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The term seed suggests that this is a very early investment, meant to support the business until it can generate cash of its own (see cash flow), or until it is ready for further investments. Seed money options include friends and family funding, seed venture capital funds, angel funding, and crowdfunding. [1]
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story (2015) is a documentary film which follows the life of Chuck Holmes, the founder of gay pornography studio Falcon Studios.Its director was Michael Stabile, and the documentary premiered on April 10, 2015, at the Wicked Queer film festival, formerly known as the Boston LGBT Film Festival.
Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story, a documentary on Holmes and his complicated relationship with the gay rights movement, was released in 2015. [5] References
In the United States, Series A preferred stock is the first round of stock offered during the seed or early stage round by a portfolio company to the venture capital investor. Series A preferred stock is often convertible into common stock in certain cases such as an initial public offering (IPO) or the sale of the company.
Hillhouse Investment is a global private equity firm with an East Asian heritage. [2] [3] [4] Hillhouse was founded by Lei Zhang in 2005 with initial seed capital from the Yale University endowment and invests across East Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe. [5]
A pre-seed or angel round is the earliest infusion of capital by founders, supporters, high net worth individuals ("angel investors"), and sometimes a small amount of institutional capital to launch the company, build a prototype, and discover initial product-market fit.
He contributed seed money for many schools and other philanthropic causes. To encourage local commitment to these projects, he conditioned the Fund's support on the local communities' raising of matching funds.
The Softbank Vision Fund was created in May 2017 by the SoftBank Group and the Public Investment Fund (PIF). [5] [6] $100 billion was raised with PIF contributing $45 billion, SoftBank contributing $28 billion, the Mubadala Investment Company contributing $15 billion and the rest from other investors including Apple. [5]