http://www.danshapiro.com/blog/2010/08/vc-insanity-economics/
A great article on the apparent insanity of venture capital funding economics and how vcs make decisions.
http://www.crowdcube.com/
Crowdfunding business in the UK. Similar to KickStarter, but focused on actually buying equity rather than a finished product. Seems a lot less polished and much smaller scale that kickstarter.
https://fundry.com/
People pledge to make payments, developers deliver, then payments are collected. Similar to kickstart, but a little different. Very cool. Hat tip Anthony Feint.
http://www.techstars.org/2009/02/07/techstars-model-seed-funding-documents/
TechStars publish funding documents to give startups and founders a starting point. Very useful.
http://www.seedcamp.com/
Seedcamp is similar to Y Combinator or TechStars but based in Europe, with the camp in London. Seed funding and support for tech startup businesses.
http://paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html
This article is meant to be a complete summary of funding options for startup founders. In effect we're open-sourcing the kernel of what we tell founders about funding at Y Combinator.
http://ycombinator.com/
California based venture capital company focusing on seed funding, started by two stanford graduates.