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Why Seed Rounds Are Growing as Startups Shrink

Tomasz Tunguz

A decade ago, these smaller rounds formed the backbone of startup financing, comprising over 70% of all seed deals. As productivity tools enable founders to build more with less, we’ll see teams generate more ARR per employee while valuations continue to climb. We’re witnessing a shift in startup financing.

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Extend Raises $17M to Transform Document Processing with AI-Powered Cloud Platform

American Entrepreneurship

The result is a platform trusted by leading companies across multiple industries where precision is vital—finance, healthcare, logistics, compliance, and more. “We built Extend to change that—delivering state-of-the-art accuracy out of the box, letting teams go from prototype to production in days instead of months.”

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Lioncrest Ventures Launches $100M Equity and Credit Fund Platform for Growth-Stage Tech Startups

American Entrepreneurship

Filling a Critical Capital Gap for Growth-Stage Companies Lioncrest Ventures’ multi-strategy platform launches at a pivotal moment, offering alternatives as growth-stage startups face tighter capital markets and limited access to equity and credit financing. Non-dilutive financing options that preserve founder ownership.

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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

Leveraging before-and-after scenarios may help, enabling you to showcase how your solutions solved specific customer problems. When presenting to investors who are more interested in finances, on the other hand, the conversation tends to center more around KPIs like revenue growth, cost per new customer, and other financial metrics.

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How Startups Can Adapt to Evolving Cybersecurity Threats

StartupNation

For instance, after an attempted spear-phishing incident aimed at our finance department, we rolled out automated behavioral analysis tools that flagged irregular sender domains and suspicious requests for information. Wherever possible, we also enable two-factor authentication for an added layer of security.

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Island Raises $250M Series E Funding, Reaches $4.8 Billion Valuation

American Entrepreneurship

Reinventing the Enterprise Browser Islands core innovation lies in its reimagining of the web browsernot as a passive consumer tool, but as an active enabler of enterprise security, productivity, and IT efficiency. Customers range from Fortune 1000 companies to small and midsize businesses and public sector institutions.

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15 Innovative Pitch Deck Designs That Drove Investor Engagement

StartupNation

They could then see for themselves how the AI-powered web scraping solution would affect their finances. This design enabled investors to delve deeper into aspects they found most relevant. I also incorporated a live demo section to enable investors to see the tool in action. This made it tangible and less abstract.