Comments on: Venture Capital and the Decline of the Startup Middle Class http://gigaom.com/2011/01/20/venture-capital-and-the-decline-of-the-startup-middle-class/ Fri, 24 May 2013 13:06:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Richard http://gigaom.com/2011/01/20/venture-capital-and-the-decline-of-the-startup-middle-class/#comment-594951 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:45:05 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=289177#comment-594951 Great article!

However, we at http://www.theVCwire.com think that the average size of a seed investment too has gone down. We constantly see $100-250k seed funding to companies these days. By the same comparison, in 2005 – the average seed investment was $350-500k.

So, while the total funding at seed stage has remained the same, more number of startups are getting funded.

Cheers!
Richard

]]> By: Riftstalker http://gigaom.com/2011/01/20/venture-capital-and-the-decline-of-the-startup-middle-class/#comment-579526 Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:31:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=289177#comment-579526 The stakes are higher, and so are the risks. This is nothing new and the trends is fostered by the lack of a public market. The Ponzi schemes (yes, Zynga, Facebook, and their kin) need more dollars, so that they do not implode.

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