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When Should Startup Founders Discuss Valuation with Seed VCs?

View from Seed

Sharing these pricing expectations early with potential lead investors fundamentally qualifies your conversations, but it also runs the risk of prematurely losing a potential financing partner, or else it can reduce options to maximize your fundraise outcome. So What Should Founders Do?

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July 4th Linkblog: Don’t Fake FOMO When Fundraising, 50 Cent on Success, Miss Texas on Reproductive Rights,

Hunter Walker

A few reads for an American holiday Uncle Sam reading a magazine while an eagle sits on his shoulder, digital art In Conversation with 50 Cent (Carvell Wallace/Vulture) – 20 years later and reading his name still triggers memories of In Da Club’s opening beats. And it changed the way artists look at deal structures.

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Keep Term Sheets Simple for Quicker Cash to Spend

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s true that Angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. The first capital a young company receives usually takes the form of common stock, the same class of shares the founders hold. Outline multiple tranches.

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A Primer on Angel Investment ‘Simple Term Sheets’

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. The first capital a young company receives usually takes the form of common stock, the same class of shares the founders hold. Outline multiple tranches.

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That convert you raised last year is a part of your cap table

VC Adventure

When it comes to convertible debt, I’ve had a few instances recently where “out of sight, out of mind” has created some misunderstandings around deal structures. of the pre-money is actually the debt conversion). Seemed like a good topic to cover here.

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Keep Term Sheets Simple for Quicker Cash to Spend

Gust

It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. The first capital a young company receives usually takes the form of common stock, the same class of shares the founders hold. Outline multiple tranches.

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That convert you raised last year is a part of your cap table

VC Adventure

When it comes to convertible debt, I’ve had a few instances recently where “out of sight, out of mind” has created some misunderstandings around deal structures. of the pre-money is actually the debt conversion). Seemed like a good topic to cover here.