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What is the Definition of a Seed Round or an A Round?

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When I first became a VC, seed rounds were typically $500k – $1.5 There weren’t a lot of seed funds in 2007 so this was often done by angels, funding consortia or sometimes early-stage funds that existed then (First Round Capital, True Ventures, SoftTech VC, etc.). Why the latter?

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Here’s Why a Booming Tech Market May Fool You into Thinking You’re Successful

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Since 2009 we’ve been in an unequivocal bull market. An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. ” Case studies get done with ebullient CEO’s espousing the benefits of said software even though their organization was barely using the product.

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Tech.Co Has Been Acquired by Global Digital Media Business

Tech.Co

MVF was founded in the UK by five friends in 2009, and has driven incredibly fast growth over the past 9 years. It was over 11 years ago that I saw a need to better connect startups and innovators with the communities around them so they could connect for partnerships, funding, amplification, and support.

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Do Less. More.

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There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. For investors life is no different. These days I find myself doing less.

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What Future for Accelerators?

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I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) We have witnessed one hell of a startup boom from 2009-2014 which has coincided with the boom in accelerators.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. but that’s our firm’s money on your balance sheet.

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Tech.Co Has Been Acquired by Global Digital Media Business

Tech.Co

MVF was founded in the UK by five friends in 2009, and has driven incredibly fast growth over the past 9 years. It was over 11 years ago that I saw a need to better connect startups and innovators with the communities around them so they could connect for partnerships, funding, amplification, and support.

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