The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

The fundamental objective and aim of seed investment is to assist a company in launching its operations successfully. Seed capital is a component of the initial investments made in young businesses. Some return value must be offered to the investors for startup seed funding to be considered acceptable.

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Seed Stage Technical Review Early Stage Due Diligence 148

View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

One of the things we frequently discuss with founders is how to interpret and manage their dialogue with VCs when raising capital. We’ve written before on how to research partners , how to pitch the right investor at a given firm, and how to raise seed capital , generally speaking.

Term Sheet 120

Term Sheet Due Diligence Seed Stage Seed Capital 120

Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

When I put all of this together, what I see is: In the Bay Area, the seed stage is getting squeezed from all sides during this summer solstice of. 1/ Bottoms-Up Competition – Seed funds are getting scooped by the well-heeled alumni of today’s web scale companies.

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Seed Stage Cap Table Early Stage Malaysia 108

Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2015

The founders usually get wiped out completely, but existing management usually ends up with new options for between 10% and 20% of the company. But in this cycle, I hadn’t seen it in a seed round. It’s not pretty, but it happens. While I wish them well as a company, the individuals are no longer part of our gang.

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Recapitalization Pre-Money Valuation Post-Money Valuation Angel Investor 70