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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

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As in, “your money into my company will convert at a 15-20% discount to the next round of capital I raise with a maximum price of $8 million pre-money valuation (or whatever the cap was).” I thought we got rid of that s**t in 2003? .” What this did is set the maximum price of the deal.

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