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Mercury Bank and Grasshopper Bank are good options. 

Mercury Bank and Grasshopper Bank are good options. 

Start with fund models from Foresight https://foresight.is/venture-fund-model-annual/ Exit potential from pre-seed and seed is more art than science. You're looking for team and product potential to scale dramatically to dominate (or cre...

Start with fund models from Foresight https://foresight.is/venture-fund-model-annual/ Exit potential from pre-seed and seed is more art than science. You're looking for team and product potential to scale dramatically to dominate (or create and dominate) a large market segment, with all the steps along the way including likely raising substantial additional capital. CrunchBase, PitchBook and CBInsights can provide data on successful exits, though M&A data can be sparse. Can you discern potential from a deck - maybe, though most likely not. 75-90% of seed startups fail. As a VC, your job is to spot and nurture the true potential of companies, sometimes the deck sucks and you need to look deeper. Emerging managers outperform as they can look deeper and apply domain expertise to find the rockstars, rather than delegating filtering to associates.

Startup valuations are typically set by the market of investors. If there is a high investor demand, the valuation of the startup is typically higher. If there is low investor demand, the valuation of the startup is lower. If there is no...

Startup valuations are typically set by the market of investors. If there is a high investor demand, the valuation of the startup is typically higher. If there is low investor demand, the valuation of the startup is lower. If there is no investor demand, the startup will not secure financing.