Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 14, 2010

After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source&# equity seed financing documents: TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (by Cooley). Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). under $500K).

Finance 70

Finance Software Review Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 70

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

Week three’s breakdown covered topics like how hard momentum is to turn around, and how participating preferred stock works. The company has done $400k in sales in less than two years and had an early test deal with a local supermarket chain that they were massively overperforming on. in 2012 sales and $2M in income.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Technical Cofounder Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 110

Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 9, 2012

Introduction We are in the golden age of seed financing. Venture capital funds, seed funds, super angels, angel groups, incubators, and “friends and family” are all playing the seed financing game and investing early in startups in an attempt to land the next Facebook. Speed, simplicity and cost. What is a Convertible Note?

Preferred Stock 87

Preferred Stock Finance Common Stock Liquidation Preference 87

www.payne.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Ive seen companies with $75m of preference, and very frustrated common stockholders that realize the company needs to get acquired for $100m or more for them to start making any money. (To To keep things simple, Ive omitted many details for preferred stock, such as "participating preferred" mechanisms. 1% ownership).

Equity 56

Equity Employee Vesting Preferred Stock 56