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Keep Term Sheets Simple for Quicker Cash to Spend

Startup Professionals Musings

This clause attempts to protect the conversion price of stock of Angel investors, prior to additional financing, from being reduced to a price equal to the price per share paid in a later “downround. But some dilution is almost inevitable. Right of first refusal.

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A Primer on Angel Investment ‘Simple Term Sheets’

Startup Professionals Musings

This clause attempts to protect the conversion price of stock of angel investors, prior to additional financing, from being reduced to a price equal to the price per share paid in a later “downround. But some dilution is almost inevitable. Right of first refusal.

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Keep Term Sheets Simple for Quicker Cash to Spend

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This clause attempts to protect the conversion price of stock of angel investors, prior to additional financing, from being reduced to a price equal to the price per share paid in a later “downround. But some dilution is almost inevitable. Right of first refusal.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

With this seed capital – more often than not totaling between $100,000 and $1,000,000 - the company accomplishes a number of key technical milestones, gets a beta customer or two, and then goes on a "road show" to venture capitalists around the country for capital to “scale” the business.