Seed in a sentence as a noun

" None of the seed stage investors in Groupon are cursing their name right now.

Therefore, it is very nice to see this sort of slant on seed financing.

' The seed stock is heritage, and the planting was organic.

A team of HP managers walks into the Svalbard global seed vault a week after the bombs went off.

Also, why are they handing round seeds with no sensible advice on flavour, treatment and scale!

"And I did not chip in ten grand to seed a first investment round to build value for a Facebook acquisition.

As soon as it was decided that accusations of "terrorism" could be treated this way, the seed was sown.

Seed in a sentence as a verb

I generally plant seeds once every fortnight during the early part of the year, to make sure everything doesn't crop at once!

If he wants to start a hedge fund tomorrow, or raise a $5-million seed round for whatever project he wants to take on, he's got the credibility to do it.

> And I did not chip in ten grand to seed a first investment round to build value for a Facebook acquisitionHe really puts his finger on one of the reasons why this deal feels so weird here, I think.

To that I'm referring to Monsato's practice of suing farmers who haven't used their seed variety having their fields cross pollinated with another farmer's fields who is using Monato's seed products.

Investors would literally call me a solo female non technical founder because it was just me with no engineering background and some remote contractors, and it took 40 rejections from investors to close my seed round.

What's not mentioned here is that it came out in the trial that Schmeiser had very deliberately infringed the patent by using Roundup to select the Roundup-Ready plants, saving their seed and planting them separately.

A lot of the seed-funded apps/companies from the past few years simply won't represent later-stage venture opportunities, and may find themselves in a position where they can't raise additional capital but can keep the service afloat without the payroll overhead.

Seed definitions

noun

a small hard fruit

noun

a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

noun

one of the outstanding players in a tournament

noun

anything that provides inspiration for later work

See also: source germ

noun

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

See also: semen ejaculate come

verb

go to seed; shed seeds; "The dandelions went to seed"

verb

help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

verb

bear seeds

verb

place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds"

verb

distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds

verb

sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds"

verb

inoculate with microorganisms

verb

remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"