Seed Funding Questions

After several pitches we've kinda positive of closing our seed-funding (amount X) round, which is being funded by my family friends. However, very (un)fortunately for us, the seed investors aren't...

Seed Funding

asked Dec 26 '12 at 07:05

User1798374
16 points

You hear a lot in the media about _ raised a stage A round of x million, or ___ just got seed funding from a group of angel investors. But what's never explained is the stage that these companies...

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asked Dec 28 '12 at 09:05

Sam
123 points

I have looked into Imagine k-12, and sadly they are closed to new applicants right now which I'm super bummed about, and NewSchools. How else can I get seed funding for an educational startup that...

Investors Seed Funding Education

asked Dec 2 '12 at 19:18

Apis Girl
38 points

How can I expose my startup to seed and angel investors instead of cold calling them? Is there any way to get feedback from them? In Silicon Valley or other major startup scenes.

Pitch Angel Investors Seed Funding

asked Dec 1 '12 at 09:46

John S
184 points

This question has been haunting me. I'm scared that if I fail to raise my goal, my startup would lose interest from the tech community, angels, early adopters, etc.

Seed Funding

asked Oct 20 '12 at 16:40

Zapoo
303 points

I have recently submitted an application to receive a government grant for funding. There is a requirement, that is to be submit via an incubator. I contacted an incubator and they are ok with...

Funding Seed Funding Fundraising

asked Aug 6 '12 at 22:59

Slay
154 points

Suppose you got scammed by an incubator, who is however apparently willing to sell his shares (which are now worth a couple times more than the initial injection (which effectively did...

Incubators Seed Funding Shares

asked Aug 7 '12 at 15:16

User35945
23 points

I am secure seed money for my business and I'm running into all types of roadblocks from traditional banks. Is there ANY honest resources for startups, who don't require you to run a marathon to...

Seed Funding

asked May 10 '12 at 04:53

Ready2 Run
1 point

I've been running a site (community platform) for a couple years and now we are growing fast, getting strong user traction and started implementing a customer oriented business model. In order to...

Startup Costs Venture Capital Investment Seed Funding

asked May 20 '12 at 06:35

Jean Pierre
48 points

Now that the JOBS Act has been passed and signed when can I start raising capital through CrowdSource Funding?

Venture Capital Social Network Seed Funding Crowdsourcing Crowdfunding

asked May 9 '12 at 09:22

User17876
26 points

We are looking to start up a business and are in a different situation then I have been in before. I will be looking at financing the money that starts the business. I have one partner that will...

Equity Seed Funding

asked Mar 15 '12 at 09:46

Jim
1 point

We have started a new web based service and are close to launching our prototype. So far the effort has been self-funded by me in amount close to $15k total expenses -- mostly for development. All...

Founder Seed Funding Self Funded

asked Mar 3 '12 at 23:42

Dmoore
51 points

I'm going to start raising funds for my company soon. I already have more than a prototype website and can take payments, but still need to get a little more development complete. I'm undecided on...

Venture Capital Angel Investors Seed Funding

asked Feb 15 '12 at 17:59

Anagio
293 points

We are building a startup, we are a few weeks away from our MVP launch. We have had some initial positive investor conversations with an angel and a couple VCs. One large VC that generally doesn't...

Funding Investors Seed Funding

asked Feb 16 '12 at 22:15

Dmoore
11 points

Approached by 2 founders that are very early days of executing an idea. They have some good .com properties that will be central to brand/idea and had recent offers around $100K, with one outlier...

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asked Feb 8 '12 at 12:24

Jjj
21 points

Some people I know came up with a idea of a startup. They will provide also the seed investment (50k) and contacts for future investment rounds. I will be in charge of the start up of the company...

Founder Equity Compensation Seed Funding CEO

asked Jan 26 '12 at 04:28

Thomas
6 points

We have just lauched a website for our upcoming SPARQL Database Server. We would like to attract the interest of international seed investors, but we are not sure where to start looking. We are...

Funding Investment Investors Seed Funding Seed

asked Jan 23 '12 at 22:31

Inge Henriksen
101 points

I have developed my SAAS on a shoestring budget and I have just made it production ready so I am now looking for ways to market it to my customer base. I, however, do not have the funds available...

Marketing Angel Saas Investors Seed Funding

asked Jan 2 '12 at 23:38

Tim
670 points

As far as I understand, when the next round happens, the startup emits new shares that are sold to new investors under newly negotiated valuation. Does this lead to the previous investor's shares...

Funding Angel Investors Seed Funding Dilution

asked Jan 7 '12 at 01:28

Fedd
8 points

General Question: Given that incubators are focused on early-stage companies, how far along should a startup be before it applies for consideration by an incubator? How strong must the team (and...

Incubators Team Seed Funding

asked Dec 19 '11 at 05:47

Caligirl
204 points