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What is convertible equity (or a convertible security)?

Startup Company Lawyer

One major concern about convertible debt is that it eventually needs to be repaid if another round of financing doesn’t occur. ” If the company didn’t raise a round of financing, the convertible debt would convert into the last round of financing (i.e. Series A) or have to be repaid.

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Pre-Series A Startup Boards

Austin Startup

Know the difference between a Board Observer, Information Rights, and being a member of the Board of Directors. Most angel investors writing small checks are buying the right to a small portion of the Company, and that’s it. Angels / Seed Funds who write larger checks may want a deeper view into what’s going on in the company.

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Thoughts on Convertible Notes

K9 Ventures

There has been a lot of noise in the Valley lately about how most seed stage deals are now being done as convertible notes. The convertible note was really intended as an instrument for a “bridge financing” – when an equity round was imminent, and likely to occur, but the company needed some money in between.