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Assertion Supported
Seed Rounds Reached $1.5M to $3.5M by 2016
“Seed rounds have really, really gotten a lot bigger in the in the last three or four years, to the point now where you have a pre-seed Round. So you might have a friends and family round of, you know, 25 to 50,000 dollars to get you off the ground. You then do…”
Andy McLoughlin Feb 29, 2016 ▶ 5:06 20VC: SoftTech VC's Andy McLoughlin on The Series A Crunch, Maximising Runway and Minimising Burn and For Startups
Assertion Contradicted
Jeff Clavier bought SoftTech VC's original logo on 99designs for $100
“Jeff had bought on 99 designs for like a hundred dollars or something back in probably 2005 or something.”
Andy McLoughlin May 8, 2018 ▶ 6:34 20VC: Andy McLoughlin on The Benefits of Backing Unsexy Businesses with Non-Obvious Founders, How To Distinguish Between A Good Bridge Round and A Bridge To Nowhere & Whether VCs Really Do Add Value?
Prediction Held up
SoftTech VC Will Deploy 50% of Fund V Into B2B SaaS
“About half of the fund will be deployed into BtoB and SaaS, which is great for me, because that's kind of my area of specialty.”
Andy McLoughlin Feb 29, 2016 ▶ 17:03 20VC: SoftTech VC's Andy McLoughlin on The Series A Crunch, Maximising Runway and Minimising Burn and For Startups
Assertion Partly supported
Micro-VC funds grew from nearly zero in 2010 to 400 by 2015
“When I started this in 2010, I think one of the only micro VCs was Jeff Clavier, soft tech. ... Since that time, I think there's 350 or 400 now, quote unquote, micro VCs.”
Ed Sim Nov 30, 2015 ▶ 15:11 20 VC 092: The Repeatable Playbook of SaaS with Ed Sim, Founding Partner @ BoldStart Ventures
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