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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

That said, Jonathan Bragdon, General Partner, Capacity Capital , points out that Flexible VC terms “twin” well with equity: providing less dilution while still providing investor assistance. . has open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, which they co-developed with Fenwick & West. .

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How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents?

Startup Company Lawyer

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). Anti-dilution protection. Co-sale rights. Future rights. Self-explanatory.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

What would a sales call look like, starting with your 30-second pitch, then dealing with skeptical questions, trying to earn this potential customer's interest, respect, and eventually money, all with only one advantage? You should go through this exercise because this skill is valuable in every sales call. It is nice. Most Expensive.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months. They have open-sourced their investment structure , now on version 3.0, —– Indie.vc

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Model Series Seed Docs

The Startup Lawyer

The drafters are “open sourcing&# the documents so that they may be continually improved by the startup community. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes the typical provisions you might find in a VC deal, less (i) preferential dividends, (ii) redemption rights, and (iii) price based anti-dilution.

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Model Series Seed Docs

The Startup Lawyer

The drafters are “open sourcing&# the documents so that they may be continually improved by the startup community. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes the typical provisions you might find in a VC deal, less (i) preferential dividends, (ii) redemption rights, and (iii) price based anti-dilution.

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Thoughts on Convertible Notes

K9 Ventures

The founders’ interest is to maximize the valuation of the company at the time of a follow-on financing, thereby minimizing founder dilution. In fact, under the current law , if you invest in a qualified small business stock in 2011, and hold that stock for 5 years, then the capital gains on the sale of that stock becomes 0%.