Seed Funding Questions

I have an app for an idea that will require around $100K capital to completely build and launch. Should I try to raise money or figure out a way to invest my own money?

Venture Capital Apps Seed Funding Mobile Apps

asked Apr 4 '14 at 12:41

Alexandra Scalise
16 points

Scenario Give investors the option to have 50% of their equity returned as cash in the event that the cash value will equal their original investment amount. The idea is to make this a LOW RISK...

Venture Capital Investors Seed Funding Fundraising

asked Nov 12 '18 at 20:19

Jackson Rollins
1 point

I quit my job and have been working full-time on my startup the last 3-4 months. I decided to take the risk of investing everything I had in order to get the product built quickly.I hired two...

Funding Seed Funding Capital MVP Money

asked Jul 8 '14 at 01:55

Melissa Mainor
2 points

It turns out that most new founders that get seed funded usually get their foot in the VC door via: Recommended by someone Worked at a well known company like Google or FB Went to an ivy league...

Networking Venture Capital Founders Seed Funding Startups

asked May 19 '15 at 21:14

Juan Bourg
11 points

My startup is in the very early stages. We have a very raw prototype and haven't launched yet and so have no revenue either.Two angel investors are interested in putting $20,000 each in our startup...

Equity Angel Seed Funding Valuation Angel Investors

asked May 30 '15 at 13:41

Darlene Vera
11 points

PROS: Get a "no" early and avoid a wasted meeting. Provide foundation so that meeting time is more useful. CONS: Investors may forward deck to your competitors. Without presenting the deck in...

Venture Capital Investors Seed Funding Angel Investors Startups

asked Mar 28 '14 at 05:54

Michael Feng
51 points

Our product is a B2B SaaS tool that has most of the users in the free plan. We do have a "Pro" plan, but not many people have converted to it yet and our marketing efforts till now have been to...

Freemium Investors Seed Funding Angel Investors

asked Apr 14 '14 at 16:43

Monica Crandall
9 points

Is there a point to trying to outreach to early-stage VCs when AngelList is far more convenient for startups?

Funding Venture Capital Investors Seed Funding Angellist

asked Mar 2 '14 at 03:39

Janet Johnson
55 points

We run a SaaS product which, until recently, was completely free to use. We're just starting to roll out a premium paid version and there are very few paid accounts.Would having this paid account...

Saas Seed Funding Angel Investors

asked Mar 24 '14 at 22:43

Leslie Parker
80 points

I have sold a website of mine on Flippa for high five figures. Would that work in my favor when trying to raise money for a startup idea? Or is that too small to even matter and not worth mentioning?

Founders Seed Funding Seed Flippa

asked Mar 5 '14 at 06:06

Carla Blair
30 points

Foreward : Assume the beta release had been executed with lean a startup model and had generated impressive traction within a single city launch. In preparation for investment proposals for a web...

Cost Business Plan Seed Funding Expenses

asked Aug 4 '11 at 15:47

Will Ko
268 points

This topic was touched on in a fairly general abstract way in another post, but I'd like to put the question based on these specifics. Here is the business: Consumer internet web app Freemium...

Freemium Seed Funding Fundraising

asked Oct 22 '13 at 19:00

Seven Dials
21 points

I'm looking for funding for a business, lets say its the "creative / media" market. I am trying to get seed Equity funding but am hitting a brick wall trying to find this. all investment groups /...

Funding Seed Funding Crowdfunding

asked Sep 10 '13 at 18:24

Darkcat Studios
190 points

Let's say a certain startup is currently in the Friends-and-Family stage. What will happen to the investments of those people during a seed round or when someone invests bigger?

Seed Funding

asked Sep 23 '13 at 18:48

Abel Melquiades Callejo
47 points

I want to start another dot-com company. So, can you tell me what importance domain name plays to get Seed funding? The startup will be primarily based on web and company name might not be same as...

Website Seed Funding Domain

asked Jul 17 '13 at 05:42

Gaurav Goyal
47 points

I am in the process of bootstrapping a tech start up. I am the business co-founder and I have a software developer working for free (with the promise of equity) developing our first MVP (minimum...

Seed Funding

asked Jun 22 '13 at 03:20

User26740
1 point

I have been developing a web-based eCommerce niche app for the past year and am getting close to launching. While I cannot disclose too many details, lets just call it a sort of Shopify, but taking...

Funding Venture Capital Seed Funding Seed

asked Jul 2 '13 at 22:01

User1227914
131 points

We have a great idea for a product in a niche market ripe for a paradigm shift on the way business is done. All we have is a kick-ass business plan with detailed projections, costs, marketing, etc...

Equity Seed Funding

asked May 11 '13 at 05:10

Tim
21 points

Will i get seed capital / angel investment for my venture if the capital that i am putting myself is zero? I mean my venture has a fund requirement of INR 2 Cr for the next 2 years, after which it...

Getting Started Angel Seed Funding

asked Mar 4 '13 at 06:42

User25293
16 points

If a startup is going to take venture capital, is it necessary to incorporate so shares can be exchanged to the VC firm? Is it the same with angel or individual investors?

Funding Venture Capital Seed Funding Fundraising

asked Jan 19 '13 at 14:02

4th Space
125 points