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seed round

also referred to as: seed rounds

5 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 16, 2023 by Dave Morin · across every show →

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Jun 16, 2023 negative
Opinion
Dave Morin: Calling $100M AI funding rounds 'seed' is intellectually dishonest
“I just think that it's so intellectually dishonest to announce a one hundred million dollar seed round, and it's like this, you know, do not pass go, do not find product market fit, go straight to series C or D the laws of organization building do not apply to…”
Dave Morin Jun 16, 2023 ▶ 21:44 #2: Reddit and the death of the public internet; the end of the VC "epoch" · More or Less Podcast
Aug 23, 2024 bearish
Assertion Supported
Brit Morin: Seed-to-Series A graduation rates halved from 30.6% to 15%
“In 2018, there were 30.6% of companies that raised a seed round and then made it through series A within two years. Now that's only 15% in the last two years.”
Brit Morin Aug 23, 2024 ▶ 19:50 #61: The Venture Capital Reset Era · More or Less Podcast
Aug 23, 2024 bearish
Assertion Supported
Brit Morin: Bridge rounds made up 42% of priced seed rounds in Q1 2024
“42% of all price seed rounds in Q one this year were bridge rounds.”
Brit Morin Aug 23, 2024 ▶ 24:37 #61: The Venture Capital Reset Era · More or Less Podcast
Apr 17, 2026 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Carta data shows top 5% of seed rounds exceed $175M valuations
“Now the top five percent of seed rounds are topping a hundred and seventy five million dollar valuations.”
Brit Morin Apr 17, 2026 ▶ 36:31 Allbirds Pivoted to AI Data Centers | SpaceX $1.5T IPO, Anthropic $800B, $175M Seed Rounds
Apr 17, 2026 bearish
Assertion Supported
Carta data shows median seed rounds reaching $45 million valuations
“And even the 75th percentile or 50th percentile, we're talking about like forty-five million dollar seed rounds, which is insane.”
Brit Morin Apr 17, 2026 ▶ 36:41 Allbirds Pivoted to AI Data Centers | SpaceX $1.5T IPO, Anthropic $800B, $175M Seed Rounds
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