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Tech & Startups

No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling

TechCrunch 17 July 2026, 14:30 UTC 1h ago
No product? No problem. This Disrupt 2026 session shows how to get pre-seed funding with conviction, storytelling
TechCrunch

It’s not just you: AI startups are taking in a huge amount of seed funding, and in the process making things harder for anyone looking for funding even at a pre-seed stage. We’ve covered the trend in detail, and at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt event, we want to help pre-seed founders now being held to seed-stage […]

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