing Both Sides

Instead I will make a few observations about how an investor might think about the impact of ICOs / token launches on the venture capital industry, in particular, and some of the downstream ramifications that need to wrestled with. Need for growth capital. Are VCs going to be competing with crypto hedge funds? Fuzzy Governance.

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The Summer of Initial Coin Offerings

Seeing Both Sides

Instead I will make a few observations about how an investor might think about the impact of ICOs / token launches on the venture capital industry, in particular, and some of the downstream ramifications that need to wrestled with. Need for growth capital. Are VCs going to be competing with crypto hedge funds? Fuzzy Governance.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Non of this academic stuff. Other sources of capital. If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Entrepreneurs always struggle with competing priorities and manage expenses very closely. We are raising seed capital, but would like to have a US tech investor. 2) Do less and iterate.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. Think Again. Translation? was the worst ever.