A VC’s tips on securing seed and series A financing - VentureBeat - (Editor’s note: Carl Showalter is a general partner with Opus Capital. He submitted this story to VentureBeat.) While the economy is finally showing signs of life, securing capital for early-stage ventures hasn’t gotten any easier- so it seems timely to let start-up owners in on the criteria by which they will be judged. Each year our firm typically reviews more than 2,500 companies seeking s... - Jerry Schuman