State of Seed Panel for NY #TechWeek

We had a blast hosting our New York State of Seed panel for NY Tech Week with co-hosts Gunderson Dettmer, Founder Collective, Bling Capital, and Stellation Capital 🌆

Melody Koh, Amanda Herson, Peter Boyce II, Kyle Lui & Colman Lynch spoke about the current state of pre-seed and seed stage investing – how they are investing in and advising founders in the current market and the changes they’ve seen over the past 12-18 months 🛠️

Some key takeaways:
✍️ Urgency and attention to investor requests go a long way in signaling founder quality, especially when there’s little to no traction and no clear market pull yet.
🤖 AI competency is a given, and that needs to be reflected in your team.
🔍 Realism around the size of your round and valuation is everything, and the larger the round the less room for error you have.

Here’s to many more engaging and productive Tech Week gatherings. Until next year 🔥

Sponsors:  Zendesk and Gunderson Dettmer