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Venture

Pre-seed firm Afore Capital has a fresh $185M fund and a new program to help founders discover ideas
Marina Temkin

Feb 20, 2025
Startups

$132K – $149K, here’s what seed-stage founders pay early employees, based on data
Julie Bort

Dec 25, 2024

AI

Mayfield allocates $100M to AI incubator modeled after its entrepreneur-in-residence program
Marina Temkin

Sep 4, 2024
Venture

Madica, a program by Flourish Ventures, steps up pre-seed investing in Africa
Annie Njanja

Apr 24, 2024
Crypto

0G Labs launches with whopping $35M pre-seed to build a modular AI blockchain
Jacquelyn Melinek

Mar 26, 2024
Venture

Pre-seed investor Wonder Ventures secures $102M, including new later-stage fund
Christine Hall

Feb 5, 2024

Venture

Zelda Ventures’ new pre-seed fund backs serial entrepreneurs
Christine Hall

Dec 7, 2023
Venture

Bee Partners closes fourth fund to add more capital for pre-seed founders in deep tech
Christine Hall

Nov 1, 2023
Startups

How to stretch your venture dollars
Walter Thompson

Oct 5, 2023
Featured

Some VCs are turning away from crypto, but CoinFund is diving deeper with latest $158M fund
Jacquelyn Melinek

Jul 19, 2023

Venture

8 VCs say they are still bullish on SAFE rounds, but it’s not 2021 anymore
Rebecca Szkutak

Jul 19, 2023
Venture

Ascend raises $25 million for pre-seed AI startups in the Pacific Northwest
Rebecca Szkutak

May 9, 2023
Venture

Funds offering ‘friends and family’ checks could bring the change underrepresented founders need
Dominic-Madori Davis

Apr 6, 2023
Venture

Cowboy Ventures goes bigger with $260M across two new funds, including an opportunity fund
Connie Loizos

Jan 23, 2023

Venture

Sequoia injects $195 million into an ever-eager seed environment
Natasha Mascarenhas

Jan 18, 2023
Venture

Is it time for a Common App for startup founders?
Natasha Mascarenhas

Jan 14, 2023
Startups

Frosty fundraising environment may change early startups’ DNA for the better
Rebecca Szkutak

Jan 5, 2023
Startups

Early-stage startups say no runway, no problem heading into 2023
Rebecca Szkutak

Dec 6, 2022

Startups

Precursor Ventures’ first hire just spun out to start her own venture firm
Natasha Mascarenhas

May 31, 2022
Startups

Felt’s $15 million chance to prove that maps are the next big medium
Natasha Mascarenhas

May 31, 2022
Featured

Afore’s fresh $150 million fund includes a plan to standardize the pre-seed world
Natasha Mascarenhas

May 4, 2022
Startups

Social commerce platform Tushop set for Kenya growth after raising $3 million pre-seed funding
Annie Njanja

Mar 31, 2022

Venture

South Park Commons, an ‘anti incubator’ founded by early FB and Dropbox engineers, gains momentum
Connie Loizos

Dec 17, 2021
Featured

Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 2
Natasha Mascarenhas

Alex Wilhelm

Devin Coldewey

Greg Kumparak

Lucas Matney

Sep 1, 2021
Venture

Cleo Capital is targeting $20 million for Fund II
Natasha Mascarenhas

Apr 9, 2021
Startups

US seed-stage investing flourished during pandemic
Natasha Mascarenhas

Alex Wilhelm

Dec 24, 2020

Startups

This startup wants to fix the broken structure of internships
Natasha Mascarenhas

Oct 26, 2020
Featured

Are VCs cutting checks in the closing days of the 2020 election?
Natasha Mascarenhas

Oct 19, 2020
Startups

The Venture Collective launches with a new bet on pre-seed investing
Natasha Mascarenhas

Jun 30, 2020
Venture

Afore Capital raises second pre-seed venture capital fund
Kate Clark

Sep 18, 2019

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