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A founders’ guide to capital raising

NZ Entrepreneur

Be sure to share your story and vision with people ahead of pitching to investors. Speak to other founders that have raised money before raising it yourself, learn the lessons and get them to help prepare your pitch deck and investment documents.” – Chris Bacon, Komodo Wellbeing. Due diligence, information memorandums & data rooms.

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Going Concern Rules And Your Company

YoungUpstarts

To outside investors, the future of early stage and startup companies can be murky. Many of these companies are pre-revenue and in the cash burn stage as they try to establish their technology and market. When investors believe in the founders, products, or ideas they will provide companies with funding.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. Fred Hutch Spinoff Blaze Bioscience Pulls in $5M For ‘Tumor Paint’.

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Version 2.0 and why Series Seed Documents are better than capped convertible notes

www.seriesseed.com

Series Seed Financing Documents Blog. and why Series Seed Documents are better than capped convertible notes.   That said, I think this quote accurately captures the life-cycle of creating a simple set of documents for early stage investment. Why use Series Seed Documents instead of capped convertible debt? 

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Take care of the little things

BeyondVC

Make sure your basic finances are in order and that all customer contracts, employment-related documents, financing paperwork, etc. Example #1: Your company is about to be sold and as the acquirer is doing due diligence it wants to make sure that there are no outstanding claims to the intellectual property of your company.

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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

Andrew Krowne and I recently co-wrote an article in Tech Crunch , Why SAFE Notes Are Not Safe for Entrepreneurs. At its core, this issue points to the lack of understanding about the importance of post-money valuation by both entrepreneurs and investors. All of these items are postponed until the elusive priced equity round.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

As we wrote last December, the investment tool lets accredited investors put as little as $1,000 each into startup companies that it’s created an investment vehicle for. Via SecondMarket, AngelList creates an LLC on the fly into which all the new investors go. First Hands-On With The Incident Tech GTar. HTC One Review.

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