EEC Perspectives - September 2008

September 15, 2008

Quarterly Review of Seed Round Financings

written by David A. Broadwin, David R. Pierson, Robert S. Warren, Mark A. Haddad, Matthew S. Eckert, Amanda Vendig (Kirouac)

Included in this Issue:

  • A Market Perspective

    Ham Lord, Managing Director, Launchpad Ventures

    Angel financing is more than just seed round financing for future venture capital deals. In fact, angels fund 10 to 20 times more companies than venture firms do on an annual basis. This is because many angel deals will never need the type of large financing ($10M+) that is typical of most venture deals.

  • Structuring a Seed Stage Investment

    David A. Broadwin, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP

    Many of the entrepreneurs who walk through our doors at the EEC are at the seed/angel stage and are looking for those kinds of investments as well as advice around how to structure the investments so as to (a) fund the early needs of the business and (b) not create barriers to a larger investment later in the life of the business.

This edition of EEC Perspectives focuses on seed round financings. We hope it will be an informative companion to our other publications devoted to Series A financings and Series B and later round financings. We would like to hear from you if you have transactions or comments that might be interesting to others. Also, please visit our Web site at emergingenterprisecenter.com and plan on attending some of the many networking and educational events we hold at the EEC. We hope you will find the EEC a valuable resource as you start and grow your company.

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