Stages for startup funding after you build an MVP in lean

santosh mandugula
1 min readAug 15, 2021

The first stage in the seed round- after we build a Minimum product, gathering audience and getting capital from family and friends.

  1. After a successful first stage, there will be a series of funding where you present your product to investors and get funding from angel investors or VC’s to expand the business.
  2. Rounds Overview-

Pre-seed →Series A →Series B →Series C

credit adioma (https://blog.adioma.com/how-funding-works-splitting-equity-infographic/)

For more details on funding, see the above link.

Startup terms:

#founder- Who creates and Builds an Idea(owner of a startup,in other terms)

#pitch- Presenting product to an investor in a short amount of time
#angel investor - a pre-stage investor who help us to build and fund our startup
#exit strategy- Plan for the exit in future like merge or acquire, etc
#incubator- mentorship from other institution
#valuation- determining companies worth
#VC’s - seed-stage investors

#Unicorn - companies that exceed a billion dollar valuation

#MVP- to test an Idea before building an actual product

#SaaS- Software as a service business model

#Pass- platform as a service business model

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santosh mandugula

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