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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. if you want to download the deck it’s here on SlideShare ) Why Did The Seed Market Emerge in the First Place? The “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5 What gives?

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Daily Crunch: Blocking VLC player downloads violates Indian law, claims VideoLAN in legal challenge

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Startups and VC. He will be leaving to start his own firm, which will concentrate investments from Series A to Series C. Harri reports that Google is spinning up a new, online-only startup accelerator centered around the elusive circular economy. Curtius will stay with Tiger until June. You can sign up here.

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Poparazzi hits 5M+ downloads a year after launch, confirms its $15M Series A

TechCrunch

area startup now reports its iOS-only has seen over 5 million installs in its first year, with users primarily in the Gen Z demographic. The startup says that 75% of its users are between the ages of 14 and 18 and 95% of users are between 14 and 21. million global downloads, according to app intelligence firm Sensor Tower.

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Sequoia heats up early-stage startup investments in India and Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

On a recent winter morning in New Delhi, Rajan Anandan and Pieter Kemps were pacing on the floor of a five-star hotel, quizzing a group of over two dozen young startup founders about their goals. One founder set eyes on getting the most downloads in the mobile gaming category. So what’s with the change of heart?

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Download: Lessons in Corporate Innovation – 7 Case Studies on Activation with UBI Global

UBI Global

The post Download: Lessons in Corporate Innovation – 7 Case Studies on Activation with UBI Global appeared first on UBI Global. We know that innovation is top of mind for businesses looking to stay competitive. In […].

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The Importance of Due Diligence when Investing in Startups

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It is important to consider doing something similar if you are thinking about investing in a startup. Before committing to an investment, it is important to understand what you are buying and what you are getting into. On the angel investing platform, this component is called Broker Review. What is due diligence?

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How to Manage a Startup Through Troubling Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. At the same time, many investors are being more cautious with making new investments, preferring to focus on their existing portfolio before investing in new companies. A startup is not a lone adventure.