The Future of Startup Funding
August 2010Two years ago I wrote about what I called "a huge, unexploited opportunity in startup funding:" the growing disconnect between VCs, whose current business model requires them to invest large amounts, and a large class of startups that need less than they used to. Increasingly, startups want a couple hundred thousand dollars, not a couple million. [1]The opportunity is a lot less unexploited now. Investors have poured into this territory from both directions.
- ▪August 2010Two years ago I wrote about what I called "a huge, unexploited opportunity in startup funding:" the growing disconnect between VCs, whose current business model requires them to invest large amounts, and a large class of startups
- ▪Increasingly, startups want a couple hundred thousand dollars, not a couple million. [1]The opportunity is a lot less unexploited now.
- ▪Investors have poured into this territory from both directions.
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Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator. August 2010Two years ago I wrote about what I called "a huge, unexploited opportunity in startup funding:" the growing disconnect between VCs, whose current business model requires them to invest large amounts, and a large class of startups that need less than they used to. Increasingly, startups want a couple hundred thousand dollars, not a couple million. [1]The opportunity is a lot less unexploited now. Investors have poured into this territory from both directions. VCs are much more likely to make angel-sized investments than they were a year ago.
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