Startup Company Lawyer

AUGUST 31, 2012

Quick answer: convertible equity (or a convertible security) is convertible debt without the repayment feature at maturity or interest. Over the past few years, convertible debt has emerged as a quick and inexpensive method for startup companies to raise money from angel investors and early stage venture funds.

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Hippoland

JANUARY 4, 2017

Lawyers can charge as much as $10k-$30k (in the US) to draft and execute the legal docs for an equity round, and traditionally, founders are responsible for paying for this as well as investors’ legal costs! And the legal costs were just a small drop in the bucket compared to these round sizes.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The main drivers, from our viewpoint, are: Many tech entrepreneurs no longer view venture capital as an inevitability in their growth path, and have grown skeptical of the traditional “growth at all costs” mindset found in many startup circles; and An increasing number of VCs are growing comfortable with LLCs.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

I won’t rehash all of the customary convertible note financing deal terms and points of negotiation here. (For Like any promissory note, it bears interest (usually at a nominal rate) and has a maturity date on which the loan must be repaid if it hasn’t been converted to stock (typically around 18 months).

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Hippoland

MARCH 30, 2018

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. These are groups of angel investors – individuals who are pooling their money together to purchase tokens. 7) Token-sale raises are becoming smaller Investors becoming more wary of large raises.

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Hippoland

MARCH 30, 2018

Part 2 will be for pre-seed/seed companies raising traditional equity / debt / convertible security rounds. These are groups of angel investors – individuals who are pooling their money together to purchase tokens. 7) Token-sale raises are becoming smaller Investors becoming more wary of large raises.

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Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Convertible Security 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 31, 2018

I’m of the belief that early ideas can never effectively deploy $4-$5m in a very cost effective way. Post-seed (pre-A) : This is a stage that was created, because the bar for the series A has gone sky high. I’m now seeing more rounds get done with convertible notes and securities for much longer.

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