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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

They also need to decide whether to structure terms as an equity deal or a convertible security deal. “If you’re going to raise $1 million, my advice is to propose a convertible security, because you can get it done quickly and less expensively,” said Schmitz. Convertible Securities.

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Houston Startups can Pitch for a $50,000 Venture Investment

Austin Startup

If you win, you will receive a $50,000 investment from Capital Factory in the form of a convertible security ( see the application for more details ). According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active, early-stage investor in Texas since 2010.

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Convertible Debt: Worst Form Of Seed Financing — Except For All The Others

Gust

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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Seed rounds are dead

Hippoland

I put “equity” in quotes because I include convertible notes and convertible securities in this category.) inject more capital into the company) before their companies get to the next stage. So we see higher valuations in this space. In fact, Hunter Walk wrote about this greater seed stage here.

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Seed rounds are dead

Hippoland

I put “equity” in quotes because I include convertible notes and convertible securities in this category.) inject more capital into the company) before their companies get to the next stage. So we see higher valuations in this space. In fact, Hunter Walk wrote about this greater seed stage here.

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Knowledge Is Power: Convertible Note Financing Terms, Part II

Gust

Last week , we gave some attention to the “why” behind convertible note financing for early stage startups. This may seem like a no-brainer now that you understand the basic structure of a convertible debt financing. In most cases, an early stage startup will raise seed capital from more than one investor.

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Pre-seed is the new seed

Hippoland

So, I thought it might make sense to take a step back and talk about all the stages of early stage fundraising here in the Silicon Valley. In early stage investing, at least in Silicon Valley, there are basically 4 stages: pre-seed, seed, post-seed (or pre-A), and series A.