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9 Best Articles in 2021
medium.com
This is how you raise a seed round in 2016.
medium.com
7 min read · 114 saves · From 2016 · Philipp Moehring · Things are good in Europe Startup Land. The seed and early stage ecosystem are extremely healthy and lots of good investors are active.
Y Combinator
The YC Seed Deck Template
Y Combinator
2 min read · 76 saves · From 2018 · I’ve written about pitching before, and realized that what we were missing is a clear template of how founders should lay out their story through slides. This deck is a template for how I think companies should build seed decks.
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seriesseed.com
Series Seed Financing Documents:
seriesseed.com
19 saves · From 2015 · Series Seed - Term Sheet (v 3.2) Series Seed - Stock Investment Agreement (v 3.2) Series Seed - Certificate of Incorporation (v 3.2) Please note, these are the latest versions of the Series Seed Documents. The older versions have been removed to avoid confusion. BEFORE DOWNLOADING THESE DOCUMENTS PLEASE READ THE DISCLAIMER: Neither I nor Fenwick & West, LLP assumes any responsibility for any consequence of using these documents. These documents have been prepared for informational purposes and is not intended to (a) constitute legal advice (b) create an attorney-client relationship (c) be advertising or a solicitation of any type....
swooshing.wordpress.com
Startup Seed Raising Skilzzz
swooshing.wordpress.com
~16 min read · 23 saves · From 2013 · A bunch of companies I’m involved in have gone for seed funding in the last few months. After one of them asked for the ultra-warrior-l33t-skillz, I thought I’d put this post up and bre…
medium.com
How raising a $2+M Seed Round really, actually went
medium.com
~15 min read · 54 saves · From 2018 · A couple of days ago, I closed a little over $2M in a seed funding round for Seed&Spark. I’m supposed to send a press release to, like…
medium.com
Sequoia and Seed Investing
medium.com
3 min read · 14 saves · From 2018 · On the heels of raising our new fund, we’d like share our approach to seed investing and explain why it’s never too early to talk to us.
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Tomasz Tunguz
5 Charts on the State of the Seed Market in 2017
Tomasz Tunguz
1 min read · 17 saves · From 2017 · In 2016, the number of seeds has fallen by a 27.6% reduction in the number of seed rounds. But as the chart above shows, the median amount invested in seed rounds continues to increase at about 40%…
medium.com
How raising a $2+M Seed Round really, actually went
medium.com
~15 min read · 36 saves · From 2018 · A couple of days ago, I closed a little over $2M in a seed funding round for Seed&Spark. I’m supposed to send a press release to, like…
Atrium
SEO Playbook for Seed Stage Startups
Atrium
9 min read · 87 saves · From 2018 · TL;DR The SEO playbook for seed-stage startups is different than for established companies. Young startups often lack domain authority, volume…
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The New York Times
How Misinformation ‘Superspreaders’ Seed False Election Theories
The New York Times
4 min read · 128 saves · 2020-11-23 · Sheera Frenkel · Researchers have found that a small group of social media accounts are responsible for the spread of a disproportionate amount of the false posts about voter fraud.
SearchEngineJournal®
How to Use Your Content Marketing to Seed Your Lookalike Audiences
SearchEngineJournal®
8 min read · 45 saves · 2020-12-02 · Leveraging content to boost your lookalike audiences on Facebook can help you get maximum impact from minimum marketing efforts.
In Biology
Guardian Environment
Food for thought? French bean plants show signs of intent, say scientists
Guardian Environment
2 min read · 35 saves · Jan 8th · Linda Geddes · Many botanists dispute idea of plant sentience, but study of climbing beans sows seed of doubt
Finextra
Finland's ReceiptHero snags €2 million in seed funding
Finextra
2020-12-03 · Finland-based digital receipt startup ReceiptHero has raised €2 million in seed funding from local VC Lifeline Ventures, with participation from Superhero Capital and Sweden's Vidici Ventures.
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TechCrunch
Daybridge, a time management app by former Monzo engineer Kieran McHugh, raises £750K seed
TechCrunch
2 min read · 55 saves · 2020-09-07 · Daybridge, a productivity and time management app by former Monzo engineer Kieran McHugh, has picked by £750,000 in a seed round led by early Monzo backer, Passion Capital. Also participating is a…
TechCrunch
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Convertible Note Seed Financings (But Were Afraid To Ask)
TechCrunch
10 min read · 41 saves · From 2012 · We are in the golden age of seed financing. Venture capital funds, seed funds, super angels, angel groups, incubators, and “friends and family” are all playing the seed financing game and investing…
TechCrunch
The fight for seed
TechCrunch
8 min read · 34 saves · 2019-08-22 · Seed funds beware, today's fight for equity in Bay Area startups requires muscle and a whole lot of cash.
medium.com
A Seed Fund’s Investment Checklist
medium.com
2 min read · 15 saves · From 2016 · With seed investments, failure is excusable. But having a poor process for making investment decisions is not. To help me ensure that we…
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NFX
NFX FAST Seed Funding
NFX
2 min read · 36 saves · 2020-04-14 · 9 Days to Decision. $1-2M investments. Capital is drying up for Founders just when they need it most, but we're leaning in to invest more with the NFX FAST Seed initiative.
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medium.com
Tiny startups need tiny boards — Medium
medium.com
2 min read · 21 saves · From 2016 · Complexity kills and speed matters. At seed : keep your board tight !
Crunchbase News
Pre-Seed Venture Aims To Help Startups Do More With Less
Crunchbase News
5 min read · 38 saves · From 2017 · As seed and series A rounds have grown increasingly larger over the past decade, a new category of funding has emerged: the pre-seed round.
calacanis.com
The Seed Slowdown
calacanis.com
5 min read · 21 saves · From 2017 · My pal Fred Wilson wrote about the “Seed Slowdown” today. The numbers show two clear trends: 1. 2015 was the peak of angel investing in technology startups in terms of dollars and number of deals. 2.…
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Forbes
Uber’s Fintech Strategy: A Conversation With Peter Hazlehurst, Head Of Uber Money
Forbes
3 min read · 86 saves · 2019-11-04 · Uber recently announced Uber Money, a new division within the ride-hailing firm. Here's why the strategy is a winner.
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