AnalysisSeed
The eighteen-month seed
Pre-seed founders are raising later, smaller, and on better terms than the headlines suggest. The story is discipline, not drought.
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The operator’s decision desk for early-stage India.
Raising, runway, and the terms that bind you.
How early-stage money actually moves in India — beyond the headline round. Dilution, SAFEs vs. CCDs, bridge math, and what a term sheet does not tell you.
Pre-seed founders are raising later, smaller, and on better terms than the headlines suggest. The story is discipline, not drought.
A "bridge round" with no shore on the far side is just a slower down round. How to tell the difference before you sign.
One pattern, one framework, one founder story. 800 words. No noise.