Independent rating of Mustard Seed VC fund
Overall rating:
4.5
(21)
About Mustard Seed VC fund
Website:
Founded:
2015
Number of funds:
1
Number of investments:
33
Number of exits:
1
Headquarters:
Organization type:
Micro VC
How Mustard Seed VC fund invests
Rounds:
Average ticket size:
1.54M USD
Biggest investment:
4.69M USD
Would lead round:
Yes
Would coinvest:
Yes
Countries where invested:
Sectors of interest:
Software, Medical, Health Care, Food and Beverage, Artificial Intelligence, mHealth, Universities, Training, Telecommunications, Sustainability, Retail Technology, Restaurants, Product Design, Mobile, Medical Device, Internet of Things, Higher Education, Grocery, GreenTech, Food Processing, Food Delivery, Education, EdTech, E-Commerce, Developer Tools, Consumer Goods, Consumer, Big Data, Agriculture
Founders' reviews of Mustard Seed VC fund
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Round: Pre-Seed
Helped Us Off Our Feat
Even though we weren't raising yet, MSM spent quality time with us every 2 weeks, with incredible value-add and ecosystem connections that made our team and product better. They are mission-driven, have enormous conviction in their founders, and ultimately incredibly caring people. Love them.
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Workers Backed by Thoughtfulness
A very competent and approachable team. Pragmatic investment model with little bureaucracy and founder-friendly terms. Very fast time to money. Proactive board members with a non-intrusive and hands on approach
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An Open Letter
I'm just so in love with you guys. I love all my interactions with you, I have the feeling that you really want to help us become a unicorn, you understand perfectly ceo's life (challenges and cool stuff). I love the way you communicate with us : super clear and friendly. You look super involved in our success, and it's very appreciable. Friendly : Business partner, kind of cofounders I never had, and it's only the beginning ! I have high hopes for our future together !
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Mustard Gas
Cancelled/postponed initial meetings 5 times within 2 months (often without any advance notice, wasting valuable time). Arrogant in the interactions we did have. Explicitly said in a public event they only really wanted warm intros and family/friends to invest before Mustard Seed would consider investing, which not all founders would have access to.
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Checks the Typical Boxes
Great team, very supportive and "founder friendly".
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Communication Skills
They always kept us informed of what was going on and the process advanced at a good speed.
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Namaste
They are generally quick and understanding. Though I am from India and we are the only investment they made in India still they try a lot to be helpful in whatever way they can. Overall I recommend founders consider them and you will not disappoint.
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Get in Before They get too Big
Smart and well connected team. Strong core values giving importance to impact and sustainability. Founders friendly, supportive and ready to help. Still a relatively small structure which means they are dedicated and willing to build stronger relationships. Always looking for synergies and opportunities in their network. A valuable addition as investors and advisors.
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Easy-going and trusting
MSM is the kind of VC that every founder should strive to have. They are pragmatic, easy-going and trusting. We've been constantly impressed by the value added, how supportive they were and the ability of having clear and distinct thoughts and opinions.
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Wealth over Earnings
Very approachable, supportive and sustainable minded
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Brainteasers
Great team, great support, delighted to have them with us. They make us think hard about what we are building and how.
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We Grew Together
The Mustard Seed team are great. They are supportive and genuinely believe in their portfolio companies. They were new to VC when we started working together but now have some great experience.
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Skyscraper Incoming
MSM has been an investor, a supporter and an ambassador.
From a business perspective, they have helped us with commercial and key persons intros.
They are actively working with us preparing and helping us raise our next investment round.
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Steadfast
Very smart, approachable and friendly team. Mission driven, who believe in the potential for us to make a big business while generating a large positive impact in society. They didn't make any complications in the process. As part of day to day we have a friendly, informal relationship which is great, and they are very supportive of our business, team and plans. Give constructive feedback when needed.
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Rate of Accelerated Returns
Pleasant and efficient to deal with, and ever improving/evolving over several years in terms of how best to support us
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Gold Standard
Really great team and a passionate set of investors. They'll deliver a lot more than just money and would personally recommend them as an invstor.
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Watch out for the DD and See Where They're at
A fund with a great mission, and Alex is very well connected and so introduces you to lots of other people. They also have a sprint process where they work hard to add value to their portfolio companies. However some things to watch out for... their due diligence was several orders of magnitude above everybody else's and felt painful. Also make sure to double check that they really are in check writing mode so you aren't disappointed.
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Gainfully Invested
They are good natured and well intentioned people representing impact businesses. They are supportive and thoughtful and useful!
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Usually Good; Recovers Well Otherwise
Constructive critic, great supporter. One moment of disappointment for us, but they handled it well and it was probably good for us.
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Above and Beyond
The team is a pleasure to work with and have been hugely influential in the success of my venture.