Seed funding experienced steep growth in the past decade, with more than 40,000 U.S.-based startups raising this early capital since 2011, per Crunchbase data.

With all this growth, are a greater proportion of startups stonewalled at seed? How many of these startups are successfully raising post-seed funding to graduate to the next phase? It turns out that while the odds of raising funding post seed have not changed significantly, per our analysis, raising a large seed round of $1 million and above significantly improves a startup’s chance of subsequent funding. READ MORE