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seed deal

also referred to as: seed deals

4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jul 29, 2015 by David Wu · across every show →

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Jul 29, 2015 neutral
Assertion Supported
Series A deal volume remains flat despite the seed funding explosion
“There's so many seeds getting funded out there, but at the end of the day, the A's are still happening, and they're happening later in larger figures, but there's not that many more Series A deals getting funded.”
David Wu Jul 29, 2015 ▶ 5:14 20 VC 058: 10 Key Traits To Be A Successful Founder with David Wu, General Partner @ Maveron
Oct 12, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Seed rounds in 2000 were $300,000 and required a working prototype
“When I was in the business 20 years ago, a seed deal was 300,000 dollars. And a C deal meant that there's actually a deck with probably a prototype, what people might call a Series A today.”
George Zachary Oct 12, 2020 ▶ 7:31 20VC: CRV's George Zachary on His Relationship To Money and How it has Changed Over Time, Why The Best Founders Have Often Experienced Parental or Home Instability and The Stories Behind Investing in Unicorns; PillPack, Yammer and Udacity
Feb 5, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Rohan: Seed investors had 50% to 75% deal coverage around 2010
“When David and I started, like, this ecosystem was so small, like, the seed deals would almost pass through everyone's inbox, like, almost everyone, it was like, you almost had, like, 50 to 75% coverage of any given deal.”
Terrence Rohan Feb 5, 2024 ▶ 33:36 David Tisch & Terrence Rohan: Biggest Misconceptions & Hardest Truths About Seed Investing | E1112 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 12, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Rampell: One of his personal seed investments is marked up 200x
“For a single deal, there's a seed deal that I did that it's probably marked up at like, 200 X right now.”
Alex Rampell Jan 12, 2026 ▶ 11:05 Alex Rampell: The Best Founders Materialise Capital, Customers & Labour | The Future of Venture · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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