# Understand Funding Stages Tokenomist categorizes funding rounds across multiple stages of the project lifecycle: #### Early Stage Funding * **Pre-Seed**: Initial funding from angels, friends, family, and builders to validate concepts * **Seed Round**: Early-stage funding including extensions to develop products and achieve initial traction * **Private Round**: Private token sales to investors before public launch with discounted pricing * **Public Round**: Specialized public sales for validators, node operators, or specific participant groups * **Public Token Sale**: Broad public distribution through ICOs, IDOs, IEOs, and launchpads #### Traditional VC Rounds * **Series A-Z**: Traditional venture capital equity rounds for companies with corporate structures alongside tokens * **Pre-Series A-Z**: Bridge funding between major series rounds to reach specific milestones * **Series Extensions**: Additional funding within existing series to extend runway without new valuations #### Alternative Funding * **Strategic Round**: Funding from exchanges, protocols, and corporations seeking ecosystem synergies * **Accelerator**: Structured programs providing capital, mentorship, and resources to early-stage projects * **Grant**: Non-dilutive funding from foundations and ecosystem programs without equity requirements * **Undisclosed**: Confidential funding rounds where terms or participants remain private * **Uncategorized**: Non-standard funding structures and hybrid arrangements --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.unlocks.app/tokenomist-pro/fundraising-analytics/fundraising-screener/understand-funding-stages.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.