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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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Seed investments are down by any measure (funds, deals, dollars) over the past 3 years in deals < $1 million AND in deals between $1–5 million. why the hell has seed financing declined so much in the past 3 years?? I launched my first startup in 1999 so I know the economics of launching from first-hand experience.

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CATCH'N Ice Cream Snags $1.5M Seed Funding

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million in a pre-seed funding round for a new venture called CATCH'N Ie Cream. The influener said the new company will open an "experiential" ice cream store in New York City with the funding, which came from Chris Camillo (co-foudner of Dumb Money), Joanne Molinaro (The Korean Vegan), Milad Mirg, and Anthony Baroud, among others.

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Q1 Seed Funding Deals Up From Last Year, Says Amplify LA

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Seed stage investments in Los Angeles area startups was up, year-to-year, according to the Q1 2018 LA Seed Deal Report from investor Amplify LA. According to the report from Amplify, 23 LA startups raised a total of $52.9M in seed funding in Q1, which was up 2.5 percent from Q1 of 2017.

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AssetAvenue Gets $3M In Seed Funding

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Los Angeles-based peer-to-peer commercial real estate investment site AssetAvenue said Friday that it has raised $3M in a seed funding round. The startup offers up an online, peer-to-peer lending platform which lets users invest and borrow money to invest in commercial real estate deals. READ MORE>>.

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Amplify LA Backs Investment Startup Alto

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Los Angeles-based startup accelerator Amplify LA is one of the backers of a new startup Alto , which is allowing investors to invest in nontraditional assets--such as startups, real estate, and more. The startup is based in Nashville, Tennessee. Alto said on Wednesday that it had raised $2.8M READ MORE>>.

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Emerged Gets Seed Funding Round

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San Diego-based Emerged, a new startup which provides qualified leads to healthcare organizations, says it has raised a seed round of funding. The funding came from Round One Capital. Size of the investment was not announced.

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AdQuick Finds $1.1M In Seed Funding

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Los Angeles-based startup AdQuick has raised $1.1M in a seed funding round, the company said over the weekend. The funding came from Initialized Capital, and also included VTF Capital and Haystack Ventures. AdQuick is led by Matthew O'Conoor. The company help companies buy and measure outdoor billboard advertising.