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Point Nine Capital requires 6 to 12 months of usage data

Nico Wittenborn · 20 VC 057: The Investor Checklist with Nicolas Wittenborn, VC @ Point Nine Capital · Jul 27, 2015 · at 13:58

Nicolas Wittenborn, VC at Point Nine Capital, explains the typical product traction and usage data metrics required for his firm to make a seed investment.

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“In, in, in most cases, this means that we invest when there's some six to 12 months of first data of actually usage of the product or maybe customers paying for this.”

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