Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react. Now that I’m more often on the other side of the term-sheet, I’ve tried to present term-sheets to entrepreneurs accompanied by a philosophical explanation of what I’m proposing, and why. First , dividends.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 27, 2012
It’s true that Angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. As the company grows and the second or third group of investors comes in, the terms of each subsequent financing grow in size, scope, and the number of lawyers’ fingerprints on them.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. As the company grows and the second or third group of investors comes in, the terms of each subsequent financing grow in size, scope, and the number of lawyers’ fingerprints on them.
Gust
OCTOBER 17, 2011
It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. As the company grows and the second or third group of investors comes in, the terms of each subsequent financing grow in size, scope, and the number of lawyers’ fingerprints on them.
ithacaVC
DECEMBER 13, 2013
When raising money from investors (angels or VC), it is critical to have a presentable and clean cap table. The most common way to reallocate is to grant one of the founders a stock option with a “real” strike price based off the financing round price (typically a discount). after the financing closes).
K9 Ventures
JUNE 5, 2015
In that presentation, I said that Seed is not the first round of financing any more and that K9’s investments were mostly “pre-seed”. Together this means that Seed stage companies need to run longer and at a higher expense structure, meaning they need to raise a lot more capital.
The Startup Lawyer
JUNE 9, 2010
A startup’s Series A financing shouldn’t be a large liquidity event or salary payday for the startup’s founders. Earlier this year, this issue presented itself when a client was the lead investor in a Series A round of about $2MM at a $4MM pre-money. Not all startup founders understand this tenet. Case Study.
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