Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
This is because this “liquidation preference” gets returned to investors before you see any money – restricting the executive outcomes in mid-sized exits. There is often money to be made in finding places with under-valued IP. We looked at the IP and realized it was highly differentiated / hard to replicate.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago.
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Gust
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs.
Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing. Note that this applies only to earl stage Series A-type equity financings and assumes no cash dividends are paid to investors. Second a liquidation preference and a participation.
Scott Edward Walker
DECEMBER 13, 2018
We had a busy 2018, including closing several significant M&A transactions and financings. The deal is typically structured as an asset purchase (as opposed to a stock purchase or merger) — though the acquirer often does not actually want the startup’s IP and/or other assets. How is the Deal Structured?
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