View from Seed

JUNE 7, 2016

Today we’re thrilled to re-launch our most popular resource ever: board deck templates for seed-stage startups. Some founders hesitate to spin up a board early, maybe due to the perception that investors would try to control the company, maybe out of a concern of putting too many balls in the air at once.

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Seed Stage Founder Seed Capital Institutional Investors 120

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Browse through the many hundreds of video answers to startup questions that we’ve filmed from the world’s leading VCs and angels. You really should have spent a heck of a lot of time beforehand in thinking through all of the issues surrounding your startup.

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Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

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.

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Seed Capital Institutional Investors Venture Capital Partner 120

Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

Though the dollar amounts are lower, this round is more difficult to get institutional funding for ("institutional funding" is when a financial institution, rather than an individual person, funds you). With seed funding, you hope to grow your business and, at the very least, gain proof of concept.

Equity 88

Equity Mezzanine Later Stage Venture Capital 88

Rob Go

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Groups like 500 Startups, and SV Angel continue to build very large portfolios. Instead, we’ll see most large funds doing a small handful of seeds only when there is very high conviction. As a result, fund sizes must increase. And if the top of the funnel shrinks, the crunch in the middle will be less pronounced.

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Seed Stage Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Early Stage 55