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Seed and early-stage funding isn't dead

VC Minute: Bill Reichert, Garage Technology Ventures on opportunities and the broken VC model Seed and early-stage funding is NOT dead. As Bill Reichert, venture capitalist at Garage Technology Ventures, explains in this edition of VC Minute, there's no lack of money in the investment community right now. Ideas and innovation continue to be funded. However new companies are being started by different types of entrepreneurs and funded in different ways.The challenge for entrepreneurs: In this environment, the challenge is finding innovations and business models that allow them to get started without needing a big chunk of equity up front.The challenge for VCs: It's not that there aren't enough good opportunities to invest in, the challenge is there aren't enough VCs focused on the right types of investments.The whole VC model is challenged: Venture ... [ Read more ]

Vator TV | March 3, 2009Watch more videos from Vator TV

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