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

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As you can see below the number of seed funds shot up dramatically between 2006 and 2014. thus the rise of “pre seed” investing). With seed up massively between 2006–2014 and A and B rounds relatively flat what you see is a widening of the funnel going into traditional venture.

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One of Nigeria’s high profile angel investors is launching a fund for African startups

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Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. It’s funny how things have changed since then.”

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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

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In 2014, Mr. Eazi launched Phonetrader, an online used phone marketplace backed by a now-defunct startup incubator, 440NG, which was run by two investment firms, L5Lab and 88mph. Ajebutter22 would work at Gamsole, a gaming startup, and Cisco before venturing into angel investments in 2020. “It

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Andreessen, Atlántico, MAYA Capital add some dough to Fudo’s restaurant tech recipe

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Co-founder and CTO Juan Manuel Cuello had the idea for Fudo back in 2014 after working as a developer at Restorando.com, an Open table-like company that was acquired by The Fork. He bootstrapped the company before getting angel investment. Fudo’s table mockup for restaurants. Image Credits: Fudo.

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Egypt’s Flextock closes $3.25M in the largest pre-seed yet in MENA

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The investors in this round include Egyptian VC Foundation Ventures, Y Combinator, MSA Capital, CRE Ventures, Alter Global, Jameel Investment Management Company (JIMCO) , B&Y Ventures Partners and Access Bridge Ventures. Flextock currently serves the Egyptian market.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

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Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Family office investments increased by 5x , and corporate venture investments rose 6x , thus opening new capital avenues for founders who found it difficult to raise capital. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x growth from 2020 to 2021.

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New Stack Ventures raises second fund focused on Silicon Valley outsiders

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When Moran began angel investing, he found the whole process of startup fundraising to be confusing, so he started a venture podcast back in May 2014 called “ The Full Ratchet ,” to interview other VCs and provide funding transparency. Touting itself as one of the “largest single-partner U.S.