Institutional Investors Product Seed Capital 
View from Seed
MARCH 26, 2015
In the last year or so, the debate over the definitions of seed versus pre-seed capital (sometimes called genesis rounds) has exploded. Much digital ink has been spilled about what dollar amount constitutes a pre-seed and how that might affect a startup’s ability to go raise a “normal” seed round from institutional investors.
View from Seed
JUNE 7, 2016
Based on that reaction, we wanted to continue improving the product through both additional revs/design and continuing to evolve how we think about board meetings in the first place. At NextView, one founder we invested in last year proactively asked us, as her lone institutional investor, to start doing this.
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Gust
SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
In order to be competitive, a company needs to have just about everything in place, from its product to its team to market traction, before it is ready to seek funding. Your private profile is where investors will look with a critical eye on everything that makes you a business rather than just a product or a sexy idea.
Growthink Blog
MAY 10, 2012
Stage #2: Seed Funding Seed funding (also called seed capital) typically ranges from $100,000 to $500,000 and is often provided by angel investors, and is usually structured as convertible notes or common stock. With seed funding, you hope to grow your business and, at the very least, gain proof of concept.
Rob Go
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
I predict that most large, lifecycle funds will scale back their seed stage promiscuity because they’ve realized that it’s just not a great product for founders. Instead, we’ll see most large funds doing a small handful of seeds only when there is very high conviction.
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