Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react.

Term Sheet 68

Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2017

When investors believe in the founders, products, or ideas they will provide companies with funding. However, as a condition of financing they may require annual audited financial statements. For many startups this results in a need to raise additional financing through debt or equity arrangements.

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Forecast Early Stage Term Sheet 133

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Every Flexible VC structure allows founders to access immediate risk capital while preserving exit, growth trajectory, and ownership optionality. . Flexible VC 102: Variations.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

This is typically in conjunction with an upcoming financing or pending takeover offer. A competitive commodity business, or a “me too” story , will be less demanded, and hence, will require a lower valuation to close your financing. Freshman are a piece of paper to beta site (bootstrap financed—raise $50K to $500K).

Valuation 167

Valuation Forecast Seed Stage .Net 167

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

Investors sat with the founder & CEO, Jason Spievak, and asked him what he wanted to do about the future. Six firms had expressed strong interest, two had strong champions already trying to test price and round size and one had made it clear they were planning to submit a term sheet the following week.

Balance Sheet 150

Balance Sheet Burn Rate Valuation Forecast 150

Up and Running

JULY 26, 2013

Most sophisticated investors will already have terms they typically prefer in a deal, but they should be open to discussion. I recommend speaking with the founders of other companies the investors have invested in to see what kinds of perks they provided. Here is a Quoro discussion on this topic: [link]. Did we miss your question?

Elevator Pitch 79

Elevator Pitch Angel Investor Term Sheet Business Model 79

www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

I have to admit, the light bulb didn’t go off for me until I was negotiating term sheets. Snapvine was my first experience being in the driver’s seat of the fund-raising process, and in the 3 years prior to our acquisition we raised over $10mm in venture capital. I know this sounds crazy, but it’s not.

Valuation 42

Valuation Channel Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 42