Compiling info on mentorship-driven seed stage funds for the New Orleans based one we are going to launch.  And by we I mean WE.  Let's make it a reality NOLA.

• First Ascent Ventures - Early Stage Angel Investing - Rise of Business Accelerator Seed Funds  parts (1) (2) (3)
• Taylor Davidson - Venture Capital for Long Tail Entreprenuers
• How to Help Entreprenuers - A plan for Obama Administration
• The Pros of Planting Startups in Smaller Cities - via Gatorworks
• Spark Capital’s Seed Program - Seed capital program as part of a larger VC fund; convertible debt, 20% discount, 50% warrant coverage. Important to note that it's not run in classes, which they can do because it's part of a larger fund (the "add-on" model). I didn't realize the importance / operational implications of running a class-based fund until our phone conversation last week about the TechStars operational model.
• Early Stage Enviroment - Jeff Clavier
• Incubators, Accelerators & Ignition - David Crow (via Taylor Davidson)
• Ycombinator Valuation - Mark Goldenson
• Grow Me State Initiative - (via Steven Crump)

Mentorship Seed Funds

• Launch Box Digital | Washington DC | 2008| crunchbase
• TechStars | Boulder, CO | 2006 | crunchbase
• iVentures 10 | Champaign, IL | Run by IllinoisVentures, the firm Taylor Davidson interned with at b-school; worked for Rob Schultz.
• Capital Factory | Austin, TX | 2009 |Marc Nathan is a mentor
• Shotput Ventures | Atlanta, GA | 2009 |
• Y Combinator | Silicon Valley, CA | 2005 | crunchbase
• DreamIt Ventures | Philadelphia, PA | 2009 |
• Union Square Venture | New York, NY |
• NYC Seed | Brooklyn, NY |
• KickStart | Salt Lake City, UT |
• True Ventures | Palo Alto, CA | 2007
• Javelin Group Inc. | Canandaigua, NY | 2007
• NWCIT Academic Alliance | Boulder, CO | 2006