There’s little debate that the market for seed and angel funding has exploded in recent years. What is debatable is whether it’s here to stay or just a cyclical trend.
Last year venture capitalists poured $332.8 million into seed-stage companies, more than triple the amount they invested in 2005 and over $100 million more than the year before, according to Dow Jones VentureSource.
Bloomberg News A reduction in the cost of building companies and marketing products to customers, due in large part to the ability to gain cheap technology and marketing from companies like Amazon.com and Google, is a big reason this is happening, said Jon Sakoda, who leads the seed investment program at New Enterprise Associates, speaking on a panel at Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Conference in New York on Thursday.
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