PicoWin: Series AA Funding Becomes Cool
Maybe it’s because more people are out of work and trying to make money. Maybe it’s because VC firms are having trouble raising funds as big as they have been in the past. Maybe it’s simply because there’s a huge market. Whatever the reason, entrepreneurialism and Series AA funding has suddenly become cool.
Just a couple years ago if you didn’t have an angel in your pocket and didn’t need over $1m your funding options were limited to those in your bloodline. In the past 5 years or so this has changed dramatically.
Read up on the individual ventures about what they offer, there’s something here for every flavor of entrepreneur. I personally am going to stick with bootstrapping for my current idea, but I wouldn’t be surprised if one of our other ventures ends up taking one of these routes.
Series AA Providers
1) Ycombinator
2) TechStars
3) SeedCamp
4) YEurope
5) LaunchBox
6) AlphaLab
8) Bootup Labs
9) Bootphase
11) Charles River Ventures: QuickStart
12) Start@Spark
Update (7/20): Forgot a couple
14) Founders Fund
15) Prototype Invest
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Let me know if I forgot any.
