With a seed round that large, there are not surprisingly an army of investors, including funds such as Thomvest Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Yuri Milner, Phenomenon Ventures, TMT Investments, DominateFund and FundersClub.

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Food-testing mobile laboratories and mobile workshops have been seen, as well as large containers with seed-processing equipment.

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Many examples of startups with large and unwieldy boards even at a seed stage.

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Dr. Kapoor said the large difference in costs between IMRT and seed implants was not a factor he and his colleagues took into account in their treatment decisions.

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It explains a large part of the rapid diffusion of hybrid corn seed among Iowa farmers from 1928 to 1941.

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The larger funding is also an adaptation to the market as some companies raise large rounds in their first round or Series A or skip a seed round entirely.

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Yet large companies such as Giumarra, one of the world's biggest agricultural seed companies, are relatively few.

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Second, we believe that large established companies will continue to invest in New York based start-ups, particularly at the seed stage.

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