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Every entrepreneur I've talked to, including many outside Silicon Valley that are not part of any accelerator has said that it's easier to raise money than ever before. If you have an idea and team that's fundamentally fundable, you'll get money fairly easily. The size of the round might be smaller, the valuations might be lower, and it might take longer, but I know several people in the middle of Wisconsin who have raised seed rounds between $500K-750K easily. Being part of the Silicon Valley scene or an incubator is by no means a prerequisite for a seed round. Series A would be a different story.