It’s Not Just You, Seed Rounds Are Actually Getting Bigger

To bear this out, we analyzed 15,538 funding rounds labeled as seed in Crunchbase’s dataset, which were raised by 12,772 unique U.S.-based startups between January 2015 and mid-February 2020. Rounds without listed dollar amounts were excluded from our sample set. We then segmented our data by the size of … See more

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Feb 27, 2020 · (e.g. a $500,000 seed round would be in the “$0 to $500,000” category, whereas a $500,001 seed round would belong in the “$500,000 to $1,000,000” bucket.) Here are the …

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That means you want to aim to raise $900k in your seed round. A typical seed round can range from anywhere between $500k and $2M or more. In fact, seed rounds for startups have only …

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Are seed rounds getting bigger?

A small set of the most recent seed rounds are creeping up toward the size of small Series A rounds. In relative terms, the proportion of seed rounds that were larger than $3 million more than doubled from one cohort to the next. ...

Are bigger seed rounds getting out of control?

There's been an investor gold rush to find the hottest new startup, causing a new dynamic: larger seed rounds. In some cases, the seed round is getting out of control. While most seed rounds still hover between $1 million and $5 million, a larger chunk of rounds have crept past that $5 million mark in the past three years or so. ...

Are big seed rounds a trend?

The rise of really big seed rounds is mostly a recent phenomenon, growing particularly sharply in the past couple years, coinciding with a sharp increase in overall venture investment. We take a look at the numbers. ...

How much money is enough to raise a seed round?

Recently, the seed round has started to resemble Series A rounds of yesterday. “I’m advising our portfolio companies that $300,000 to $1 million in ARR is strong to go raise a seed round,” Bannon said. Three years ago, the high end of that was enough to raise a solid Series A. ...

How much is a round worth at the seed stage?

Round size at the seed stage is highly variable. In December and January, median deal sizes were $2 million, according to a TechCrunch+ analysis of PitchBook data, with most falling between about $800,000 and $4 million. The median pre-money valuation was $10 million, and the majority spanned $5 million to $20 million. ...

Are seed rounds still small?

You’ll notice that the distribution of round size decays somewhat exponentially for both subsets of seed rounds. However, in the case of rounds struck between 2018 and very early 2020, the long tail of the distribution is a little fatter. In other words, the majority of rounds are still pretty small. ...