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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

Both Sides of the Table

LPs have been feeling great about venture capital due to holding valuable paper positions in companies like Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, Dropbox, all of which they feel confident will drive large cash distributions in the future. Another Area of Concern is in the Seed Investor Class. But there’s no doubt, some will make money.

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

Startup Company Lawyer

In addition, I think that a “peace treaty&# between early-stage investors and startup companies on standard terms (at least at a term sheet level) is a step in the right direction. The primary rights in these documents, ranked in order of importance in my opinion are: Non-participating preferred liquidation preference.

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