Hautemont founded Ray Dream, a 3D software developer for Mac, and ran his own seed fund.
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In 2012, he started Microsoft's Bing Fund, a seed fund and startup incubator.
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In addition to his work for NEA, he also has his own seed fund that invests in entrepreneurs internationally.
Now that NECTAR has been launched, the next step will be to establish a seed fund with regional donors like the BAHGAT Group in Egypt to cover the initial phase of the project.
Last year, for example, Invesco PowerShares called Browne to seed a bank loan fund.
Bessemer Venture Partners led the round with participation from seed investor, Cedar Fund.
The fund offers seed funding for new endeavours and will help emerging initiatives with advice, hands on support and mentoring.
Huntington may use assets from its Rotating Index Fund to seed the launch of Huntington Global Rotating Strategy, a new ETF.
Menlo has always had a strong enterprise portfolio and in the last two years has built out its consumer portfolio, particularly with its Menlo Talent Fund for seed funding, he says.
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Manganello, who oversees an internal venture capital fund that provides engineers with seed money to chase their half-baked ideas.
In addition to traditional venture investments, Index also has been active in seed investing, having invested in 40 companies in its last fund.
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With the glut of seed stage funding for startups, is there room for another early stage fund?
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It was designed as a tax efficient way for parents to save, without the government kick-starting the pot with seed money - as it did with with the previous scheme, the Child Trust Fund.
The larger fund will enable the firm to follow on with companies over several later rounds beyond the seed round and also enable the firm to do larger rounds that just seed fundings, such as the Rovio investment.
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