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Seed Funding

4 articles

Startup founder choosing between complex AWS, clear DigitalOcean, and expansive GCP/Azure cloud platforms for infrastructure.
Services

Top Cloud Platforms for Startup Infrastructure

A startup's monthly cloud bill can quietly double within a year, diverting crucial seed funding from product development.

Noah Sinclair·July 6, 2026
Diverse group of startup founders celebrating a $500,000 funding boost from Y Combinator in a modern office.
Founders

Y Combinator Now Offers $500K to Startups

Y Combinator now offers a staggering $500,000 to each company in its program, a sum that dwarfs many early-stage angel investments and signals a new era for startup funding.

Ethan Calder·May 8, 2026
A visual metaphor of exclusive founder networks creating a divide in access to seed funding, with some entrepreneurs inside a bright space and others outside in the shadows.
Insights

Founder networks offer advantage amid widening divides

In Silicon Valley, 70% of seed-stage funding now flows exclusively to founders with pre-existing ties to venture capitalists or other founders, according to TechCrunch Research.

Ethan Calder·April 26, 2026
Young entrepreneurs collaborating in a modern office, symbolizing Masters' Union's new Rs 100 crore venture fund for founders under 25, fostering innovation and providing crucial early-stage capital.
Founders

Masters' Union Launches Rs 100 Crore Fund for Young Founders

The business school is entering the venture capital space with a Rs 100 crore fund targeting entrepreneurs under 25, a move that formalizes capital for a high-risk, high-potential founder demographic.

Ethan Calder·April 9, 2026