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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Convertible Security Equity Security Preferred Stock 73

Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

How to finance a new seed-stage startup? Convertible debt? Convertible equity? As of August 2010, Paul Graham famously proclaimed , “Convertible notes have won. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.”

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Finance Convertible Security Equity Seed Stage 134

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. I’ll be breaking this down into 2 blog posts. They aren’t.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Convertible Security 48

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. I’ll be breaking this down into 2 blog posts. They aren’t.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Convertible Security 48

Hippoland

AUGUST 31, 2018

He has done incredibly well financially on his past two startups, and he’s now building his 3rd company. Or even doing pre-sales or lead generation well before having a product. And if you do the math of VCs buying roughly 20% of a startup, valuations can be upwards in the $50m+ range for today’s series A rounds!

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Early Stage 90

Hippoland

AUGUST 31, 2018

He has done incredibly well financially on his past two startups, and he’s now building his 3rd company. Or even doing pre-sales or lead generation well before having a product. And if you do the math of VCs buying roughly 20% of a startup, valuations can be upwards in the $50m+ range for today’s series A rounds!

Pre-Money Valuation 48

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Early Stage 48