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Unkey raises $1.5M pre-seed: Authentication and Authorization for APIs

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Re: Unkey raises $1.5M pre-seed: Authentication and Authorization for APIs

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> Here is $1.5M for an idea, even before doing any development, planning or research. Go, make a blogpost. Dumb money is still among us. Actually knowing it makes me sleep better at night.

On the contrary actually. Unkey had a working product and paying customers before talking to VCs

Re: Unkey raises $1.5M pre-seed: Authentication and Authorization for APIs

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> Here is $1.5M for an idea, even before doing any development, planning or research. Go, make a blogpost. Dumb money is still among us. Actually knowing it makes me sleep better at night.

On the contrary actually. Unkey had a working product and paying customers before talking to VCs

That means that they have their very own definition of pre-seed. Maybe a bit better overall, although it raises new questions.