Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 28, 2011
The trend of funding anything from the first $25k to funding $50 million at a billion+ valuation is unlikely to last as the skills and style to be effective at all stages are diverse enough to warrant focus. I will argue that LPs who invest in VC funds will also need to adjust a bit as well.
SoCal CTO
JUNE 14, 2008
The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. Some other points - LAMP,Net, Java - doesn't make much difference. Large number of Players in Cloud Computing. At the CTO Group that I organize in Santa Monica, we've had lots of discussions around this.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2009
A few years ago it became fashionable for large VC’s to do seed funding. With open source software (LAMP stack) and cloud computing infrastructure it just wasn’t that expensive to get your company going and founders just wanted to raise less money. I think they definitely qualify as a VC and not a seed fund.
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