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ED ZIMMERMAN : The funnel for venture funding isn’t cylindrical — it’s shape follows a more Darwinian conical path, as many seed stage companies march into the cone’s wide entrance and far fewer make it to the cone’s narrow end. There has been a lot of discussion recently of where the choke points are in the cone, and I believe we’re headed into a period in which the Series B venture round will be more of a choke point than it has been in the past, especially for American startups.
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