Comments on: By the Numbers: Seed Funding Is the New Black http://gigaom.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-seed-funding-is-the-new-black/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:41:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: DreamIT Ventures Taps Startup Founders as It Expands Into New York: Tech News and Analysis « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-seed-funding-is-the-new-black/#comment-599180 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:00:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=165372#comment-599180 [...] is just the latest addition for a city that is becoming a hotbed of start-up activity: Accelerator program TechStars announced last year that it was expanding to New York, while Accel [...]

]]> By: New York Tech Mojo Attracts More Valley $: Tech News and Analysis « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-seed-funding-is-the-new-black/#comment-574215 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:04:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=165372#comment-574215 [...] York in general is hitting its stride with a number of start-ups getting funding. The latest numbers from CB Insights found that New York has supplanted Massachusetts as the second [...]

]]> By: Bullpen Capital’s New Fund Will Rise Above the Angels: Tech News and Analysis « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-seed-funding-is-the-new-black/#comment-574017 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:02:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=165372#comment-574017 [...] Martino said the firm will look to take seats on about half the start-ups, but only those in need of guidance. For those companies with a head of steam, Bullpen is happy to provide just the money. It’s an interesting proposition for Bullpen, trying to be the bridge between seed and traditional VC funding for start-ups. The hard part will be to pick out the winners from some still developing start-ups. But if Bullpen catches on, we might see this become a new target for investors who are quickly finding it’s getting crowded in the seed round. [...]

]]> By: VC Funds Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place : Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-seed-funding-is-the-new-black/#comment-495717 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:30:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=165372#comment-495717 [...] firms are increasingly getting used to working with less money, placing more early bets on cash-efficient start-ups like Internet and software companies. A drop in VC fundraising may not be critical in the short term if firms learn to make do with less. [...]

]]> By: Fred Wilson: New York Tech Scene Ready to Take The Wheel: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-seed-funding-is-the-new-black/#comment-442196 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:01:16 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=165372#comment-442196 [...] Om shared earlier this month, New York’s tech scene is getting a flood of venture capital for Internet deals, rivaling San Francisco. It’s validation for a city that has built a formidable base of [...]

]]> By: Angel Funding: Deals Are Up, Dollars Are Down: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-seed-funding-is-the-new-black/#comment-405159 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:05:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=165372#comment-405159 [...] Om reported earlier this month, seed stage investments bounced back in the third quarter. But overall, it seems we’re settling into a period of more deals for [...]

]]> By: VC Funding Dips in Q3 but Early-Stage Deals Still Strong: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-seed-funding-is-the-new-black/#comment-297877 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:07:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=165372#comment-297877 [...] quarter, when 47 percent of all deals were early and seed stage investments. That jibes with data Om reported earlier this week from CB Insights, which found that seed funding accounted for 11 percent of all deals in the third quarter, up from [...]

]]> By: Silicon Valley and the Talent Crunch: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-seed-funding-is-the-new-black/#comment-296229 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:00:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=165372#comment-296229 [...] demand for talented engineers and designers. Why? Because there has been a sharp upsurge in early-stage investing in Internet companies. Early-stage investments accounted for nearly 11 percent of new deals during the third quarter of [...]

]]> By: rbpasker http://gigaom.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-seed-funding-is-the-new-black/#comment-295911 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:23:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=165372#comment-295911 its important to note that most seed and angel funding is consumer internet stuff, not core technology and infrastructure.

http://blog.pasker.net/2010/10/13/consumer-seed-funding-is-the-new-black/

]]> By: Kameko Oliver http://gigaom.com/2010/10/12/by-the-numbers-seed-funding-is-the-new-black/#comment-295830 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:48:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=165372#comment-295830 They need to sprinkle some of that seed money our way. We promise to change the face of e-commerce. Quite literally, PennyGrabber is eCommerce eVolved.

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