Startup Funding Stage is the money needed to launch a new business that allows the investors to invest money into a growing company in exchange for equity or ownership. There are multiple stages of Startup funding, typical example: Pre-Seed Funding: Developing Business Concept; Seed Funding (Engel Investors): Prototype Product development; Series A (First VCs): Generating Revenue; Series B (Second VCs): Establishing Scale Production; Series C (Third VC - Banks): New Products and Services; IPO (Public): Stock market launch.

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