# kaal:claim:3962614-016

**Claim.** Alternative early round funding methods matter because they get entrepreneurs over the VC investment threshold or help them bypass the VC model completely.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- technology entrepreneurs below the VC investment threshold

**Source quote.**

> These alternative funding methods are important to get entrepreneurs over the VC investment threshold, or to help entrepreneurs completely bypass of the VC model.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *REPUTATION AS CAPITAL – How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Address Shortcomings in the Ventu* (2021), III. Alternative Early Round Funding Mechanisms, page 11

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, REPUTATION AS CAPITAL – How Decentralized Autonomous Organizations Address Shortcomings in the Ventu (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3962614

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**Topics.** securities-law, decentralization

**Keywords.** early-round-funding, crowdfunding, ico, vc-disintermediation

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