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VC Optimism Returning But More Pain Ahead In Their Portfolios

Hunter Walker

Restructures, Down Rounds, and Pay to Plays. The reality is lots of companies – many of them quite promising – have already undergone, or will be facing, next financings which “clean up” old cap tables. Whatever gets reported is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

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.   First , dividends.

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Startup Founder Agreements

blog.simeonov.com

It outlines key points of agreement between founders around IP ownership, equity ownership, vesting, etc. For example, without a clear vehicle (a company) to contribute intellectual property into, a founder who walks away may mean that the future company won’t own its own IP. An email would do. The FastIgnite one is two pages.

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