What a Seed Investor Looks For — The Startup Tapes #005

Mike Miller is a Partner at Liquid 2 Ventures, a seed-stage firm started by hall of fame quarterback Joe Montana. They specialize in early-stage investments. Mike explains what he looks for in a company, how he decides to invest, and what you can do to maximize your odds of raising a seed round.

Guest: Mike Miller
Partner at Liquid 2 Ventures

Host: Tim Anglade
Executive in Residence at Scale Venture Partners

The Startup Tapes chronicle the highs & lows of building a startup, through candid interviews with founders, operators & advisors. Tim Anglade, an Executive-in-Residence at Scale Venture Partners and formerly with Realm, Apigee, and Cloudant leads the project with the goal to de-mystify the process through which startups emerge, grow & succeed. His unfiltered interviews transcribe the conversations we often hear in the boardroom, amongst our portfolio community and with entrepreneurs and partners we engage with every day.

[yakiyokititti]

Thank you! This was by far the most informative video I've seen related to raising seed round funds. The camera movements were a bit distracting though..

[donniwise]

Thanks well done. Question: How can I protect SaaS app idea if I told someone and fear will launch before me?

[caenterprisellc]

All investors and/or angels are not going to be aligned or sold on your vision and that's ok. I'm learning a lot as I go and I'm always going to be in learning mode. What I love about my business model and structure is it's flexibility. The company has the ability to start anywhere as well as the ability to start on multiple projects. I purposely built it that way. #Marketplace I wanted to give investors options.

[arieswicaksono]

Hai can I get seed funding in Indonesia?