8 Investors Discuss Seed Financing for B2B and B2C Startups in Podcasts

Different investors define seed for B2B and B2C in terms of metrics in different ways. A lot of funds are categorically stating that they want to see a certain amount of monthly recurring revenue already achieved before they’re willing to invest. That amount could be $40,000 or it could be $80,000, but there are specific metrics that they put forth as guidance for their funds. And these metrics can be different for B2B and B2C startups as well. During my recent 30-minute podcast interviews listed below, I’ve asked investors if they prefer to invest in B2B or B2C startups, and to share the benchmarks and metrics they use.

Dennis Joyce, Investor and Member of Alliance of Angels, talks about the largest Angel group in the Pacific Northwest.

Ben Mathias, Managing Partner at Vertex Ventures, India, discusses the trends and dynamics of the Indian startup eco-system, including exits. India needs exits at this point, even if they’re relatively small exits.

Patricia Nakache, General Partner at Trinity Ventures, discusses the firm’s investment thesis and some issues encountered by women in technology.

Anshu Sharma is an active angel investor who invests in Silicon Valley and India. Anshu has deep experience in the enterprise software space, and a thoughtful, sophisticated perspective. He is one of the early investors in Nutanix, which currently has a market cap of over $8.5 billion in the public market.

Ashwini Anburajan, Founding Partner of 22X Fund, a tokenized fund that is investing across 30 portfolio companies. It’s a very interesting experiment and you will enjoy listening to some cutting edge FinTech thought leadership.

Jeremy Schneider and Jonathan Pines, both Directors at the Webb Investment Network, discuss their firm’s investment thesis.

Clint Chao, Co-founder and General Partner at Moment Ventures, discusses the vertical niche opportunities in the tech industry.

Nilanjana Bhowmik, Co-Founder and General Partner at Converge, a new fund started after serving as the long time General Partner at Longworth Capital. Their focus is B-to-B tech on the East Coast.